GATE :: Program Governance Team (PGT) :: San Diego City Schools

Gifted and Talented Education (GATE)

Program Governance Team (PGT)

•	Overview
•	Meeting Schedule & Information
•	Contact Information

Overview
The purpose of the PGT is to provide a forum for shared decision making among SDCS administration, GATE and other school staff, parents, and community members. The goals are:

•	To provide an equitable, comprehensive, and ongoing identification process that adheres to the current state criteria.
•	To provide for differentiation of content, process, product, and learning environment commensurate with abilities and talents of GATE students.
•	To foster participation in challening capstone courses by introducing, in earlier grades, the skills, concepts, and habits of mind needed for success in rigorous courses.
•	To foster creativity, talent development, and self-generating, problem-solving abilities to expand each students awareness of choices for satisfying contributions to society.
•	To promote site plans that support the social and emotional needs of gifted students in order to help students develop healthy self-concepts, increase commitment to personal responsibility and responsibility toward others, and cultivate sensitivity and constructive ethical standards.
•	To develop life-long learners.
•	To provide professional development opportunities related to gifted education to administrators, teachers, and GATE staff to support and improve educational opportunities for gifted students.
•	To assure consitent participation of parents and community members in the planning and evaluation of the programs for gifted students.
•	To establish formal and informal evaluation methods and instruments that assess the gifted program and performance of gifted students (which meet or exceed state content standards), and to use the results to improve gifted programs and gifted student performance.

Meeting Schedule & Information
Meetings are held on the last Wednesday of each month. Agenda items should be directed to Aline Hendricks.

2008-2009 Schedule
Date	Notes
Sep 24, 2008	Madison High School, Rm. R-25
Oct 29	Madison High School, Rm. R-25
Nov 26	Madison High School, Rm. R-25
Jan 28, 2009	Madison High School, Rm. R-25
Feb 25	Madison High School, Rm. R-25
Mar 25	Madison High School, Rm. R-25
Apr 29	Madison High School, Rm. R-25
May 27	Madison High School, Rm. R-25

Meetings are generally held from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., but times can vary.

Contact Information

Karen Moffitt
Program Governance Chair
(858) 573-5998 - Phone

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