identifying the gifted einstein was four years old before he could speak and seven before he could...

Identifying The Gifted Einstein was four years old before he could speak and seven before he could read.

Isaac Newton did poorly in grade school.

When Thomas Edison was a boy, his teachers told him he was too stupid to learn anything.

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

Leo Tolstoy flunked out of college.

Fred Waring was once rejected from high school chorus.

Winston Churchill failed the sixth grade.

Wake County Public School System Academically Gifted

Program

Missy Laster & Lissy Wood

Turner Creek Elementary

Program Options

K-2: Consultation w/classroom teacher

3: Enrichment Plus / Explorers

4-5: Resource / AG Elective

6-8: Course selection in Mathematics Cluster grouping in Language Arts

9-12: Course selection

School Options

Traditional Year Round GT Magnet AG Basics

– Hunter ES– Fuller ES– Carnage MS– Ligon MS

Identification Process All Wake County

3rd Grade students are screened

Parent nomination

Teacher nomination

Student nomination

Nomination Windows Nominations are accepted at any time

by the School Based Committee for Gifted Education (SBC-GE).

Nominations are reviewed each semester (prior to the testing deadline).

A nomination received after the testing deadline will be considered the next semester.

Testing Window Dates:– First Semester July 1, 2010- Aug. 13, 2010– Second Semester Jan. 1, 2011- Feb. 12, 2011

Norm Referenced Assessments

Individual Assessments

Nomination

Referral If a student is referred

for further evaluation, the following areas are considered:– Current aptitude scores – Current achievement scores– Classroom behaviors– Classroom performance– Interests– Motivation

SBC-GE reviews the complete profile.

Parent Observational Checklist for Demonstrated Gifted Learning Behaviors

Teacher Observational Checklist for Demonstrated Gifted Learning Behaviors

Individual Student Profile

ISP

ISP

School Based Committee for Gifted Education

Service Delivery Levels

Service Delivery Options

No service needed at this time

Moderate level of service needed

Strong level of service needed

Very strong level of service needed

ISP

Prior Notice and Initial Consent For Services

Sign and return

Elementary DEP

Middle School DEP

DEP Levels of Service

DEP Service Strategies

Differentiated Course Plan

Elementary Progress Report

Spring Performance Review

Spring Performance Review

The AG Specialist

Different Student Needs

Station Teaching

Complementary Teaching

Consultation and Collaboration

Differentiation Strategies

Enrichment Opportunities

Enrichment Opportunities

Success

“We know what we are, but know not what we may

be.”

William Shakespeare

Academic Units- 2010

Academic Units

Dates – First Quarter Math

– Fourth Grade (5 days a week for 2 weeks)• Track 1 & 2: Aug. 2- Aug. 13 • Track 3 & 4: Sept. 13- 27

– Fifth Grade (3 times a week for 3 weeks)• Track 1 & 2: Aug. 2- Aug. 20• Track 3 & 4: Aug. 30- Sept. 10

Reading (students pulled once a week)• Track 1: Weeks of Aug. 2- 27• Track 2: Weeks of Aug. 2- 20, Sept. 20-24• Track 3 & 4: Weeks of Aug. 30- Sept. 24