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Welcome back!. Gifted and Talented Students. But first!. You are indeed a grand old flag. Next class:. Take me Out to the Ball Game. What is a “Gifted/Talented” student?. No standard definition from any organization Demonstrate outstanding levels of aptitude or competence in a domain
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Welcome back! Gifted and Talented Students
But first! You are indeed a grand old flag
Next class: Take me Out to the Ball Game
What is a “Gifted/Talented” student? • No standard definition from any organization • Demonstrate outstanding levels of aptitude or competence in a domain • (<10%) (NAGC) • Higher performance capability (Javits, ‘88) • Outstanding Talent (OERI, ‘93) • Children who, by virtue of outstanding abilities, are capable of high performance.(Marland Report, ‘72)
How else is it defined? • Columbus Group: asynchronous development • Gagné:Giftedness ≠Talent • Talent is hard work. Gifted is magic • Renzulli: 3 ring model • Above average ability • High level of commitment • High level of creativity
Block grants based on five areas (1981) intellectual creative artistic leadership capacity specific academic fields But also (1984) mathematics, science, foreign languages, or computer learning. Early Gifted funding
Gifted is not a mandated exceptionality • IDEA covers disabilities • Special ed • Local/State programs cover gifted • Special ed • Let’s see how PA covers gifted, shall we? • Gifted by state
Programming Standards • http://www.nagc.org/uploadedFiles/Information_and_Resources/Gifted_Program_Standards/K-12%20booklet%20for%20convention%20(final).pdf • Outlines administrative steps to creating IEP for gifted
Hobby Enrichment Compacting Self-pacing Acceleration Pull-out Cluster grouping Summer enrichment Separate classes/schools Homeschooling Ways to enact gifted ed
Hobby • After school lessons • Clubs
Enrichment • Adapted assignments • Similar to accommodations/modification for IEP • School sponsored activities • Scholar bowl • Chess club • Honors Band
Compacting • Pre-testing on new material • Skipping knowns and moving on
Self-pacing • Montessori method • Small flexible groupings for tasks
Acceleration • Separate classes/material for advanced students • Tracking • Skipping grades • “partial’ acceleration in subject areas • Community college classes in lieu of HS • Jr. High take classes at HS
Pull out programs • Leave the inclusive classroom for enrichment • Needs to be connected to the regular classroom material to be effective
Cluster grouping • Pulling out small groups of similarly gifted students for all day learning
Summer enrichment • Gifted camp • Govies (PA)
Upshot? • Gifted is what you call gifted. • Teachers of the Arts will be prone to have gifted students • They get to pick us! • How can you keep them • busy? • Thinking? • Leading? • Growing? • Connected with peers?
EFE paperwork needs • Soon you may get a cooperating teacher. • Huzzah for you!!!! • Contact him/her ASAP and set up mutually agreeable times/days for your early field experience • What should you do during this EFE? • So glad you asked! • Official answer in handbook (p.35) • Unofficial answer: Whatever you can and/or they let you
At the end of the 35-40 hours of EFE in your cooperating school • 3 pieces of paperwork needed for completion of EDUC 242 grade • Pp 30-34 in handbook • Cooperating teacher evaluation (33-34) • Candidate reflective paper (30-32) • Checkbox • Open ended questions • Danielson Domain essay • Reflective Journal • Of your own design
YOU are responsible for getting all three documents Signed by the teacher From the school site To LAURA FERGUSON LAURA FERGUSON is responsible for Reading documents Contacting coop (if needed) Sending documents to College of Ed Completing change of grade forms (if needed) Who’s in charge of what?
We’ll have this little chat again in class • March 12: Don’t come here • Unless you want to have an Educational Psychology overview • Praxis II friendly • March 28: Lesson plan development in conjunction with IEPs