Middle School Phase 1/Semester 1 • TPSP classes will be held twice a month

(1st Thursday and 3rd Friday) in home-room for 85 minutes

• Homeroom teachers will co-teach with a core enrichment teacher and work to-gether as mentors for the students

• Specific research skills will be taught during these designated times

• A designated binder will be used to house all TPSP materials

• On the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, short homeroom periods will be used for TPSP review, quizzes, etc. This is @ 20 period

• The Student Profile of Renzulli Learn-ing System will be used as the Interest Inventory

• Eighth graders will have condensed re-search skill classes and begin an inde-pendent project at the 3rd 9 week pe-riod

Phase 2/Semester 2 • A TPSP time will be designated during

class time

• Teachers will designate specific due dates for the completion of assignments

• School presentations of projects will be on a specified date in the Spring

• Students will be introduced to pub-lished TPSP tasks or assisted with de-signing their own

• 6th and 7th grade student will complete small group or individual projects.

2011-2012

The TPSP is designed to help districts reach

the state goal for gifted/talented students:

Students who participate in services de-

signed for gifted students will demonstrate

skills in self-directed learning, thinking, re-

search, and communication as evidenced by

the development of innovative products and

performances that reflect individuality and

creativity and are advanced in relation to

students of similar age, experience, or envi-

ronment. High school graduates who have

participated in services for gifted students

will have produced products and perform-

ances of professional quality as part of their

program services.

—Texas State Plan for the Education

of Gifted/Talented Students

P ro g r a m S u m m a r y

T H ROGERS SCHOOL 5840 San Felipe

Houston, Texas 77057 713 917-3565 Main Office

713 917-3570 Vanguard Office

T H R O G E R S S C H O O L

Texas Performance

Standards Project (TPSP)

Implementation

Va n g u a r d P ro g r a m

David Muzyka-Principal

Donald Lam– Secondary Asst. Principal

Diana Martinez-Elementary Asst. Principal

Leslie Gonsalves-Magnet/Vanguard Coordinator

• An excellent vehicle for fulfill-ing the State Goal

• Student projects are TEKS-based and focused but has in-terdisciplinary connections to the core content areas of Eng-lish, language arts, mathemat-ics, science, and social studies

• Schools and districts use the TPSP as an assessment to im-prove their services for gifted /talented students. The TPSP also provides summative and formative information on an individual G/T student’s learn-ing

• Taught in two phases

• Enables open-ended, authentic, and student-centered learning

• Scoring Dimensions or rubrics are used to describe the expec-tations

P h a s e 1 : L e a r n i n g E x p e r i e n c e s • Teacher led instruction of research

method

• Whole class exploratory activities

• Low scale research through whole or small group mini-projects

• Teacher modeling

• General exploratory activities

P h a s e 2 : S m a l l G r o u p a n d I n d e p e n d e n t R e s e a r c h • Synthesize Phase 1 learning

• Develop a research question and concept map to complete note tak-ing, data gathering /analysis and product presentation

• Extend research question to address real-world connection or application

G e n e r a l R e s e a r c h S k i l l s t o b e I n c o r p o r a t e d i n C l a s s -r o o m I n s t r u c t i o n : • Math probability and statistics

• Using library resources

• Organizing and analyzing data using charts and graphs

• Scholarly Behavior

• Oral presentation skills

• Computer skills

• Guest speaker presentations

• Dimensions of Depth and Complex-ity

E l e m e n t a r y S c h o o l Phase 1/Semester 1 The student will: Use a basic research methods during instruction in classroom units and topic studies

Practice research skills in whole and small group settings

Complete most aspects of re-search assignments in class

Phase 2/Semester 2 A TPSP time will be designated during class time

Teachers will designate specific due dates for the completion of assignments

School presentations of projects will be on a specified date in the Spring

Grades K-3

-Students will complete one grade-level task as a whole class or small group

Grades 4-5

-Students will be intro-duced to all grade level tasks and allowed to self-select based on their interest, then complete as a small group or independent project

Texas Performance Standards Project

(TPSP)