Program of Assessment, Diagnosis and Instruction (PADI)

Accelerated and Enriched Instruction → Elementary Programs → PADI

Early Recognition of Potential: PADI

The overall goal of PADI is to recognize and nurture intellectual potential among students most frequently overlooked because of socioeconomic, cultural, and/or linguistic differences. The focus of this program is to:

To plan and implement instructional practices that nurture critical and creative thinking in the lower elementary grades.

This focus addresses the following questions:

How can potential be recognized early, especially among culturally diverse students?
How can the academic skills and thinking strategies of these students be refined and extended so that a significant number of them will be recognized as needing accelerated and enriched instruction and be provided with challenge and support that allow for success?

PADI Staff Contact Information

Acting Supervisor

Kurshanna Johnson, AEI
301-279-3163
Kurshanna_L_Johnson@mcpsmd.org