Gifted and Talented AcademyYear 2

Curriculum and Instruction

Session 2

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Agenda

• Welcome/Check In• Processing Home Play - Sharing Quality

Practices• Curriculum Assumptions• Curriculum Frameworks• Framework Components• William and Mary Curriculum• Team Planning• Closure

Sign In To…

• Google docs

• Pbworks– Your team Wiki– aea11gt Wiki

Sharing and Collaborating

• Wiki work & tips

• Quality practices– Groups of 5-6– Mixed-district– 3-5 minutes/person

• Large group share

Processing Home Play

• Review as a team the goal(s) you identified and the plan you’ve developed

• Form mixed district triads

• Share plan

• Identify connections, insights, and good ideas

• Share with your team/table group

• Large group share

Curriculum Assumptions

• General school curricula are inappropriate for gifted learners

• Appropriate differentiation of the curriculum in one area and at one grade level affects all areas and levels. It is a long-term process.

• A curriculum plan for the gifted must be written down and communicated appropriately within a school district.

VanTassel-Baska, p. 53-4

Curriculum Assumptions• One group member click on the link below to

access the Google dochttp://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AexPs9-dSebOZHFmcngza185N2RnbWg1cHAz&hl=en

• Under the file menu, click on “make a copy”

(make sure you’re signed in to Google docs)• Rename the document • Share with team members and me• All team members access the document• Complete according to directions

Curriculum Framework

• A strategic plan for curriculum– Overall goals and outcomes across all areas

and grade levels– Links goals and outcomes to strategies for

accomplishing them– Assessment approaches that measure

outcomes

Curriculum Framework

• Purposes/Benefits– Creates consensus on what a gifted

curriculum is supposed to be– Provides a specific tangible product that

answers the question of what a district’s curriculum for the gifted is

– Brings teachers and administrators into curriculum planning in a meaningful way

– Represents a communication tool– Captures distinctive features and reveals

balance.

Curriculum Framework Checklist

• One group member click on the link below to access the Google doc

• http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AexPs9-dSebOZHFmcngza185OWNndDU0OTR3&hl=en

• Using information from p. 90-92 in Purcell & Eckert, develop a checklist for your assigned section.

The Curriculum for Gifted…

A Curriculum for Gifted…

Curriculum Design Context

Conception of Giftedness and Talent

Development

General Intellectual Ability

Specific Academic and Artistic Ability

Characteristics and Needs

Curriculum/Instruction/Assessment

Productive and Creative Behaviors and Products

William and Mary Integrated Curriculum Model

Applying the Checklist

• Select a William and Mary unit, Navigator, etc.

• Apply the Curriculum Framework Checklist developed by groups today.

• Discuss – ways this checklist might be useful in your

setting– adjustments you’d make

Team Planning• Identify an area in need of curriculum

development/differentiation. Consider Iowa Core Curriculum links

http://www.corecurriculum.iowa.gov

• Identify actions to be accomplished by session 3 and post to Google docs (share with team and Mary)

• Explore the curriculum models page of the Wiki (or explore on your own to find additional information about these models).

Home Play

• Share action steps with administrative/advisory team and content teachers where appropriate.

• Read Chapters 4 & 5 in Curriculum Planning & Instructional Design for Gifted Learners

• Continue to update your team Wiki