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Parent Information Night

Parent Information Night. SCPS Gifted & Secondary Programs Resource Teachers (GSP). Who We Are. Feli Cardenas, North Stafford High School Helga Purnell, Stafford High School Dewey Reynolds, Brooke Point High School Laura Spicer, Colonial Forge High School. What We Do.

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Parent Information Night

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  1. Parent Information Night SCPS Gifted & Secondary Programs Resource Teachers (GSP)

  2. Who We Are... • Feli Cardenas, North Stafford High School • Helga Purnell, Stafford High School • Dewey Reynolds, Brooke Point High School • Laura Spicer, Colonial Forge High School

  3. What We Do... Ultimately, we advocate for you! • Meet with students, parents, teachers, and other educators • GSP Google Classroom: main method of communication Make sure students accept and parent join • Please make an appointment with us! Tonight we will focus on • What is a high school GPS resource teacher? • Summer Residential Governor’s School • How to Learn

  4. What We Do... • At the high school level, the gifted resource teacher is just that - a resource. We will not pull you out of your classes for enrichment, as you should be enrolled in classes and/or a program which meets your intellectual and artistic needs. • We also teach some classes in our content areas. • However, we have many duties which offer you enrichment opportunities, and we are ultimately an advocate for you! • We have information on the following: • AP Capstone Diploma Program • Commonwealth Governor’s School • IB Program • Summer Residential Governor’s School • Fredericksburg Regional Governor’s School • Mentorship Opportunities • Independent Study • Virtual Virginia

  5. What We Do... We can help you with: • Application Review • Letters of Recommendations • Scholarship Information & Assistance • Internship Information & Assistance • College Applications & Essays • Class and scheduling questions

  6. Summer Residential Governor’s Schools

  7. Summer Residential Governor’s School Academic Programs • Agriculture • Humanities • Mathematics, Science & Technology • Medicine & Health Sciences • NASA/Engineering • Marine Science Visual & Performing Arts Programs • Dance • Instrumental Music • Vocal Music • Theatre • Visual Arts

  8. How to Choose a Program: Interest Chart

  9. Foreign Language Academies Spanish, French, or German(Full Immersion) Washington & Lee University Japanese or Latin(Partial Immersion) Randolph-Macon College

  10. Locations Dates NASA/Engineering CNU/Langley Marine Science CNU/Gloucester Agriculture Virginia Tech Humanities Radford MST Univ. Lynchburg Medicine & Health VCU VPA Radford Range from last week of June to end of July

  11. Reminder About Naviance College & Career readiness software provided to every secondary level student in SCPS

  12. How to Learn and Think: A Multi- Step Approach Memory Skills Information Skills Content Knowledge M e ta c o g n i t i o n Life Experiences Active Thinking & Learning Organization Process: Execution of Knowledge and Neuroscience Skills/Process Creative Thinking Skills Questioning Critical Thinking

  13. Gifted & Talented Learner…. • Most difficult first • Seek patterns quickly • Pretest as a volunteer and use chapter test • Tie in ethics and morality • Broaden Passion • Work with other gifted students • Abstract thinking • Intensity & Curiosity • Question • Metacognition; knowledge awareness

  14. 10 PITFALLS TO AVOID... • Lack of sleep and exercise • Passive reading & rereading • Highlighting or underlining • Glancing at the solution to a problem • Cramming • Lazy learning • Ignoring your book • Not clearing up points of confusion • Distractions • Chatting with friends instead of studying with them from Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School: Guide for kids & Teens, by Barbara Oakley

  15. Questions & Answers Session

  16. Thank you for your attendance !

  17. Resources Dawson, Peg and Guare, Richard.Smart but Scattered, The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential. The Guilford Press, New York: January 2009. Oakley, Barbara. How to Learn in School without spending All Your Time Studying. TarcherPerigee, New York: 2018. CJ Simister. How to Teach Thinking and Learning Skills A Practical Programme for the Whole School. SAGE, Thousand Oaks, CA:2007. Azzam, Amy. “Six Strategies for Challenging Gifted Learners.” http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/apr16/vol58/num04/Six-Strategies-for-Challenging-Gifted-Learners.aspx. Oakcrest Academy. “11 Ways Gifted Students Learn Differently.” https://oakcrestacademy.org/gifted-students-learn-differently/. National Association for the Gifted, http://www.nagc.org/. SRGS,http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/governors_school_programs/summer_residential/

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