ELP
Extended Learning Program services are provided to meet the needs of identified gifted/talented and high ability students. ELP services offer students the opportunity to engage in learning with greater depth, complexity, and rigor, through differentiated curriculum and instruction. ELP coursework is extended beyond the general education classroom and is more abstract and complex, giving students greater depth of understanding. Skill development with higher order thinking skills in both critical and creative thinking is an important part of the students' experiences. Certified teachers with a Gifted and Talented Endorsement teach ELP classes. The Extended Learning Program serves gifted/talented and high ability students in elementary and middle schools with two service models, Magnet ELP and Neighborhood ELP.
MAGNET ELP
The Magnet Extended Learning Program (MELP) is a district administered program in which students are identified by national normed assessment measures. Eligibility is determined at the district level.
The Neighborhood Extended Learning Program (NELP) is in all Salt Lake City School District elementary and the following middle schools: Clayton, Glendale, Hillside, and Northwest.
ELP PHILOSOPHYThe Extended Learning Program supports the mission of Salt Lake City School District (SLCSD) to cultivate a love of learning in a diverse and inclusive school community, committed to educational excellence and integrity. In collaboration with families and community we hold high expectations for all students, respond effectively to individual needs, and provide a safe, healthy environment in which every student can learn the academic, problem-solving and social skills required for success in college, career, and life. The district has designed and implemented an Extended Learning Program to meet the cognitive and affective needs of identified gifted students. Through ELP, a continuum of program options provides a beneficial learning environment and curriculum designed to meet the needs of gifted/talented and high ability students.
ELP MOTTO - Discovering Through Depth and Complexity
Depth: understanding a topic beyond surface knowledge. Depth encourages students to venture further, deeper, with greater elaboration, through quality of subject matter, rules and ethics, language, and patterns. It involves learning from:
MAGNET ELP
The Magnet Extended Learning Program (MELP) is a district administered program in which students are identified by national normed assessment measures. Eligibility is determined at the district level.
- Elementary Magnet ELP is a full day program at Emerson (1-6), Hawthorne (K-6), and Whittier (K-6) schools, taught by certified teachers who also have or are receiving a Gifted and Talented Education Endorsement.
- Students are found eligible for Magnet ELP through an assessment process. Application dates and assessment dates will be posted on this website in September 2019.
- Middle School Magnet ELP serves students in four core subjects at Clayton, Hillside, and West High School.
- Students are found eligible for Middle School Magnet ELP through an assessment process. Application dates and assessment dates will be posted on this website in September 2020.
The Neighborhood Extended Learning Program (NELP) is in all Salt Lake City School District elementary and the following middle schools: Clayton, Glendale, Hillside, and Northwest.
- In elementary schools, NELP is a pull-out program that serves students in grades 4-6 in their neighborhood elementary schools. Identification is in grade 4 at the beginning of the school year.
- All students in grades 4 and new-to-district grades 5 and 6 are assessed at their neighborhood boundary school.
- In middle schools, NELP serves students in up to four core subjects.
- Students desiring a NELP placement at Clayton, Glendale, Hillside, or Northwest need to apply for the Magnet ELP assessment that is offered each fall. Application dates and assessment dates for the 2021-2022 school year will be posted on this website in September 2020.
ELP PHILOSOPHYThe Extended Learning Program supports the mission of Salt Lake City School District (SLCSD) to cultivate a love of learning in a diverse and inclusive school community, committed to educational excellence and integrity. In collaboration with families and community we hold high expectations for all students, respond effectively to individual needs, and provide a safe, healthy environment in which every student can learn the academic, problem-solving and social skills required for success in college, career, and life. The district has designed and implemented an Extended Learning Program to meet the cognitive and affective needs of identified gifted students. Through ELP, a continuum of program options provides a beneficial learning environment and curriculum designed to meet the needs of gifted/talented and high ability students.
ELP MOTTO - Discovering Through Depth and Complexity
Depth: understanding a topic beyond surface knowledge. Depth encourages students to venture further, deeper, with greater elaboration, through quality of subject matter, rules and ethics, language, and patterns. It involves learning from:
- Concrete to abstract
- Familiar to unfamiliar
- Known to unknown
- Literal to symbolized
- Varying perspectives
- Issues, problems, and themes
- Conceptual learning