Transcript Gifted and Talented Academy

Work Time
 Work with your team to further develop
and/or refine your written gifted and
talented plan.
 A copy of your new/revised written
gifted and talented plan is due July 6.
Gifted and Talented Academy
Session 6
June 15, 2012
Agenda
Day 6
 Welcome/Warm Up
 In-service Design
 Comprehensive Programming: Points
and Questions to Consider
 Work Time
 Celebrate Accomplishments
Warm Up
 Review plan components developed so far
(e.g., mission, identification, differentiated
program, program goals, staffing provisions)
 Consider barriers from our discussion
yesterday and if/how any impact your plan
and services
 What barriers could be addressed through
professional development?
 Large group sharing
Program Goals
 Review your program goals in terms of
– Alignment
– Validity
– Comprehensiveness
– Clarity
These traits are found on p. 64-5 of your
Purcell & Eckert text. Reference those
pages for more details and make
adjustments to goals accordingly.
In-service Design
…whatever teachers become
professionally, the process is not
finished when they complete their
teacher education program at age 21.
Learning to teach well is a lifetime
endeavor. The growth of understanding
and skill in teaching terminates only
when we do.
--Eisner, 2002
In-service Design for Gifted
 What does it currently look like in your
district?
– Format
– Time
– Participants
 What does the word “design” imply?
 In what ways might an effective inservice design align with and support
all other plan components?
In-service Design for Gifted
 Review the Guiding Principles on p.
185
 Discuss and complete the selfassessment “Guiding Principles for
Gifted and Talented In-service Design”
 What needs to improve about your inservice design? (Develop a program
goal?)
Work Time
 Use this time to develop and/or refine
sections of your written gifted and
talented plan.
Processing Time
 Individually identify
– One area of team growth this year
– One area of personal growth
– One team goal for next year
– One personal goal for next year
 Discuss with your team/table
 Develop one team goal for future work
and share.
Required Submissions
 Your written comprehensive program
plan sections
– Vision/Mission/Beliefs (at the minimum a
mission or philosophy)
– Identification – including target population
– Differentiated Program
– Program Goals and Performance
Measures
– In-service Design
– Staffing Provisions & Qualifications of
GT Academy II
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