Programming/ALPs

An Advanced Learning Plan (ALP) is a direct link between the student profile created during the identification process and the implementation of programming services matched to the child’s strengths and interests. ALPs are a planning guide for making instructional decisions about materials, programming options and assessments for gifted students based upon strengths, interests, and social-emotional needs. They are critical in the transition of gifted students from one level of schooling to the next and from school to school. ALPs are developed within 30 days of gifted identification and are revised yearly by October 1st. 

The ECBOCES Administrative Unit has developed an electronic ALP for districts to use. Districts have the option of using their own ALP form if it includes all essential elements described in the Rules promulgated by the State Board of Education. 

ALPs should be updated, progress monitored, and reviewed annually. Each district should have a process in place for collaborative development of standards aligned academic and affective ALP goals and strategies which includes teachers, parents, and student input.

East Central BOCES school districts offer a variety of programming options to meet the needs of gifted learners.  With the resources available, districts implement programming options based on each student’s strengths and area(s) of identification.  Individual student programming selections are driven by student data.  East Central BOCES recognizes that programming for affective or social-emotional needs is crucial to the well-being of gifted students. Programming and instruction for gifted students falls within the Colorado Multi-Tiered Model of Instruction and Intervention with services at the universal, targeted or intensive levels based on student needs.