Exceptional Education
Exceptional Student teachers and assistants offer comprehensive programs and services to students with special learning needs. Program specialists and intervention teachers work with classroom teachers to provide systematically designed instruction.
Gifted Education
The Museum School of Avondale Estates provides service to gifted-eligible learners in compliance with Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) guidelines. Gifted education services are delivered through approved models, including gifted resource classes, as well as grade level or subject area classes taught by gifted-endorsed teachers.
The Museum School of Avondale Estates offers a gifted resource class called Explorers Squared (E2) for gifted-eligible elementary students through 6th grade. In 7th and 8th grades, eligible students are taught by a gifted-endorsed teacher in one or more content areas.
The gifted education team often provides additional support for Museum School students by teaching classroom talent development and enrichment lessons, as well as by leading advanced content groups in specific subjects, such as math.
The Museum School screens students for gifted assessment each year following the guidelines of the Georgia Department of Education
Click here for an overview of gifted services and eligibility
English Language Learners
The Museum School of Avondale Estates provides instructional services to students who are identified as English Language Learners (ELL). Instruction focuses on acquiring and improving English language usage in the areas of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students who have a home language other than English are screened for qualification using the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Screener.
Each year ELL students take the Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State (ACCESS for ELLs) test to monitor their progress with English language acquisition. Students who are eligible to exit ELL services following ACCESS testing are monitored for two additional years to ensure their continued success.
