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Talented and Gifted Advisory Committee: Recommendations 2012-2013

Talented and Gifted Advisory Committee: Recommendations 2012-2013. Adele C. Morris Chair Talented and Gifted Advisory Committee Alexandria City Public Schools School Board June 20, 2013. Highlights of the TAGAC Annual Report 2012-13. Thanks!

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Talented and Gifted Advisory Committee: Recommendations 2012-2013

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  1. Talented and Gifted Advisory Committee: Recommendations 2012-2013 • Adele C. Morris • Chair • Talented and Gifted Advisory Committee • Alexandria City Public Schools School Board • June 20, 2013

  2. Highlights of the TAGAC Annual Report2012-13 • Thanks! • The TAGAC has developed 9 recommendations this year. • Two involve amendments to the TAG Local Plan (the Plan); i.e. would need a Board vote. • Six involve better adherence to the Plan and/or administrative improvements. • One involves a separate Board decision.

  3. Elementary School • Per the Plan, deliver 4th and 5th grade English and math in daily separate classes with TAG-endorsed teachers. • Remove Plan’s exception for reading in Success for All schools • Schedule classes so that students get BOTH reading and writing in their TAG classroom. • Some schools don’t follow the Plan; writing is not with TAG teacher. • Staff TAG services with a formula, akin to how ACPS staffs special education and ELL. • Recommendation says elementary, but could apply to all grades.

  4. Middle School ACPS delivers TAG services in Middle School via the Honors curricula and clustering of TAG students in Honors classes. • Clustering was successful, but some teachers weren’t informed which students were TAG-identified or that they had a TAG cluster in their class.Administrators should ensure that principals: • Inform teachers of the TAG status of students, notify teachers who have a TAG cluster, and ask teachers to differentiate appropriately for advanced students. • Improve the deployment of the Honors curriculum and general rigor • Adopt quantified goals for professional development on delivering Honors curricula • Adopt and enforce strong prerequisites for admissions to Honors • Enforce policy to exit under-performing students • Cluster TAG math students in Algebra 1 • Currently there’s no Honors Algebra 1 class, so TAG students are not necessarily clustered.

  5. Other Recommendations • Participate in Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology • Complete and distribute the TAG parent brochure we designed • Translate into Spanish (and other languages as appropriate) • Make a technical amendment to the Plan to replace references to “language arts” and “reading” with “English.” • Makes Plan consistent with Virginia regulations • Removes confusing inconsistencies

  6. Coming Attractions… The TAGAC is working on analysis of ACPS data: • TAG identification process, including demographics • TAG student achievement • TAG professional development and staffing • Outreach and satisfaction

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