+ Welcome families of TD certified students Please Sign In & take a handout (one per family). with Mrs. Foley, Lead TD Teacher.

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Welcome families of TD certified students

Please Sign In & take a handout (one per family).

withMrs.

Foley, Lead TD Teacher

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Why are we here tonight?

+ GIFTEDNESS:

+ GIFTEDNESS:

Students, children, or youth who giveevidence of high achievement capability

in areas such asintellectual, creative, artistic,

or leadership capacity,or in specific academic fields,and

who need services and activitiesnot ordinarily provided

by the school in order to fully develop those capabilities.

Federal Definition

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How are we different ?

+ Irwin’s Magnet Paths

or

3-5 Talent

Development

TD certified students receive

differentiated educational services for their unique

needs

All K-2 students

begin on this

acceleratedpath

*All 2nd graders are screened for

TD

K-2Learning Immersion

3-5 Learning Immersion

Students participate

in an accelerated enrichment instructional

program

*Only K-2 non-certified

Irwin students

+ How are we different?Instruction

Traditional Setting

Irwin Academic Center

Student Placement

Randomly grouped

Wide range of abilities within classes

and grade levels

Strategically grouped Homogeneous by certification

Flexible groups meet regularly for differentiation

Classroom Environment

Focus may be on below grade level students,

above grade level students are used as

“helpers”

K-5 students receive a full day of rigorous, academically

challenging, research-based instruction which provides

opportunities for students to achieve their fullest potential.

Level of Support

TD teacher may be part time, may pull out

groups, limited time with students per week

Academic Facilitators are AIG certified

Full time lead TD teacher supports with direct & indirect

services.All work closely with staff and students

+ Lead TD Teacher’s Direct Services

Talent Development Department

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• NEW: Flex Group Support & FLEX time!

• Co-teaching

• Demonstration Lessons

• Small group instruction

• Special Projects

• Enrichment opportunities• Ex. Robotics, UN, Student council, clusters

+ Lead TD Teacher’s Indirect Services

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• Prepare and support the design of lessons and activities

• Frequent collaboration with the Classroom Teacher to ensure rigor and challenge

• Gifted identification and maintenance (assessments & compliance)

• Administrative duties

+ How are we different?

Instruction CMSIrwin

Academic Center

Math Instruction

Single curriculum(Investigations, District issued)

Combination of resources

(Project M3, Hands on Equations, Challenge

Math, etc.)

Language Arts Program

Basal Reader focus (ImagineIt!,

District issued)

Multiple resources (Seminars, William &

Mary, Novels, Jr. Great Books, integrated writing)

Science& Social Studies

Separate

Integrated, global awareness

initiative, hands-on, guest speakers,

21st century, current events

Innovative Strategies

Randomly used

Curriculum studied in greater depth, more challenging

lessons, accelerated

+ Innovative Strategies• Interdisciplinary, accelerated,

challenging units of study

• Experiential Learning with Problem & Project Based Learning

• Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences

• Bloom’s Taxonomy

• Differentiation: Curriculum Compacting, contracts, small groups instruction,choice menus, pre/post tests

Irwin’s TD program: What it is NOT …

•NOT an add on•NOT separate•NOT more of the same•NOT boring

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+ How are we different?

Instruction CMSIrwin

Academic Center

Parent Involvement

Varies

Strong PTA & Volunteers

PLC meetingsBook study (?)

Professional Development

Focused on district initiatives

Varied opportunities, on

going, differentiated, research based

Student Expectations

On grade level objectives

Critical & Creative Thinking

Handle accelerated

& advanced pace,(Performance Review)

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• Attain levels of academic achievement consistent with abilities

• Engage in abstract, creative,and affective reasoning

• Apply insightful questioning

• Develop a capacity to see interconnections among disciplines

Irwin’s TD program:

Desired Outcomes

+ Talent Development Performance Review

(handout – white paper)

Content Evaluation• Thoughtfully

interrelates complex knowledge from all subject areas

• Exceptional insight to themes and generalizations

• Demonstrates sophistication in learning and applying new information to tasks

Process Evaluation• Asks provocative

questions which probe and analyze problems

• Gives diverse, thought-provoking responses which lead to innovative solutions

• Insightfully evaluates information and ideas

Talent Development Department

+ Talent Development Performance Review

(handout – white paper)

Product Evaluation

• Products synthesize from a variety of challenging sources

• Products reflect insights gained from exploring “big ideas”

• Products demonstrate significant effort in multiple intelligences and exceptional growth

Affective Evaluation

• Always completes HW and CW on time

• Initiates and goes beyond required assignments

• Is motivated and takes responsibility for learning

• Student shows exceptional ability to work with others

Talent Development Department

+ How are we different?

InstructionTraditional

Setting

Irwin Academic

Center

CertificationsLimited,

Some may be highly qualified

Classroom teachers have gifted certification or are in the process of

being certified. Also, NBCT & masters

degrees

Enrichment Opportunities

Limited, Before/After

school

Enrichment ClustersSchool-wide events

Service OpportunitiesBefore School Clubs

Tuition Funded Opportunities

Beyond Elementary

Neighborhood Assignment

Provides a strong foundation

for IB Middle School(Guaranteed acceptance)

+Handouts: Parenting Gifted Children (excerpt) Purple handout

Websites white & yellow handout

Good Reads! Pink handout

Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students by Fronseca

Anxiety Free Kids by Zucker

Parenting Gifted Kids by Delisle

Letting Go of Perfect by Adelson & Wilson

Parenting Gifted Children by Treffinger, Inman, Jolly & Smutny

Raising a Gifted Childby Fertig

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Thank you for coming!

Please contact me with specific questions/concerns …[email protected]

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