Sometimes our "GSSP," or Gifted Student Service Plan is hard to understand, so I thought I'd explain a couple things. First of all, the service options chosen for MOST students are "Collaborative Teaching" and "Resource Services." Collaborative teaching is when I go into the classroom and teach a lesson with the classroom teacher. Resource services are when the students come to my classroom to do a lesson or project. That's all those mean...nothing too hard, those are just the official terms for the service plans. Some GSSPs may have a line about "Extension Lesson" which are just lessons that I've taken from the classroom teacher and made them a little more difficult or added onto the lesson to make it more challenging for your child.
Also, the reason there is no GSSP for Leadership, Creativity, or any of the Arts is that students are not officially qualified for those areas until middle school. In elementary school I provide lots of opportunities for students to grow and strengthen these areas and create a portfolio of experiences, but they are not formally identified in those areas until middle school. There is no official test score for these areas like there are for General Intellectual or any of the subject areas.
If you received a GSSP in your child's packet, please be sure to sign it and return it to me as soon as you can. Thank you for always being so great about returning paperwork!
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