Elementary Enrichment Program Presented by the GATES Team: Dana Petrie, Sabrina Bialkin, and Linda Gallipoli January 23, 2020
Unique Role & Responsibilities ● GATES TEACHERS Testing students for identification (Spring: All Grade 3 & 5/Fall: New Grade 4 & 5) ○ Classes for Identified Students in Grades 4 & 5 (Top 7 - 9%) ○ ● ENRICHMENT SPECIALISTS ○ Enrichment Support for ■ 141 K - 5 Teachers 3,090 K - 5 Students ■ * As team members, we meet to collaborate and continue to grow the program *
Program Growth: GATES/G&T Students Beyond Testing, Identification, and Math & Language Arts GATES Classes ● Program/Curriculum Aligned to NAGC Gifted Programming Standards ● Lessons Addressing Social Emotional Needs ● GATES District-Wide Programs ○ Community Google Classrooms ○ Competitions: WordMasters, Math League ○ 5th Grade GATES Field Trip ○ 4th Grade Invention Project ● G&T Roundtable for Area G&T Specialists ● Professional Development Workshops for K-5 Teachers
Program Growth: Enrichment for All Students ● Teacher Support Monthly Teachers’ Newsletter ○ Expanded Enrichment Materials ○ Individualized Enrichment Support ○ Professional Development ○ ● School Wide Enrichment 3-5 Website & K-2 Website ○ Full Class Enrichment Lessons (Gr 1 - 5) ○ Student Recognition for Enrichment Participation ○
Teacher Support ● Expanded Resources ● Monthly Teachers’ Enrichment Newsletter ● Individualized Teacher Support for Individual Student Needs
Professional Learning Community Support ● Wayne Township Learning Center ○ Professional Development Workshops ○ G&T Roundtables
Whole Class Enrichment Lessons ● Lessons for Grades 1 - 5 ● Unique Formative Assessment Opportunity ● Thinking Skills ○ Convergent ○ Divergent ○ Visual ○ Creative
Elementary Enrichment Websites K-2 & 3-5 ● Language Arts - 1,000+ ● Math - 1,000+ Responses Responses ○ Challenge Problems (3-5) ○ Create a Caption ○ Super Solver Problems (3-5) ○ Contests ○ Family Math (K-2) ○ Writing Activities ● STEM - 180+ Responses ○ STEM & STEAM Challenges ○ Smithsonian Invent It Challenge All pens are sold at one price and all pencils at another price. If three pens & two pencils are sold for 47 cents, while two pens & three pencils are sold for 38 cents, what is the cost of one pen Website Submission and one pencil in cents? Entries
GATES - Grades 4 & 5 ● Math & Language Arts - 1 hour per subject per week ● Social Emotional Learning ● National/International Contests ○ WordMasters & Math League ● GATES Community Classrooms & District Wide Highlights ○ Engaging Students Across All 9 Schools ● GATES Curricular Extensions
GATES & Enrichment Recognition Math League WordMasters NJAGC Gifted Art Contest Letters About Literature Scholastic Contests Creative Kids “ Ignite Passion With Purpose” Invent It Noah Kim - Grade 5
Thank you! Dana Petrie - dpetrie@wayneschools.com Lafayette, Theunis Dey, Pines Lake Sabrina Bialkin - sbialkin@wayneschools.com APT, James Fallon, Ryerson Linda Gallipoli - lindagallipoli@wayneschools.com JFK, Packanack, Randall Carter
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