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Pequea Valley School District Cathy Koenig August 30,2016 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Pequea Valley School District Cathy Koenig August 30,2016 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Pequea Valley School District Cathy Koenig August 30,2016 Eligibility for Gifted programming requires 2 things: Cognitive Ability and Learning Strengths Cognitive Ability The student must demonstrate cognitive strength by scoring
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§ Eligibility for Gifted programming requires 2 things:
§ Cognitive Ability and “Learning Strengths”
§ Cognitive Ability
§ The student must demonstrate cognitive strength by scoring 130 or higher on an IQ test,
where a Standard Score of 100 is exactly Average. At PV , we are flexible with how this score is obtained based on the individual strengths of the student. For example, we teach
- ur students that good learners go back and double check work and take their time to
think through a problem. Students who are being evaluated for Gifted services often take those lessons to heart and become meticulous. This can impact their performance on the Processing Speed portions of an IQ test, and possibly bring down their overall score. To adjust for this, when it’s appropriate we calculate something called a General Ability Index, which is an IQ score that does not factor in things like speed. We don’t want to ‘penalize’ students for applying what we’ve taught them.
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§ Learning Strengths - Learning strengths can be thought of as characteristics that predict
success in a Gifted program, or that demonstrate Gifted services would be a good match for the student. There is no set number of these that must be present, but the more the student has the more likely they are to find success with Gifted
- programming. Examples are:
§ Strong rates of acquisition and retention (do they learn quickly, and do they remember over
long periods of time)
§ Advanced achievement, performance, or expertise in one or more academic areas § Demonstration of higher-level thinking skills § Academic creativity § Strong leadership skills § Intense academic interest § Strong communication skills § Foreign language aptitude § Technology expertise
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Enrichment Acceleration
- Enrichment through independent or
alternative writing assignment
- Small group with student of similar ability
- Enrichment through Socratic circles
- Resource materials at their ding level
- Flexible grouping
- Curriculum compaction
- Access to materials outside the general
classroom
- Practice in non-fiction reading
- Enrichment through alternative
assignments and assessments
- Student self-select variety of texts to match
their interests
- Pre-assessments in math skills with
enrichment opportunities
- Enrichment through simulation
- Exposure to new concepts
- Advanced Placement classes
- Combined classes
- Concurrent Dual Enrollment
- Self Paced Instruction
- Curriculum Compacting
- Credit by Examination
- Early Admission to Kindergarten
- Early admission to Middle school or High
school
- Early Graduation
- Grade Skipping
- Mentoring
- Telescoping Curriculum
- World Learning
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§ K-9 UNIT visited § Cadet Camp § SEE Seminars § Chess Tournament § STEM BOWL § Lego Challenge – Transportation § Earth Day Activity – Louise Nevelson and Assemblages § “Why Do Wings Help You Fly? – Flying Competition § Rube Goldberg machine – The Burglar Catcher § Created invention to catch a Leprechaun and oral presentation to the class § Catapult and built their own § Thank you letters – to someone who would be surprised to receive one § Science Fair
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§ High School Example:
§ Gifted student this school year is pursuing Dual Enrollment Calculus class equivalent to
AP Calculus BC this year … Next year we have a possibility of 11 student due to MCL.
§ PVIS Example:
§ Gifted students were five students to take Algebra a few years ago and now PVIS has 36
learners taking Algera and Algbra II due to MCL.
§ Elementary Example:
§ Many district opened the Oratory Competition up to their Gifted Programs, we opened it
up to all students.
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