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Stephanie McIntyre Resource Teacher for the Gifted Glebe Elementary School October 1, 2013

Stephanie McIntyre Resource Teacher for the Gifted Glebe Elementary School October 1, 2013. Question Cards. Do you have a specific question? Please write your question(s) Your name Your child’s name Your contact information The best time for me to contact you.

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Stephanie McIntyre Resource Teacher for the Gifted Glebe Elementary School October 1, 2013

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  1. Stephanie McIntyre Resource Teacher for the Gifted Glebe Elementary School October 1, 2013

  2. Question Cards • Do you have a specific question? • Please write your question(s) • Your name • Your child’s name • Your contact information • The best time for me to contact you

  3. Professional Responsibilities • Promote differentiation strategies in the classroom • Provide extensions and supplemental resources for teachers • Model instructional strategies • Inform staff about gifted education training opportunities • Facilitate the identification process

  4. Professional Learning Communities Four Key Questions Focus Us on Learning #1 What is it we expect our students to learn? #2 How will we know when they have learned it? #3 How will we provide time and support when they don’t learn it? #4 How will we expand learning when they already know it or learn it quickly?

  5. Classroom Support • Plan with and support the classroom teachers with extension activities and projects • identified students • students who show evidence of mastering grade level content • Push-in Literature/Reading/Writing support for differentiated, small group instruction • Push-in Mathematics support for differentiated, small group instruction

  6. Classroom Support • Attend weekly PLC meetings • Model critical and creative thinking strategies in classes on a rotating basis • Provide resources and differentiation support to non-classroom teachers/specialists • May look different in the various grade levels depending on teacher and student needs

  7. Curriculum Examples • Gifted Services Literature Units • William and Mary Literature Units and Materials • Univ. of Connecticut Project M2 and Project M3 • Best of the Continental Math League/Math Exemplars • Hands-On Equations • Project Clarion Science Units • Teaching With Primary Sources (Library of Congress)

  8. Critical Thinking Skills

  9. Differentiated Student Progress Form • Quarterly report to parents for identified students in grades K-5 • Documents differentiated instructional strategies and extensions • Completed by classroom teacher in collaboration with the RTG • Replaces the Differentiation Instruction Planning Form

  10. Parent Resources • APS Gifted Services • http://www.apsva.us/giftedservices • Virginia Association for the Gifted (VAG) • http://www.vagifted.org • National Association for the Gifted (NAGC) • http://www.nagc.org • Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) • http://www.sengifted.org

  11. Questions? • Do you have a specific question? • Please write your question(s) • Your name • Your child’s name • Your contact information • The best time for me to contact you

  12. Contact Information Stephanie McIntyre, Resource Teacher for the Gifted Email: Stephanie.McIntyre@aspva.us Phone: 703.228.6280 Cheryl McCullough, Supervisor of Gifted Services Email: Cheryl.McCullough@apsva.us Phone: 703.228.6160

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