School principals, in consultation with parents, teachers, school counsellors and other appropriate personnel, have the prime responsibility for decisions in relation to the education of gifted and talented students. School communities have a responsibility to identify their gifted and talented students. School communities have a responsibility to provide a range of opportunities for their gifted and talented students. School Principals have the final responsibility for deciding when the early entry to school of a student who is intellectually gifted and talented is appropriate to meet the student's educational, social and emotional needs. School Principals have the final responsibility for deciding when any form of accelerated progression is appropriate for individual gifted and talented students in Years K-12 to meet the student's educational, social and emotional needs.
Teachers have a responsibility to identify the gifted and talented students in their classes.
Teachers have a responsibility to select a variety of teaching strategies for inclusion in programs for the range of gifted and talented students in their classes. Regions and schools have a responsibility to coordinate school provisions for gifted and talented students when it is feasible for more than one school to share this responsibility. Regions and schools have a responsibility to provide staff development opportunities in the education of gifted and talented students for principals, teachers and other appropriate school personnel. The Director-General and the Central Executive have a responsibility to account for the implementation of Government policy and to report on the outcomes of schooling for gifted and talented students in NSW Government schools. This policy statement should be read in conjunction with the NSW Government Strategy for the Education of Gifted and Talented Students .