Curriculum Instruction

VALIDATION OF WORK FROM NON-ACCREDITED SCHOOLS

In accordance with the Southern Association of Schools, please be aware that Gwinnett County Public Schools will validate competency, by course, before awarding Gwinnett County Public School credit for work completed at a home school or private school that is not accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools or its equivalent.

Students entering a Gwinnett County Public High School from a non-accredited private school will be required to validate competency through testing or through scholarship performance in specified trailer courses. Students entering from a home school will be required to earn credit through testing.

If you attend, or plan to attend, a non-SACS accredited school or a home school and subsequently request credit for the experience from a Gwinnett County public school, please check with local school personnel for details involving awarding of Gwinnett County Public Schools credit.

GIFTED EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Gifted Education in the Gwinnett County Public Schools is a part of the system’s Center for Educational Programs. The procedures for identifying and placing students in the gifted program, which is funded by the state, are governed by the rules and regulations approved by the State Department of Education. Referrals to the gifted program may come from teachers, parents, peers, or as the result of system wide testing scores. A school’s gifted eligibility team reviews referrals throughout each school year to determine which students will be evaluated. A child may be referred once during grades K-2, once in grades 3-5, once in middle school and once during high school. The evaluation includes the student’s mental aptitude, achievement, creativity and motivation. Private evaluations and testing may not be substituted for test data generated by the local school.

ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES(ESOL)
The goal of the ESOL program is to provide an opportunity for students whose dominant language is not English to acquire oral and written communication skills in English that will enable them to function in school and in the community. This includes developing competency both in the English needed for social interaction and the academic English needed for successful participation in the formal curriculum. The school system identifies those students whose dominant language is not English.

Select a department from the list below to see their offering of courses and lists of teachers that make up their course teams.