GODWIN SIGNET
Gifted Education Program


Mills E. Godwin Middle School
Woodbridge, Virginia

OVERVIEW

SIGNET is an acronym for Schools Involved in Gifted Needs in Education Today. SIGNET became a part of the Prince William County Gifted Education Program in 1976. At Godwin Middle School, identified students are involved in a pullout program for several periods one day during the week.

SIGNET PHILOSOPHY

The students served by the Gifted Education Program at the middle school level are unique in both their abilities and achievements. The program recognizes and strives to provide for the diversity of the academic, interpersonal, and emotional needs of each student in an appropriate environment.

GOALS

Skills Goals
To explore and develop:

• Different approaches to solving problems
• Higher level thinking skills of analysis, synthesis and evaluation
• Originality, flexibility, fluency and elaboration in student products
• Processes and skills that will benefit students in their regular class setting

Content Goals
To provide:

• Curriculum based on the needs and interests of the students
• Access to current information and/or innovative practices in fields of study
• Interdisciplinary approaches to content area

Interpersonal Affective Goals
To provide an environment conducive to:

• Respecting self and others
• Producing group and individual work in an intellectually risk-free setting
• Fostering the curiosity to be a life-long learner
• Meeting the needs of middle school students

 

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