• Cheetah
    Dublin ISD Program for Advanced Learning (PAL)
     
    VISION
    Dublin Independent School District, working together with the entire community, provides opportunities to all gifted and talented youth.  An individualized student-centered program for expanding student awareness is facilitated through a challenging, differentiated curriculum aimed at encouraging creative thinking and expression through problem solving.  In order to express its commitment to high level learning opportunities for all students, Dublin ISD adopts the State Goal for Services for Gifted Students.
     
    STATE GOAL FOR SERVICES FOR GIFTED STUDENTS
    Students who participate in services designed for gifted students will demonstrate skills in self-directed learning, thinking, research, and communication as evidenced by the development of innovative products and performances that reflect individuality and creativity and are advanced in relation to students of similar age, experience, or environment.  High school graduates who have participated in services for gifted students will have produced products and performances of professional quality as part of their program services.
     
    Definition of Gifted and Talented:

    ..."gifted and talented students" means a child or youth who performs at or shows the potential for performing at a remarkably high level of accomplishment when compared to others of the same age, experience, or environment and who:

    1. exhibits high performance capability in an intellectual, creative, or artistic area
    2. possesses an unusual capacity for leadership
    3. or excels in a specific academic field.
    Gifted and Talented programs are required in all public school districts. Information about program requirements can be found in the Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted/Talented Students.
     
    If you have questions about the information in the state plan, the Advanced Academic division of the Texas Education Agency has published a question and answer document regarding frequent questions.
     
     

    Gifted and Talented
    Resources

    There are a variety of resources for gifted/talented. Please select from the list below the section that will best fit your needs.