Artistically Gifted
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Shirley Hamilton, | ||
"Artistically Gifted Children" shall mean those childen and youth who are found to have an exceptionally high degree of creativity and an exceptionally high degree of ability in the visual arts as documented through the identification process.
Identification of artistically gifted students:
Referral: A student may be referred by a teacher, administrator, counselor, parent,peer, self or any other person having reason to believe that the student may be artistically gifted. The person initiating the refereal shall sign the refereal form and date it.
Referral Criteria:
A statement from an individual with documented expertise in the visual arts that the student is in the top 10% of age peers in ability in the visual arts and has an exceptionally high degree of creativity and one of the following:
- Published checklist of creativity of norm-referenced test of creativity,
- Published checklist of characteristics for the visual arts or a published test of ability in the visual arts,
- Demonstrated individual accomplishment in the visual arts such as recognition at the state level or above or
- Portfolio of the student's work evaluated using a rubric.