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VENTURE ACADEMY
Virtual
Education
Nurturing
Talents
Utilizing
Real-Life
Experiences
 WHO WOULD LIKE TO:
GO TO OUTER ASSIST WITH
EXPERIENCE CHINA? SPACE? SURGERY?
 ALL THIS AND MORE IS POSSIBLE AT VENTURE ACADEMY!

THE TRUE SIGN OF INTELLIGENCE IS NOT KNOWLEDGE BUT IMAGINATION.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Virtual
Education
Nurturing
Talents
Utilizing
Real-Life
Experiences
 Serving gifted students in grades
VENTURE 912.
Diverse population culturally &
ACADEMY economically.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXYzj6qwCCk Students given opportunities to have
experiences through VR that would
View students using visual reality in math at the otherwise not be possible.
1:00 mark. Total Enrollment 400
MISSION: To empower students to
reach their full potential through
virtual real-life experiences that
extend creativity, critical thinking,
and citizenship.
 RATIONALE
According the NACG (National Association for Gifted Children), developing and
nurturing high performance of gifted students supports the future prosperity of our
nation, state, community, and of individuals. However, most are not developing to the
level their potential would indicate is possible. In an article featured on the NAGC site,
Carol Ann Tomlinson, Ed.D, of The University of Virginia notes what it means to teach
gifted learners well:
CONTENT PROCESS PRODUCT
EXPERIENCES THAT ARE RICH ACTIVITIES THAT REQUIRE MORE OPEN-ENDED
IMPORTANT IDEAS TO BE
CONTENT THAT IS RELEVANT CAUSE GIFTED STUDENTS TO
PROCESSED AT A HIGHER
TO THEIR LIVES GRAPPLE WITH MEANINFGUL
LEVEL
PROBLEMS AND POSE
MORE ABSTRACT PACING IN RESPONSE TO DEFENSIBLE SOLUTIONS
MORE MULTI-FACETED INDIVIDUAL NEEDS

CRITICAL THINKING AT A
HIGHER DEGREE OF
DIFFICULTY (For example, the
most accomplished divers in
the Olympics perform dives
that have a higher degree
of difficulty than those
Virtual reality experiencesdivers
will whose
provide immersion
in ways never before
talents are not
as advanced.)
imaginable. The experiences available to students will enable them to
STRETCH AND GROW, supporting the needs of the gifted learner!
 DELIVERY
Depth & Complexity Model
Developed by Kaplan, who states that it is
VIRTUAL REALITY important to differentiate learning for gifted
EXPERIENCES students through depth, complexity, and
Include Past, Present, & overarching themes.
Futuristic Immersive Autonomous Learner Model
Betts model offers a self-directed approach
Experiences to learning that recognizes the cognitive,
Relevant social, and emotional needs of the learner.
Choice/Interest Based
Promote Cultural Awareness &
Understanding
Interactive
Challenging What services will
Individualized help gifted
students reach
their full potential COMMUNITY
at Venture
MENTORSHIP
Academy?
S&
INERNSHIPS
 PHYSICAL
SPACES
DESIGN & RATIONALE
Circular shaped building that encourages connections among people and a sense
of community.
Top Floor Large windows with lots of natural light. Studies show that natural
light increases productivity & has health benefits.
Bottom Floor Variable lighting for students who prefer a dimmer work
environment.
Includes areas that provide BOTH structure and choice to meet programming and
student needs.
Resource rooms are intended to encourage students to reach higher and take
SUPPORTED RISKS in learning.

Virtual Reality Rooms

Classroom Spaces
Lab Spaces
Resource, Supply, & Storage Spaces
Presentation Space
Practice Space
Gallery/Display Spaces

Studio
 TEACHERS
1. TAG Certified
2. Dedicated & Enthusiastic
3. Work Collaboratively
4. Regularly Scheduled
Professional
Development
STUDENTS
1. Identified as gifted through
state regulations.
2. Selected through
application process
including interest survey,
recommendation from
teacher AND community
member, and
essay/presentation
regarding interest.
3. Diversified population
culturally & economically.
PARENTS
1. Must complete interest
survey on child.
2. Required to choose ONE:
A. Serve as a mentor or
secure a community
mentor.
B. Participate in one virtual
field trip with child per
semester.
3. Select a parent group to
participate in. Groups meet
once a month and address
issues unique to giftedness.

COMMUNITY
1. Mentorships
2. Sponsorships through virtual reality experiences
3. Participation in school governance through surveys
4. Sponsorships of students in need of transportation (through Uber and/or Lyft).
5. Student community service

CONTINUATION
1. Review of portfolio of work
periodically. Portfolios will
include reflections as well as
long and short-term goals.
Support plan written after
meeting with committee,
parent, and student if needed.
2. Review of portfolio of work at
end of school year. Support
plan written after meeting
with committee, parent, and
student if needed.
PROGRAM
EVALUATION FUNDING
1. Venture Academy will 1. State & County
participate in taking a
2. Grants through sponsors
nationally normed
used in virtual reality
achievement test.
experiences.
2. Students graduating from
3. Possibility of fund raising
Venture Academy will be
through charging other
tracked in regards to
facilities to borrow
postsecondary education
libraries of virtual
and career choices and
accomplishments. experiences.

GOVERNANCE COUNCIL
1. Made up of administrators, teachers, parents.
2. Community input through surveys.
3. Student input through surveys.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge
is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination
embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know
and understand.
-Albert Einstein

Venture Academy
Encouraging
students to
DREAM BIG!