Overview of Gifted Education Services

1. Overview ofGifted EducationServices 2011-12 Every child has the right to engage in new learning every day.

2. New to Rice Lake… but not really Kris Happe Gifted Education Instructor and Staff Development Trainer/Coach .5 Rice Lake (Monday, Tuesday, and Friday afternoons) .5 District Staff Development Trainer/Coach (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings) 2003-2011 Big Lake Schools Assessment and Data Coordinator, 2010-2011 Gifted Education and Educational Services Coordinator, 2005-2009 Gifted Educational Coordinator, 2003-2005 1996-2003 Osseo Area Schools 6th Grade Classroom Teacher, Rice Lake, 2001-2003 5th Grade Classroom Teacher, Rice Lake, 2000-2001 TAG Teacher, Rice Lake and Osseo Elem., 1996-2000

3. OUR DISTRICT MISSION is to inspire and prepare all students with confidence, courage and competence …to achieve their dreams; contribute to community; and engage in a lifetime of learning.

4. GE MISSION The mission of the Osseo Areas Schools’ Gifted Education program is to recognize and appropriately serve the academic, social and emotional needs of gifted students. Gifted students are those children and youth who demonstrate high performance or show the potential for high performance relative to others of their age, experience or environment

5. DISTRICT CORE VALUES We believe that: • Lifelong learning is essential for the individual and community to thrive. • Everyone has equal intrinsic value. • Trust is essential to sustaining successful relationships and to achieving results. • Better decisions emerge when diverse perspectives are intentionally included in a collaborative process. • Everyone benefits when cultural differences are acknowledged and understood, and individuals are treated respectfully and equitably. • Everyone can learn more.

6. Gifted Education Steering Team (2008-09): Identified these objectives for our gifted learners: • Experience rigor and challenge daily in the instructional environment, matching student need for rigorous instruction. • Participate in activities designed to provide new learning and engagement in the learning process. • Understand how the learning process is relevant to personal growth. • Use personal strengths to make meaning and solve problems. • Recognize and further develop affective virtuosities and personal strengths in a supportive environment. • Develop the skills and habits of a lifelong learner.

7. Overview of GE services Needs-Based Classes (NBC)…. (“olden days”…ExCEL) Gifted Education staff provides direct instruction in a pull-out model for students identified with the greatest need for rigor.  • Instructional methods and objectives are strategically designed and woven into our curriculum (Needs-Based Classes) to promote student growth and development in the five GE standards-based proficiencies • Affective Exploration & Discussion (Social and Emotional Needs) • Cognitive Skills • “How-to-Learn” Skills • Advanced research & reference material use • Communication Skills • Students previously in the “core” group and newly-identified students form each year’s NBC groups.  • Students, depending on individual needs, may participate in up to four strands per year at each grade level:  • Affective • Non-Verbal • Verbal • Quantitative

9. Overview of GE services Go-In Classes Cluster-Based Services (CBS) Gifted Education (GE) staff collaborates with and supports the general education classroom teacher.  In kindergarten,first grade and second grade, the GE teacher goes into each classroom to focus collaborative instruction on higher-level thinking skills and differentiation.  In intermediate grade levels, the GE teacher focuses on differentiating instruction in the cluster classroom with students who have the greatest need for rigor.

10. Academic Challenges Co-Curricular • CML (Continental Math League) 2-6 • Instruction in classroom at some sites. • 3 meets (2,3) and 5 meets (4-6) • WordMasters (3-6) • Instruction in classroom at some sites. • 3 Meets (November, February, April) • Egg drop – 4th grade (at some sites) Extra-Curricular(fee-based, board policy) • Children’s Chorus (4-6) auditions this fall • DI (Destination Imagination) or FPS (Future Problem Solving) Fall-Winter

11. Overview of GE services GE site services include but are not limited to: Identification Pull-Out classes to GE room (NBC – Needs Based Service) Go-In classes in the classroom (CBS – Cluster Based Service) Clustering of gifted students based on academic needs Collaboration with and training for classroom teachers Acceleration where appropriate Advocacy for students’ needs We provide a rigorous and challenging skills-based curriculum for students identified with the greatest need.

12. Continuum of Services

13. Additional Information • Student evaluations completed for each NBC • Conference schedule • Communications • www.district279.org/services/talentedgifted/ • Building newsletter • Please call or email with any questions • Happek@district279.org • carpenterb@district279.org • Support Resources • MCGT (Minnesota Council for Gifted and Talented) • District #287 Services (WSSS, enrichment classes, etc.) • UMTYMP • NAGC (National Association for Gifted Children) • PTLC

14. Roles at Rice Lake • NBC – Needs Based Classes • Students are pulled based on test information that indicates a need for more challenge in Verbal, Non-Verbal, Quantitative and Affective areas • CBS – Cluster Based Services • Service in classrooms • Grades K-2 • HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) • Collaboration with classroom teachers

15. Back OBJECTIVE: Students will learn different ways of thinking including convergent (detective thinking), divergent (inventive thinking), evaluative (judgment thinking), and visual thinking (making visual images). The GE teacher will be going into the classrooms to teach this material. HIGHER ORDER THINKINGKindergarten

16. Back OBJECTIVE:In this literature-based unit, based on curriculum created by William and Mary College, the students will be engaged in challenging reading and writing activities through the use of literature with extensive figurative language. They will expand their use of descriptive and figurative devices, including similes, metaphors, and adjectives. HIGHER ORDER THINKINGFirst Grade The GE teacher will be going into the classrooms to teach this material.

17. Back OBJECTIVE:Students will be introduced to rigorous learning opportunities in the areas of Literature and Mathematics. This unit is based on state and national standards. Each student will be given a chance to expand their individual learning through differentiation. Rigor in literature will be developed in a continued study of figurative language. Mathematical thinking will be challenged as students consider effective strategies for solving real world problems . MATH & READING THINKERS!Second Grade The GE teacher will be going into the classrooms to teach this material.

18. Back AFFECTIVE: Grades K-1

19. AFFECTIVE: Grade 2 Back

20. AFFECTIVE: Grades 3-6 Back

21. Back VERBAL Gr. 3-6Junior Great Books

22. Back NON-VERBAL Gr.3 Scientific Investigation: K’NEX Bridges

23. Back QUANTITATIVE Gr.3Math Patterns/Geometry

24. Back NON-VERBAL Gr.4Constructive Problem Solving: LEGO Machines

25. QUANTITATIVE Gr.4Data Analysis: In One Day Back

26. Back QUANTITATIVE Gr.5Data Analysis: Probability

27. Back NON-VERBAL Gr.5Robotics

28. NON-VERBAL Gr.6Forensics: CSI Back

29. QUANTITATIVE Gr.5/6Data Analysis: Stock Market Back

30. Questions ??? General programming questions are appropriate for this meeting~Shorter questions that are a bit more specific to your child, I can answer after the meeting.In depth questions about your child and their needs, are best answered in a private one on one meeting. Please call or email to set this up.763-420-4220happek@district279.org