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1. Welcome! • Please sign-in. There is a sign-in sheet for each grade level. 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade • Questions? In lieu of time, please use the index cards provided. Along with your question: include your name, child’s name, grade level, and your contact information. Talent Development Department

2. Middle School Talent Development ProgramAnnual Parent MeetingSeptember 12th, 2013Carmel Middle School Talent Development Department

3. AIG Mission To provide appropriate intellectual opportunities that help academically gifted students realize their potential and connect them to their complex world. Talent Development Department

4. AIG Vision For students from all cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds who are academically gifted to have a rigorous and relevant educational experience. Talent Development Department

5. What CMS will do to obtain this vision: • Use multiple criteria to identify students. • Provide CMS educators with comprehensive training in best practices. • Support a continuum of differentiated instructional opportunities that relates to and expands the Common Core State Standards. • Match students with services that provide instruction geared for significant academic growth while encouraging other strengths and talents. • Support families in their efforts to support these students. Talent Development Department

6. Understand their unique social and emotional needs. • Strive for self-actualization. • Foster creative, critical, and innovative thinking. • Practice self-directed learning and independent problem solving. • Engage in collaborative experiences. • Develop a capacity to see interconnections among disciplines. • Apply life skills for leadership, accountability, adaptability, productivity, and social responsibility. Talent Development Department

7. Everyone works collaboratively to meet the needs of gifted learners. Middle School Program Talent Development Department

8. Standard Plus • For students who need to be challenged with enriched grade level curriculum and work beyond their grade level. • Standard Plus courses are offered in Language Arts and Mathematics. Talent Development Department

9. Honors Courses • For students who need to be advanced in their learning, which will require curriculum beyond grade level. • Honors courses are offered in Language Arts and Mathematics. Talent Development Department

10. Placement in Honors Classes: Students are placed in the course based on: • Their EOG Math & Reading Scores • Grades & Prior Course Enrollment • Academic Performance • Teacher Input Talent Development Department

11. Desired Outcomes • Curriculum studied in greater depth through the rigor of lessons and differentiated activities. • Curriculum accelerated to include above-grade level material when appropriate. • Advanced pace of learning (some VHS classes offered). Talent Development Department

12. What is differentiation? “A differentiated learning experience occurs when educators modify the regular curriculum setting and select instructional practices that reflect students’ readiness for learning. This ‘readiness’ includes ability levels, achievement levels, interests, and learning preferences.” ~ Mary Landrum~ Educational Consultant Talent Development Department

13. Practices & Strategies • Divergent Questioning & Rigor • Socratic Seminars • Text Complexity • Research Skills & Investigations • Arts infusion • Multiple Intelligences • Reflective assessment/Product assessment • Performance-based assessment Talent Development Department

14. How is middle school TD different from elementary school TD? • Carmel uses cluster groups to serve our TD students in the classrooms. We do not use a “pull out” model; instead students are served in their classrooms through differentiated instruction. Students are provided learning experiences and assessments that are conceptually advanced, challenging and complex. Lessons involve critical thinking, creative problems solving and inquiry based assessment. Teachers will use pre and post assessments to determine students’ strengths and weaknesses as well as ensure that students have mastered concepts taught. • Our Goal: to provide appropriately challenging, stimulating experiences throughout the school day. Talent Development Department

15. How will Carmel Middle School communicate with the parents of our TD students? • Each quarter we publish a newsletter to parents of TD students. The newsletter can be found on Carmel’s web page under Academic Enrichment. • At the end of the year a Performance Review will be sent home with every TD student along with their CMS report card. Talent Development Department

16. CarmelMiddle School Webpage http://schools.cms.k12.nc.us/carmelMS/Pages AcademicEnrichment Talent Development Department

17. Special Programs at Carmel • Shakespeare Recitation Contest • Student Council • Geography Bee • Spelling Bee • Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) • Writing & Poetry Contests • Odyssey of the Mind (OM) • Chess Club • Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP) • National Academic League (NAL) • Drama Club • Jazz Band • Battle of the Books • Science Olympiad • Math Counts • National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) - 8th grade Talent Development Department

18. What do gifted services look like? • Math • Language Arts • Science • Social Studies Talent Development Department

19. Middle School Math Overall Goal To prepare students for higher level math courses at the high school level such as Advanced Placement (AP classes) and International Baccalaureate (IB Program). Talent Development Department

20. Math Math I (Algebra) is offered in 7th and 8th grade this year Talent Development Department

21. Math Math II (Geometry) will be offered in 8th grade next year Talent Development Department

22. Language Arts Concept Driven Connections Critical Stance Interpretation Inquiry Based Talent Development Department

23. Language Arts SpringBoard • College Board’s official Pre-AP program • “Back-Mapping” instructional design • Thematically designed units Talent Development Department

24. SpringBoard Themes • 6th Grade – Change • 7th Grade – Choice • 8th Grade - Challenge Talent Development Department

25. Overall Goal To build higher level literacy strategies that will build success in all subject areas. Talent Development Department

26. You might see… • Cooperative Learning • Investigations • Inquiry & Questioning • Socratic Seminars • Visual representations of ideas • Interdisciplinary work • Performance Based Tasks • Mini-Projects • Authentic Tasks • Application of knowledge in new settings • Literature Circles • Thinking Maps Talent Development Department

27. DUKE T. I. P. Mr. Canupp– 7th grade Counselor • Criteria to participate: Scored at or above the 95th percentile on an accepted subtest (Based on 5th grade scores) Talent Development Department

28. Tonight: Teachers will be giving specifics about their curriculum and their instructional practices Please remember that tonight is NOT a time for parent conferences. If you have concerns about your child, please e-mail the teacher and/or the Academic Facilitator. If the question is on differentiation within the class, please see the teacher first. Talent Development Department

29. T.D. Contact Information Peggy Fadero Carmel Middle School Academic Facilitator Phone: 980.343.6705 ext. 239 Email: peggy.fadero@cms.k12.nc.us Talent Development Department

30. Carmel Middle School • Marc Angerer Principal • Melanie Francis Assistant Principal • Leanne Conyers Assistant Principal • Patrick Dean Dean of Students Talent Development Department