Transcript Talent Development Presentation

Talent Development Presentation
Whittier PTA
October 8, 2012
PTA Meeting October 8, 2012
MPS Beliefs
• Beliefs
• All students at all ages have relative talent strengths, and schools should
help them identify, develop and understand their own special abilities.
• The development of ability or talent is a lifelong process requiring effort
and support.
• Schools can and should be places for developing the talents of all
students.
• Highly talented students demonstrate outstanding achievement or show
potential for high levels of accomplishment relative to others of similar
age, experience, and environment.
• Highly talented students have cognitive and affective needs requiring
differentiated and challenging educational programs/services beyond
those provided in the general education program.
• Highly talented students represent the diverse populations of our
communities, and can be identified throughout their PK-12 program to
provide the appropriate instruction and support for continuous growth.
MPS Commitments
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Providing opportunities for all children to develop and demonstrate advanced
learning behaviors, including children from groups underrepresented in advanced
programs.
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Building a profile of student strengths which can be used to document the need
for differentiated curriculum and instruction.
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Identifying highly talented students for the purpose of providing appropriate
instruction and support which meet these students’ unique academic and
social/emotional needs.
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Building the capacity of MPS teachers, leaders and families to recognize, nurture
and accelerate talent development.
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Aligning our program with the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) PK12 Gifted Program Standards
Whittier’s Levels Of Service Plan
Spring 2014-Spring 2015
• Level One Services (for ALL): Six IB units
under six themes, field trips, guest
speakers, special projects, residencies.
Level Two Services (for MANY but not all)
based on interest: Community Education/
before and afterschool activities, clubs,
scouts, classes, Machail etc.
Services For Students Who Have been
Indentified as Advanced Learners
• Level Three Services:
• Classroom Clustering of Advanced Learners for students in grades 35. Each Classroom will have equal numbers of Advanced Learners
so students with similar intellectual strengths can work together.
• Differentiated instruction for 3rd through 5th grade students in all
core areas delivered by homeroom teachers who hold MPS Talent
Development and Advanced Learner Gifted Education Certificates.
• Use of specific differentiation strategies such as Depth and
Complexity, Socratic Seminar, Concept Attainment, and Math
Compacting will be present in every 3-5th grade classroom.*
• Level Four Services: (For Few) Emphasis on
subject or grade acceleration. Level Four
Services at Whittier are for students who
meet certain criteria as determined by
teaching teams, administration, and MPS
Talent Development department.
Standardized test scores in addition to
classroom performance will be taken into
account before accelerating a student.
2014-2015 Timeline
Identification Process
• Sping 2014: Families were notified of the results of the Advanced
Learner Identification Process with a letter delivered via US mail.
• November 2014: Informed consent letters will go home to second
grade families describing the identification process and the cogAT7.
• December 2014: A district cadre will administer the cogAT7 test to
all second graders. (It takes about one hour)
• December 2014: 3rd and 4th grade teachers and or parents can
nominate students with high achievement or ability to be identified
as advanced learners. These students will be given the cogAT7 test,
and both teacher and parent rating scale needs to be completed.
• Spring 2015: Parents will be notified of the results of the
identification process with a letter delivered via US Mail.
Resources:
• http://whittier.mpls.k12.mn.us
Under the Information For Families Tab
Click on: Talent Development and Gifted Education
Power Point
Liz Debrey-Talent Development Site Lead-Whittier
[email protected]