Gifted Education Programs provide qualitatively different programs designed to meet the needs of gifted students K-12. Gifted Education is defined by State Board Education rule 6A-6.03019 as one who has superior intellectual development and is capable of high performance. Eligibility under State Board Rule includes a documented need for the program, a majority of gifted characteristics, and an intelligence quotient in the superior range. Additional eligibility criteria are available for limited English proficient students and students from low socio-economic families. Curriculum components include: enrichment, acceleration , alignment with the Sunshine State Standards (SSS)/Competency Based Curriculum (CBC), Gifted Program Goals and Objectives, and Gifted Program Standards. The gifted education program is available in all schools in the District through resource, content, full time and consultation services. All M-DCPS elementary, middle, and senior high schools provide gifted program services.

Teaching Enrichment Activities to Minorities(TEAM) is designed to provide for the instruction of higher order thinking skills to students within predominantly minority-populated schools in a self-contained elementary school classroom setting. TEAM integrates thinking skills instruction within all subject areas to strengthen the thinking processes of students.

Academic Excellence Program (AEP) augments the curriculum for academically talented students at the elementary school level and focuses on advanced academic learning skills that are necessary for effective work in all subjects, such as inquiry, reasoning, synthesis, and analysis.