Next steps proposals highly capable program

1. Next steps proposalshighly capable program March 5, 2014 Division of Academics and Innovation Dr. Kendra Johnson, Chief Academic and Innovation Officer Vicki Bates, Executive Director, Standards-based Instruction

2. Next stepS proposal K-2 2 • Serve targeted K-2 students (approximately 2%) in home school settings through individualized plans, developed in collaboration with school staff and families that may include: • Differentiated curriculum and instruction in the general education classroom • Cluster grouping for all or part of the day • “walk to” accelerated content instruction • Grade skipping • Early entrance into kindergarten • Select and train teachers (UW partner ready!) • Screen students using available academic data, assess with Gifted Rating Scales (GRS-P) and CogAT 7 • Begin K services midyear; align 1-2 with other grade cycles

3. K-1 spring 2014 potential Timeline 3 March 4 – Screening completed using locally normed mid-year DIBELS, MBA, and WAKIDS at 95% and above March 15 – Referral/permission forms sent to schools April 4 – Referral/permission to test forms due April 21 –May 2 CogATTesting Window May 27 – Identification Team meeting; School notification June 2 – Family Notification & Planning Outreach June 17 – Appeals Meeting

4. Next steps proposal 3-6 4 • Begin at grade 3 transitioning to two service models within the program: • 2 self-contained sites • Cluster programs at all elementary sites • Self-contained: Verbal and Quantitative Scores 97%ile or higher • Continue current nomination/referral, assessment, and identification procedures to identify “most highly capable” • Initiate a Promise Scholars enrichment program to identify high potential students of color and ELLs not selected for HiCap but demonstrating high potential to be added to clusters (Expand Promise Scholars to K-2 in no more than two years) • Select and train teachers (Whitman partner ready!) • Enrich classroom resources

5. Next steps proposal 7-8 5 • Ensure designation for program services continues through secondary school years (done) • Implement new nomination/referral, assessment, and identification procedures to identify incoming or emerging students • Establish common expectations for “Honors” courses and delivery of program services for highly capable learners • Expand opportunities for students to begin high school coursework in middle school (beyond mathematics) • Formalize communication of recommended secondary pathways of program services for identified students

6. Next steps proposal 9-12 6 • Ensure designation for program services continues through secondary school years (done) • Implement new nomination/referral, assessment, and identification procedures to identify incoming or emerging students • Formalize communication of recommended program services for identified students • Provide professional development for high school teachers on recognizing and meeting the needs of highly capable learners • Create a supplemental advisory program for identified students to address specialized service and post-HS planning needs

7. Additional Overarching NEEDs 7 • Train more/all teachers in meeting needs of students through differentiation strategies • Update external communications • Consider ways to add additional flexibility for formally identifying students at an additional time in the school year