Gifted Academic Program Back to School NiGHt Mr. Schwing Fall 2017 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Hillsides Gifted Academic Program Back to School NiGHt Mr. Schwing Fall 2017 Who is Mr. Schwing? GAP AND STEM Teacher 10th year teacher in Mount Laurel 2nd Grade 8 years 3rd 0.5 years at Parkway M.S. in Elementary
New Jersey’s definition: “Those students who possess or demonstrate high levels of ability, in one or more content areas, when compared to their chronological peers in the local district and who require modification of their educational program if they are to achieve in accordance with their capabilities.”
Gifted students come from all socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds and possess unique abilities. Gifted students exhibit high performance, or the potential to achieve, in intellectual, creative, or artistic areas; possess strong leadership capacity; or excel in specific academic fields. They are a unique segment of the district’s student population, therefore, instructional techniques are needed from kindergarten through eighth grade to nurture growth and development. It is our responsibility to provide students with educational alternatives that teach, challenge, and expand their knowledge, while simultaneously stressing the development of independent and self-directed learners who continuously generate questions, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information and ideas.”
extend the Common Core Curriculum Standards and the New Jersey Common Core Curriculum Standards
appropriate for gifted students
innovative to meet the unique needs of all gifted learners in our district
create, collaborate and think critically to solve real world problems
Kindergarten
Grades 1- 4: “pull out program”
○ meets once a week for 1 hour
○ meets twice a week for the equivalent of one school day
environment
○ for collaboration with peers that extend beyond the classroom walls ○ for learners to explore themselves as gifted people, and discover ways in which to use those gifts as a service to those around them ○ for the utilization of new technologies offered as a way to motivate and extend learning ○ for creative, innovative ways to problem solve using advanced research skills
Gifts All Around Us Ben Franklin: A Genius of Many Gifts Thinking About Our Thinking/Logic The Gifted Me
Economics/Financial Literacy Independent Study/Genius Hour Thinking About Our Thinking/Logic The Gifted Me
○ Bud, Not Buddy ○ Esperanza Rising ○ Fiction and Nonfiction Picture books
Notebook
topics and concepts they are interested in
they have learned with others
Positive Negative Inquisitive Overly self critical Has high expectations of self and
Perfectionistic tendencies Intrinsic motivation Sensitive to criticism or peer rejection Independent Strong willed; resists direction Acquires/attains information easily Bored easily
How can we help them?
Mindfulness (Interactive Notebook)
in their daily lives
themselves and each
and apply higher level thinking skills to solve problems
thinking
SeeSaw - Download the free family app or use the website for updates and announcements. (more info will be sent home soon) Google Classroom - receive a summary of your student’s work and announcements (more info will be sent home soon) Twitter - @MTL_HSGAPSTEM Class Website
http://hs.mtlaurelschools.org/subsites/Jacob-Schwing/
We’ll be using a digital signup (probably signupgenius.com) for conference scheduling. More information will be sent home in the near future. Please contact me if none of the available times work for you.