Henry County Schools Talented and Gifted Program

1. Henry County SchoolsTalented and Gifted Program Ensuring Success For Each Student

2. Advanced Content Gifted Delivery Model Year 1 Year 2 Austin Road Elementary Cotton Indian Elementary Dutchtown Elementary Mount Carmel Elementary New Hope Elementary Pate’s Creek Elementary Unity Grove Elementary Walnut Creek Elementary Woodland Elementary Bethlehem Elementary East Lake Elementary FlippenElementary McDonough Elementary Pleasant Grove Elementary Red Oak Elementary Smith Barnes Elementary Stockbridge Elementary Timber Ridge Elementary

3. Why a new model of delivery? Students in the current model are only receiving a total of 5 hours of service per week. Student achievement scores have been decreasing over the last three years There are a significant number of gifted students who are not meeting standard on the writing assessment Under the current SAGE model students are missing 20% of their instructional year for activities disconnected from standards based instruction

4. What Does Advanced Content Mean? Advanced content really means acceleration and increasing the depth and breadth of information that your students will be learning. Students will be clustered into like minded groups taught by a gifted certified teacher These teachers will accelerate the Mathematics and English/Language Arts curriculum at each grade level They will explore and master the standards at their current grade level and 25% of the next grade In addition they will select projects and research topics that will enhance their learning of these standards Learning & Leadership Services

5. How will this benefit my student in future grades? As the content continues to accelerate, students will have the ability to be placed in high grade level content. For example, in 5th grade a student could be working completely on 6th grade math, by 8th grade they could be taking Accelerated Coordinate Algebra for High School credit, in High School they could take Advanced Placement Calculus AB as a Junior and AP Statistics or Calculus BC as a Senior. In high school grades students will have the potential to create their own internships and learning experiences through a secondary resource class.

6. What else will my student receive? Students will receive additional service in the areas of Science and Social Studies through cluster peer groups. This means that students in their grade level taught by a gifted certified teacher will modify the content to provide deeper and engaging activities that will help students master and excel in these subjects Teachers will supplement the instruction with research, reading, writing, and hands on activities Additionally, for an hour per day students will receive an hour of self directed and teacher aided exploratory time. Students will receive a Personal Learning Plan that will set specific academic, social, and emotional goals with stated strategies to meet those goals Learning & Leadership Services

7. What is Exploratory Time? Exploratory will essentially replace the current resource time that students are receiving now. Instead of a single 5 hour day, students will now receive an hour per day, 5 days a week. During this time students will be able to self select activities and projects that are meaningful to them and are related to the material that they are learning in class. This could be a time when students engage in the projects that they selected as a part of any of the core subject areas, further work on science or social studies fair projects, or to receive additional individualized enrichment or remediation Learning & Leadership Services

8. Push in Support A final component of the Advanced Content Delivery Model is the support that the teachers and students will receive Gifted Support Teachers will be identified and will support each of the schools offering this model of instruction They will work directly with each of the gifted grade level teachers to help create and deliver high level rigorous and engaging instruction, work directly with students to set goals, work on the previously mentioned self selected projects, and to aid in enrichment Learning & Leadership Services

9. Bottom Line The current single day 5 hour resource SAGE class is changing Students will receive up to 5 hours of gifted instruction per day, 5 days a week Students will master greater content that matches their abilities Students will work with the teachers to set academic and personal goals through the gifted program Students can begin setting their own educational course through enhanced teacher and school support through the creation of individualized student goals Learning & Leadership Services

10. Results after Year One 90%+ parent and student satisfaction ratings based on school based surveys Increased achievement on classroom measures: Fountas and Pinnell IKAN and GLOSS Reduced behavioral infractions in both TAG and non-TAG classes Expected improvements on CRCT and Writing Assessments (data has not been received yet) Learning & Leadership Services