Talent Development
Approach
A precious stone needs to be polished to
become a glittering jewel. Like gems,
potential or natural abilities (gifts) need
to be appropriately nurtured and developed
before one can realize and achieve her
potential with excellence. The goal of
talent development in RGS is to help
students understand their own interests,
strengths, and potentials, to know how to
pursue and engage in the best talent
development activities, and for the students
to commit themselves to the development of
their talents, so that they may become women
of scholarship who will be the leaders of
distinction committed to excellence and
enterprise, in service of the nation and the
community.
The talent development programme at
Raffles Girls' School follows Dr.
Treffinger's Levels of Service (LoS)
approach. Based on more than two decades of
research, the four levels of services serve
as a guiding framework for designing
appropriate and challenging learning
experiences. They range from a broad array
of services for the school-wide population
(Level 1) to those focused more specifically
on the characteristics and readiness of
students in specific talent areas that are
demonstrated by a few (Level 4).
| Level of Services |
Description |
Examples (non-exhaustive) |
| Level I “Discovering & Building“ |
A variety of
services are provided to expose
students to different experiences.
Provision of instruction in
foundation-building skills and
tools. Services constitute of
content and processes that are
appropriate and challenging for all
students. |
|
| Level II “Curious & Exploring” |
Services provide
opportunities for students to verify
their motivation, competence and
commitment to their areas of
strengths, interest and curiousity.
Services are either voluntary or
invitational in nature.
|
|
| Level III “Enthusiastic &
Performing” |
Services respond
to needs based on individual
strengths, talents and sustained
interests. Focus is on strengthening
competence, confidence and
commitment in the identified talent
area. Services are more
differentiated and responsive to
students’ unique strengths and
readiness in talent areas.
|
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| Level IV “Passionate & Soaring” |
Services are
constructed to respond to the
blossoming expertise of the students
and provide an environment that
supports and encourages students to
self-initiate and self-direct
services based on their personal
talent area. Highly individualized
services that require an
extraordinary level of skills
development and commitment.
|
- Academic customization and
individualisation through the
Individualised Education Plan
(e.g. acceleration in specific
disciplines, grade skipping)
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