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CVUSD GIFTED & TALENTED PROGRAM – DAC PRESENTATION

May 12, 2015

GATE Program

• GATE

District Advisory Committee

• GATE

Facilitator – teacher representatives from each school

• GATE

Plan – single school plan

• Individual

Differentiated Learning Plans (IDLP)

• Professional

Development

• Clustering,

differentiation, consideration for academic placement

• Parent

programs

• Tri

County GATE Council – grants

• California

Association for the Gifted (CAG) conference

GATE Identification Process

GATE Referral Academic Testing Group Testing Parent Input

Step 1

GATE Eligibility Individual Testing Not GATE Eligible

Step 2

Supporting Documents Reviewed GATE Committee

Step 3

Teacher Input GATE Eligibility

Step 4

GATE Identification Process

• Group

Testing: OLSAT (Otis-Lennon School Ability Test) Administration

• Measures

cognitive abilities related to student’s academic success in school.

• Included

verbal, nonverbal & quantitative items

• Reliability

coefficients range from .90 to .94 & considered to be a valid measure

• Student

Ability Index score

• f

approximately 132 placed students in 98th percentile

• f

test takers and results in GATE eligibility

• f

Intellectually Gifted

• Individual

testing: Slosson Intelligence Test – Revised

• Addresses

six cognitive domains: vocabulary, general information, similarities & differences, comprehension, quantitative & auditory memory

• Test

is administered

• rally

with a focus

• n

verbal skills & ability

• Correlates

well with Stanford-Binet & Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children-R

• Current

eligibility areas includes: Intellectual Ability, High Achievement, Specific Academic Math

GATE DAC 2014-15 Focus

• Socio-emotional

needs

• f

gifted students

• Discussions
• n

the neurological implications

• f

anxiety & Mindset Theory

• Sharing
• f

GATE program best practices

• Sharing
• f

common challenges associated with raising a gifted child

• Presentations

by CVUSD teachers

• n

new state standards

• Building

a common expectation for effective GATE programs

• Maximizing

strengths and building

• n

continuity

• Work

toward uniform method

• f

GATE identification for English Learners

GATE Program 2015-16 Plans

• Utilize

multiple platforms & timelines for OLSAT administration

• Broadening

parent participation in GATE-related meetings & events

• Focus

professional development

• n

elementary teachers while supporting autonomy

• f

middle / high schools in GATE-related activities, rather than placement

• Greater

dissemination & alignment

• f

GATE Program

• fferings

at each elementary school (i.e. Odyssey

• f

the Mind, E-block, afterschool activities)

• Reintegration
• f

state standardized scores into GATE eligibility determination while fine tuning use

• f

district-created measures

• GATE

Facilitators as members

• f

elementary leadership teams

• More

adaptable & individual GATE site plans with an emphasis

• n

parent engagement, capacity building & resource allocation

Questions?