The CTD Pathways Approach
Many Paths, One Goal: Developing Your Child’s Potential
t Center for Talent Development (CTD), we believe advanced academic ability is not a trait, like eye color, but rather a potential for future achievement that requires continuous nurturing over time. Research suggests that talent development occurs when an individual’s aptitudes and interests are matched with the right combination of opportunities for intellectual, social, and emotional growth.
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CTD’s mission is to identify exceptional ability and potential in young students and provide paths toward adult achievement and creativity through opportunities to study and practice with peers, while being guided by expert teachers and adult professionals.
I fit in with people who cared about their academic experience
as much as I did. This was a new
feeling...it was an amazing experience that definitely changed me.
CTD STUDENT How Pathways Guides Your Child
Our signature Pathways approach to talent development includes multiple options for high-ability students and their families as they grow both intellectually and psychosocially. Starting as early as age 3, a student can begin exploring an array of interests through various courses or pursue a passion by taking many courses in the same subject area. As they grow older, CTD programming includes opportunities to delve even deeper into subjects through numerous enrichment opportunities and advanced and accelerated courses. Our goal with our Pathways approach is to help students move from early potential to increased competency and expertise in areas of interest and/or ability.
As a parent you may wonder, how can I find the right pathway for my child? There is no right or wrong path, just one that matches your child’s interests and abilities. The Pathways approach at CTD provides endless opportunities to help your child reach their individual highest potential. No two children are alike, just as no two CTD students have the same exact path. CTD offers hundreds of courses and experiences in nearly every discipline at every grade level. This means you’ll always find the right opportunity at the right time in your child’s development.
To support each individual student, CTD has an exceptional approach to instruction. CTD instructors are chosen because they are content experts, engaged and passionate about their subject, and committed to developing the talents of their students. Each class stretches students’ problem solving and critical-thinking skills, fosters their creativity and content expertise, and encourages intellectual risk-taking in a safe atmosphere. Students are inspired to become self-directed, lifelong learners and to continue on their path of talent development.
No two children are alike, just as no two CTD students have the exact same path.
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