Gifted and Talented Education Program During Distance Learning
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Elementary School Gifted and Talented
Education Program During
Distance Learning
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Our GT Staff● Sam Polack
1.0 G/T Resource Teacher [email protected]
● Heather Weeks .5 G/T Resource Teacher [email protected]
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To recognize and develop talent in ALL learners, including those
already performing at advanced levels.
GT Education Program Mission
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Program Components● Primary Talent
Development (K-1)● GT Instructional
Seminars (2-5)● GT Math (4-5)● Curriculum Extension
Units (CEUs) (2-5)
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Talent Development Offerings: Primary Talent Development
● Push-in model in K and 1● Encourage development of
creative and analytical reasoning
● Extend learning for students already performing at advanced levels
● Quarter 1 is all asynchronous ● Quarter two will be both
synchronous and asynchronous
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Talent Development Offerings: GT Instructional Seminars
Grades 2 - 5
Instruction in Advanced-Level
Skills
Open to All Interested Students
Creative Production or
Inquiry
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● 2nd Grade: Journey Across America
● 3rd Grade: Cool Coders
● 4th Grade: Unheard Perspectives
● 5th Grade: Websiters
GT Instructional Seminars at RES for the 1st Semester
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Where can I find out more about GT Instructional
Seminars at our school?● Rockburn website ● Grade-Level/Team Pages in Canvas● Rockburn’s GT Resource Team● School’s HCPSS News
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• Accelerated and enriched curriculum
• Focus on problem solving and application of mathematics
• Synchronous instruction 4 days each week
GT Mathematics
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4th Grade GT Math Domains
● Expressions and Equations
● Place Value and Decimals
● Multiplication and Division
● Fractions● Geometry and
Measurement
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5th Grade GT Math Domains
● The Number System
● Ratio and Proportion
● Expressions and Equations
● Geometry● Statistics
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• CogAT administered to ALL students in December of 3rd grade.– Meets State COMAR requirement for an
ability measure.– Helps identify students who may
underperform in school.• All students reviewed as part of GT
Placement Process using multiple criteria.
Placement Process for GT Math from 2019-2020 school year. No information
yet on how the process will change during 2020-2021.
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Measures Included in Placement Process
• Ability Measure (CogAT)• Standardized assessments (MAP, MCAP)• Student work samples
– Application– Analysis– Problem Solving
• Student performance on math tasks• Documentation from families
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GT Curriculum Extension Units
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Curriculum Extension Units
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Curriculum Extension Units (CEUs)
• Interdisciplinary• Advanced-level content• 2 lessons per grade taught during the
corresponding content block for two synchronous lessons per week
• All students considered as part of GT CEU Placement Process using multiple criteria.
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• Multiple performance measures used to indicate readiness for participation.– Teacher recommendations – Report card prior quarter– Standardized test scores (MAP,
MCAP, CogAT for 4th and 5th)
Placement Process for CEUs
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Nurturing Advanced Behaviors at HomeAdvanced Language
Logic and Reasoning
Motivation and Persistence
Leadership Perspective
Increase use of sophisticated language.
Share your thinking. Think sequentially.
Ask thought-provoking questions.
Show how you solve problems. Discuss strategies and create new ways to solve problems.
Discuss various perspectives.
Ask provocative questions.
Take things apart and put back together – ideas, objects or experiences.
Encourage independence.
Model taking initiative.
Demonstrate and model flexibility in your thinking by examining opposing points of view.
Point out similarities and differences.
Organize collections or ideas in insightful ways.
Show curiosity about ideas, events, experiments, experiences.
Set high expectations.
Embellish/ expand thoughts, perspectives, etc.
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• Become a GT Resource volunteer• Become a GT Parent Representative
• HCPSS News for GT Program Information
• Follow HCPSS_GT Twitter
Opportunities for Parent Engagement
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• Our school website• HCPSS GT Program website at www.hcpss.org/gt
• NAGC website at www.nagc.org
• Our GT Resource Team
For More Information
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