Gifted EducationGifted EducationHuron City SchoolsHuron City Schools

Chris Standring, DirectorChris Standring, DirectorAmanda Arthur, Gifted Intervention SpecialistAmanda Arthur, Gifted Intervention SpecialistDale Casper, Gifted Intervention SpecialistDale Casper, Gifted Intervention Specialist

Identifying The Gifted…1. Einstein was four years old before he could speak and seven before he could read.2. Isaac Newton did poorly in grade school.3. When Thomas Edison was a boy, his teachers told

him he was too stupid to learn anything.4. F.W.Woolworth got a job in a dry goods store when

he was 21. But his employers would not let him wait on a customer because he “didn't have enough sense.”

5. A newspaper editor fired Walt Disney because he had “no good ideas.”

6. Caruso's music teacher told him, "You can't sing. You have no voice at all.”

7. Leo Tolstoy flunked out of college.

Identifying The Gifted…8. Wehrner von Braun flunked 9th grade algebra.9. Admiral Richard E. Byrd had been retired from the Navy, “unfit for service" until he flew over both poles.10. Louis Pasteur was rated as mediocre in chemistry when he attended the Royal College.11. Abraham Lincoln entered The Black Hawk War as a captain and came out a private.12. Fred Waring was once rejected from high school chorus.13. Winston Churchill failed the sixth grade.

The Rhode Island State Advisory Committee on Gifted and Talented Education Source: http://www.ri.net/gifted_talented/character.html

Gifted children's intellectual abilities often set them apart from their age-mates. These

characteristics may take any of the following forms:

Gifted children are fluent thinkers, able to generate possibilities, consequences, or related ideas.They are flexible thinkers, able to use many different alternatives and approaches to problem solving.They are original thinkers, seeking new, unusual, or unconventional associations and combinations among items of information.

They are willing to entertain complexity and seem to thrive on problem solving.They are good guessers and can readily construct hypotheses or "what if" questions.They often are aware of their own impulsiveness and irrationality, and they show emotional sensitivity.They are extremely curious about objects, ideas, situations, or events.They often display intellectual playfulness and like to fantasize and imagine.

They can be less intellectually inhibited than their peers are in expressing opinions and ideas, and they often disagree spiritedly with others' statements.They are sensitive to beauty and are attracted to aesthetic values.They can also see relationships among seemingly unrelated objects, ideas, or facts.They are elaborate thinkers, producing new steps, ideas, responses, or other embellishments to a basic idea, situation, or problems.

Source: The Rhode Island State Advisory Committee on Gifted and Talented Education http://www.ri.net/gifted_talented/character.html

Ohio Law and Rules for Gifted Ohio Law and Rules for Gifted EducationEducation

Huron City School’s identification process follows theHuron City School’s identification process follows the

Ohio Revised Code 3324.01.07 (law) and OhioOhio Revised Code 3324.01.07 (law) and Ohio

Administrative Code 3301-51-15 (rule).Administrative Code 3301-51-15 (rule).

Gifted students are defined in the Ohio Revised Gifted students are defined in the Ohio Revised CodeCode

(3324.01) as those who perform or show(3324.01) as those who perform or show

potential for performing at remarkably high levels of potential for performing at remarkably high levels of

accomplishment when compared to othersaccomplishment when compared to others

of their age, experience or environment. of their age, experience or environment.

All public schools in Ohio, with the exception of “community schools,” are required to identifygifted students in kindergarten through grade 12. Students are identified as gifted in one or more of four major categories: superior cognitive ability; specific academic ability; creative thinking ability; and visual or performing arts ability. There are four fields included in specific academic ability: mathematics; science; social studies; and reading or writing, or a combination of these two skills.

District RequirementsDistrict Requirements

The law and/or rule provides that:The law and/or rule provides that: Districts must have an identification plan and Districts must have an identification plan and

local board policy approved by ODE;local board policy approved by ODE; Districts must have regular opportunities for Districts must have regular opportunities for

assessment for giftedness based on referrals assessment for giftedness based on referrals from teachers, parents or other children;from teachers, parents or other children;

Children who are culturally and linguistically Children who are culturally and linguistically diverse, low socio-economic status, with diverse, low socio-economic status, with disabilities and/or limited English proficient disabilities and/or limited English proficient must be included in the identification process;must be included in the identification process;

District Requirements (Continued)District Requirements (Continued)

The law and/or rule provides that:The law and/or rule provides that: Parents must be notified of assessment results;Parents must be notified of assessment results; Parents have an opportunity to appeal; Parents have an opportunity to appeal; Districts must distribute their gifted identification Districts must distribute their gifted identification

policy to parents.policy to parents.

For more information, check out the Ohio Department For more information, check out the Ohio Department

of Education - Gifted Education in Ohio “Facts for Parents” of Education - Gifted Education in Ohio “Facts for Parents”

posted on our website under Gifted Education.posted on our website under Gifted Education.

District Requirements (Continued)District Requirements (Continued)

Districts are required to identify gifted students. Districts are required to identify gifted students. However, school districts are not required to However, school districts are not required to provided gifted education services. Currently, provided gifted education services. Currently, the state provides school districts with partial the state provides school districts with partial funding for identifying gifted students and funding for identifying gifted students and employing or contracting gifted education staff.employing or contracting gifted education staff.

Huron City Schools contracts with North Point Huron City Schools contracts with North Point Educational Service Center for its gifted staff.Educational Service Center for its gifted staff.

Requirements for the Written Requirements for the Written Educational Plan [WEP]Educational Plan [WEP]

Description of services to be provided.Description of services to be provided. Goals for the student for each service to Goals for the student for each service to

be provided.be provided. Methods for evaluating student progress Methods for evaluating student progress

toward reaching the goals.toward reaching the goals. Method and schedule for reporting Method and schedule for reporting

student progress to parents.student progress to parents.

Requirements for the Written Requirements for the Written Educational Plan [WEP] Educational Plan [WEP]

(Continued)(Continued)

Staff responsible for implementing services.Staff responsible for implementing services. Policies regarding waivers of assignments in the Policies regarding waivers of assignments in the

regular classroom and the re-scheduling of regular classroom and the re-scheduling of tests. (This only applies when a student attends tests. (This only applies when a student attends a pull-out program.)a pull-out program.)

Deadline for next review of WEP.Deadline for next review of WEP. Copies of WEP to parents and staff responsible Copies of WEP to parents and staff responsible

for implementation of student’s services.for implementation of student’s services.

HCS ServicesHCS ServicesEnglish Language ArtsEnglish Language Arts Self-contained English Language Arts classes are taught Self-contained English Language Arts classes are taught

by the gifted intervention specialists for students by the gifted intervention specialists for students identified as gifted in superior cognitive and/or reading identified as gifted in superior cognitive and/or reading for grades 3, 4, 5 and 6. for grades 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Enrichment activities provided by the gifted intervention Enrichment activities provided by the gifted intervention specialist for those students identified in writing.specialist for those students identified in writing.

Post-Secondary Educational Options Program [PSEOP] Post-Secondary Educational Options Program [PSEOP] coursework is provided through the Huron High School coursework is provided through the Huron High School English department.English department.

Credit Flexibility options are available by contacting the Credit Flexibility options are available by contacting the high school principal.high school principal.

HCS Continuum of Services HCS Continuum of Services

MathematicsMathematics An Accelerated Mathematics Program is provided for An Accelerated Mathematics Program is provided for

students who are identified as gifted in mathematics and students who are identified as gifted in mathematics and meet two-step criteria. Pre-Algebra is offered in grade 6 meet two-step criteria. Pre-Algebra is offered in grade 6 and advances throughout junior high into high school and advances throughout junior high into high school with Algebra I, and Geometry.with Algebra I, and Geometry.

Post-Secondary Educational Options Program [PSEOP] Post-Secondary Educational Options Program [PSEOP] are offered through the Huron High School Mathematics are offered through the Huron High School Mathematics department.department.

Credit Flexibility options are available by contacting the Credit Flexibility options are available by contacting the high school principal.high school principal.

How are you meeting the needs of How are you meeting the needs of your child by providing…your child by providing…

Choice?Choice? Flexibility?Flexibility? Instructional time with peers at the Instructional time with peers at the samesame

level?level? Experiences with goal setting and self-Experiences with goal setting and self-

evaluation?evaluation? Freedom to set their own pace?Freedom to set their own pace? Experiences to learn new techniques, find Experiences to learn new techniques, find

ideas, discovery and play?ideas, discovery and play?

Additional InformationAdditional Information Ohio Association for Gifted Children: Ohio Association for Gifted Children:

http://www/oagc.comhttp://www/oagc.com National Association for Gifted Children:National Association for Gifted Children: http://www.nagc.orghttp://www.nagc.org National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented:National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented: http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/NRCGT.htmlhttp://www.gifted.uconn.edu/NRCGT.html Midwest Talent Search – Center for Talent Development:Midwest Talent Search – Center for Talent Development: http://www.ctd.northwestern.eduhttp://www.ctd.northwestern.edu Belin-Blank Center:Belin-Blank Center: http://www.education.uiowa.edu/belinbankhttp://www.education.uiowa.edu/belinbank The College of William and MaryThe College of William and Mary http://cfge.wm.edu/pub_links.htmhttp://cfge.wm.edu/pub_links.htm