Milton TAG 2013-2014

1. Milton TAG2013-2014 Extending the Curriculum for the Talented and Gifted

2. High School TAG – Six Ways • Seminars (mini-courses) • Independent Projects • Advanced Placement • Directed Study • Career Internship • College courses (here & there)

3. Directed Study • Available for 10-12 grade students. • A self-directed course with guidance from a teacher • Meets daily • Elective credit received • Number grade earned • For students who are mature and self-directed

4. Career Internship • Available to TAG juniors and seniors in good standing • A student may take up to four internships (each is one semester long). • Prerequisite – Inside Link to the Outside World seminar

5. Career Internship • On-the-job experience in a career field of interest to the student • Students leave school to go to internship site on a regular basis. • Meets daily • Elective Credit received • Number grade earned

6. TAG Advisement • TAG advisement takes place at least once a semester for all TAG students. • Students will receive e-mail blasts to let them know when these meetings take place. • Milton teachers will be notified by e-mail so they will release students as needed.

7. Milton TAG Seminar Model • Lunch n Learn: • Students at MHS do not miss a class to go to a TAG seminar. • No missed tests, quizzes or labs • No need for make-up work • Students will attend TAG seminars during their lunch and study hall once a week. • They should bring sack lunches that day.

8. TEAMWORK YOURSELF LEADERSHIP Finally, at WinShape, you will also learn a lot about yourself. You will learn how well you work in a team, whether or not you are a leader, whether you communicate well with others, and whether or not you enjoy working in and contributing to a group. You might also be able to learn about and overcome some of your fears if they come into play on one of the elements of the ropes course. When you overcome your fears, you will instantly have more self-confidence and feel better about yourself. This field trip will help you develop and work on crucial skills that you will definitely need to use in the future, and it’s a lot of fun too! - Sabrina At WinShape, you will realize how important it is to have a good team that you trust with you. Most, if not all, of the activities that you can do at WinShape require that you have a team of other people with you to support you and help you. The fun, inventive games will improve your team work skills while encouraging you to form bonds with people you would otherwise not be able to get to know very well. Working with others is a skill that needs to be practiced. On this field trip, you will also learn that collaborating as a team and using everyone’s ideas can make the team even better as a whole. On the WinShape TAG Field Trip, you will have a chance to learn about being a leader and what makes a leader great. Some people are born to lead, and you will very quickly be able to tell who those people are based on the way they act with their teams. However, if a leader does not take into account the opinions and ideas of the other people they are working with, then they will not succeed. At WinShape you will learn that all leaders can either have a positive or negative effect on their team based on their attitude towards others. It’s up to you to decide if you want to be a positive leader or a negative one.

9. Student Rights and Responsibilities • Gifted programs are mandated by the State of Georgia. Gifted students have a right to participate. • It is the student’s responsibility to decide whether to attend the TAG seminar or not. • If a student misses his or her seminar, he or she should see the TAG teacher for a make-up assignment as soon as possible.

10. Why TAG? What are the advantages of being in TAG?

11. Why TAG? • Looks good on transcript for college • Provides gifted students with opportunities: • To choose a topic of interest • To work with their intellectual peers • To set personal and career goals • For intellectual challenge with reduced stress • For self-directed learning

12. TAG Probation & Dismissal • TAG probation means a student did not get credit for the current semester. • Notice is mailed home to parent. • In order to return to good standing, he or she MUST participate in TAG the following semester and get credit.

13. TAG Probation & Dismissal • If a student does not receive credit for two consecutive semesters, he or she is dismissed from TAG for one semester. Notice is mailed home to parent. • At the end of that semester the student may return to TAG by telling a TAG teacher he or she wishes to do so.

14. TAG is now paperless! • Sign up for e-messages to receive: • TAG Menu • Online seminar registration information • Seminar schedules (after online registration) • TAG advisement notices • E-mail blast announcements and reminders • http://miltontag.wordpress.com/communication/

15. Seminars and Independent Projects • How to Sign up: • At the beginning of each semester an e-mail blast goes out to all TAG students telling them: • How to sign up • When to sign up • What they can sign up for • Students register electronically.

16. TAG teachers • Scott Hetherington, chair 2209 Chair – 2209 • Chris Shumick – 7102 • Renee Denney – 7104 • Victor Silvestrov - 1316 • Gus Hadorn – 5304 • Melanie Painter - 7301 • Tami Saren – media center • Call us at • 770-740-7000 or e-mail us through the MHS website.

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