Transcript GT Campus Design

Owl Environmental &
Sustainability Program
Program Design
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Students in the GT program will be served with a 1 hour session every Friday. First through
fifth grade students will be meeting with G.T Coordinator. During this time G.T students
will work on research, hands-on experiments and projects.
Students will participate on a weekly basis with their grade level initiative projects that will
enrich their learning and creativity.
Students will be taken on field trips to help them gather information on themes being
studied and apply what has been learned. Guest presenters will be brought in to help them
further understand their projects/concepts.
Homeroom teachers are responsible to modify instruction for GT students.
Modifications should be included in lesson plans, grade books and projects. Homeroom
teachers will work with GT teachers on a regular basis to extend their learning and further
their social and emotional needs along with their creative thinking skills during class and
outside the classroom.
Homeroom teachers will be asked to turn in GT Checklist every nine weeks to the GT
committee for individual review of progress. This will help the GT committee make proper
recommendations to that child’s teacher.
Rubrics will be used throughout the GT Program to assure that each GT student, teacher,
and parents understand desired expectations.
Parents will be notified through a newsletter and Web page every nine weeks
about what will be expected each quarter of study.
Program Goals:
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The Owl Environmental & Sustainability Program promotes and maintains direct
enhancement of each identified G.T students’ academic performance by providing the
following:
-Develop insight into his special needs, abilities and into his relationships with other
people;
-Utilize the creative thinking skills of fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration in
order to become a creative problem-solver and the producer of advanced products;
-Use higher level thinking process in order to solve self-selected problems;
-Receive systematic training in the skills of creativity, logic, research, problem-solving,
critical thinking, planning, and time management;
-Will demonstrate skills in self-directed learning, thinking, and communication as evidence
by the development of innovative products.
-Improve student performance as measured by state assessment
-Increase student self-concept
-Improve literacy skills
-Decrease student absences
-Greater community involvement
Curriculum,
Instruction, &
Projects at a
Glance
1st 9 Weeks:
-Sustainability Research &
Mission Ridge Building
Construction Research
-Field Trip (Pending)
-Speaker (Nicole Ferrini:
Uncommon)
-Web Page Development
-Community: Informational Flyer
-School: Informational Tours
Curriculum,
Instruction, &
Projects at a
Glance
2nd 9 Weeks:
Animal Habitat Exhibit Project
-Animal Research
-Field Trip (El Paso Zoo)
-Speaker (Zookeeper)
-Web Page Update
-Build Eco-Owl Sanctuary
-Community/Parent Night (Owl
Sanctuary exhibit Extravaganza)
Curriculum,
Instruction, &
Projects at a
Glance
3rd 9 Weeks:
Project
-Garden & Agriculture Research
-Field Trip (El Paso Agricultural &
Rose Garden)
-Speaker (Gardner)
-Web Page Update
-Tree Donations: School Wide
Arbor Day
-Community/Parent Day (Earth
Day-Making our Community
Beautiful)
Curriculum,
Instruction, &
Projects at a
Glance
4th 9 Weeks:
Aquaponics System Project
-Aquaponics Research
-Field Trip-Pending New Mexico
-Speaker-pending
-Web Page Update w/research &
project development
-Create an on-site Aquamonster
System
Overall Student
Learning & Application
• Ecoliteracy &
advocacy
• Interdisciplinary
Projects
Mission Ridge Elementary
Gifted & Talented Coordinator
Maricela Morgan
915-938-2000