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A Plan for the Gifted Services and Talent Development Program

A Plan for the Gifted Services and Talent Development Program. Plainview-Elgin-Millville Community Schools. Overview. Development/Advisory Committee How Do We Pay for This? Why Do We Need This? What Does It Mean? Who Is It For? When Does This Happen?. Development/Advisory Committee.

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A Plan for the Gifted Services and Talent Development Program

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  1. A Plan for the Gifted Services and Talent Development Program Plainview-Elgin-Millville Community Schools

  2. Overview • Development/Advisory Committee • How Do We Pay for This? • Why Do We Need This? • What Does It Mean? • Who Is It For? • When Does This Happen?

  3. Development/Advisory Committee • Committee members: • Gary Kuphal, Superintendent • Jake Donze, Curriculum Director • Angie Matiash, 7-8 representative • Julie Buehler, G/T Specialist and 4-6 representative • Stacy Montgomery, PreK-3 representative • Tracy Olson Moran, G/T Program coordinator and high school representative • Committee history • Past year: Research • Past four months: Plan Development

  4. How Do We Pay for This? • The district has received $21,675 this year in funding specifically marked for gifted and talented education. • $8,106.00 of this money is currently spent on teacher salaries; for the teacher who provides service and the gifted/talented coordinator. • This is reserved fund money. The carry over from this year ($13,569.00 ) will help support our program next year. • Additional money will be needed from staff development (another reserved fund) to provide staff training and curriculum writing time.

  5. Why Do We Need This? • Needs Assessment Results: • We are not meeting the intellectual needs of our brightest students. • School District Mission Statement: Empowering All Learners for Life • We are compelled by our obligation to the appropriate education of all our students.

  6. What Does It Mean? • The program has two parts: • Gifted Services: direct services in the classroom for identified students • Giftedness is a biologically-rooted concept and serves as a label for a high level of intelligence. It indicates an advanced and accelerated development of functions within the brain. • Talent Development: opportunities open all to all students to develop their talents • Talent Development involves the deliberate and planned effort to provide all children with a responsive learning environment so that all of their talents and abilities will have the opportunity to develop at maximum levels.

  7. Who Is It For? • Identification Process • 1. We create a nomination pool of students with high potential and /or performance, which is as inclusive as possible. To be included in the nomination pool, students must have at least four of the following, dependent on the area of giftedness: • one teacher evaluation • one parent evaluation • NWEA reading score at least two grade levels above current grade level • NWEA math score at least two grade levels above current grade level • MCA reading score at least two grade levels above current grade level • MCA math score at least two grade levels above current grade level • Successmaker testing results at least two grade levels above current grade level • Student portfolio of work • Student audition • Anecdotal piece by additional teacher or community leader

  8. 2. We collect information on each pool member to determine his/her strengths, weaknesses, and educational needs (secondary screening). To be included in the program, members of the nomination pool must complete a/an: • Student self-evaluation • Kranz Talent Identification Instrument • Slosson Intelligence Test • Interview with g/t program coordinator • The selection committee utilizes all data and then determines which students are in the program. • We allow students to appeal placement/selection decisions via a review by a separate appeals committee. • Students in the program will be reassessed every two years for changes in their performance, using the four secondary screening criteria and current teacher evaluations. • Non-selected pool members are eligible to reapply annually during the identification cycle.

  9. When Does This Happen? • School Year 08-09 1. General staff development and parent communication 2. Develop program 3. Staff recruitment 4. Identify students for program • Summer 09 1. Teacher training for program 2. Curriculum development for K-2 program • School Year 09-10 1. Implement program for identified students 2. Continue talent development 3. Continue staff development • Summer 10 1. Continue teacher training for program

  10. Discussion Questions, Comments, Ideas

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