Discover Gifted @ Secondary 2014

Discover Gifted @ SECONDARY!

May 23, 2014

Mrs. Gollan-Wills, Learning Support Services

Agenda

PART I: What Does Secondary Enrichment Look Like? (9:00) Transition: Elementary to Secondary In-School Programming: “The Big Four”

Outside Opportunities: Outreach, Regional SPARK! Conferences

PART II: Guest Speaker (9:30) DJ Smolders, “The Art of Sound”

PART III: ELOPE Session Rotation (10:15) Meet and Greet; Rotation of Mini-ELOPE Sessions

PART I:Secondary

Programming VisionMrs. Gollan-Wills

Transition to Secondary

“Discover Gifted—Secondary” Event Who: Grade Eight (8) Gifted students

What: Meet and greet secondary ELOPE students and Gifted teacher/LST; participate in mini enrichment workshops (rotation)

Where: Thames Room—CEC Central

When: Friday, May 23rd, 2014 8:30 AM- 12:15 PM

Why: To promote transition from elementary to secondary panel; provide a secondary contact for each student for the Fall; promote ELOPE program to sustain enrichment programming at secondary level in order to meet the needs of all Gifted students

In-School Programming

“Extended Learning Opportunities Through Progressive Enrichment”

Enrichment withdrawal program (Gifted, bright/talented); adopts principles of “pull-out” or cluster sessions from elementary with a different format

Integrated into 26 schools in some capacity (includes all G/B/T)

Completely voluntary; workshop-style; ~one period (75 min) per workshop; schools range from 2x/week to 2x/semester

Student-interest driven Include range of activities from novel studies, debates, and philosophical discussions,

to guest speakers, pottery, forensic problem-solving, and critical thinking 3rd Annual Gifted Teacher/LST ELOPE Symposium October 2014

Can lead to larger outreach opportunities or extended sessions; opportunity to include other schools

For Gifted and bright/talented students

Accommodation: student compacts curriculum in a shorter period of time; saves space in timetable for other courses or other enrichment opportunities (WISE, AP, SATs)

Setting: either in-class or alternative setting

New for 2013: Digital Curriculum Course Bank through Blended Learning Online Format!

Logistics: classroom teacher continues to mark/record work; student completes necessary course work to meet curricular expectations and assessment criteria

Courses are developed in full and come compacted with enrichment on a request basis (for timeframe requested) 2D English, 2OE Civics, 2OE Careers, 1D Math in motion; IDC 4U (thesis); currently working on 1D

English, 1D Geography, 2D History, (1D Science, 2D Science), 2D Math, for 2014-2015

Similar process to on-site compacting; prior planning involved

University level credit and/or advanced placement granted by exam; honoured by most universities if level 4 or 5 achieved

Various phases of support/delivery: Phase 1: Independent focus with master/mentor teacher or community member Phase 2: Tutorial format with master teacher(s) by discipline(s) Phase 3: Full AP credit* course; must be audited by AP Central through College Board

Logistics: 34 courses to choose from; prerequisites Cost: test fee $89 USD; study guide ~$25 (students cover costs) Some schools have pre-AP (3UE) and will be moving to AP credits (4UA)

Interdisciplinary studies; currently the only consistent enrichment programming for credit at secondary; some designated enriched classes at select schools

Three strands: Theory and Foundation (reading, concepts, perspectives, organization) Process and Methods of research (research, planning, and presentation of information) Implementation, Evaluation, Impacts, and Consequences (critiquing, evaluating,

analysing, communicating, writing, real-world applications)

Student-interest focus for summative (ISP)

Develop and consolidate the skills required for knowledge of different subjects/disciplines: How to conduct proper research How to properly write about research conducted/ formulate effective research questions How to communicate findings and defend position

Pilot project 2013-2014: Honours Thesis course; course housed in D2L b-learning

Outside Opportunities

Opportunities for enrichment outside the regular class in a field of interest; itinerant networks with Gifted teachers/LSTs to develop and make students aware of opportunities

Some offered by different faculties at Universities (i.e. Western University: CPSX, BMI, Music, Brescia, Huron etc.) and community partners (i.e. Mikutech)

Conducted on-site or off-site at various institutions

Framework varies: lectures, activities, talks, workshops, visits, experiments/ research, among others

Promote opportunities during the year (school and summer) outside of TVDSB: King’s Liberal Arts, Mikutech Gamer Outreach, BMI Outreach, Brescia Mini-Lectures, Forensics Unit, Shake the World

Conference Waterloo Unlimited (grades 10-12), Queen’s ESU (formerly E=MC2) Shad Valley, House of Commons Page Program (Jr. and Sr.), Encounters With Canada Among many others…

*WISE: Western’s Initiative for Scholarly Excellence; 1.0 free tuition university credit at Western; attend class on-site or through distance studies

Opportunities for extension/enrichment outside the regular class on a larger scale; can be extensions of ELOPE sessions

Specialized Programming Activating Rich Kinds of Experiences and Discoveries

Students have the opportunity to network with like-minded peers across the board

Conferences are offered by region/specified location; at any given time there could be five (5) occurring at the same time

Can involve community partners or guest speakers to run workshops

Framework varies: one full day each; a cluster of conferences once a semester; multiple workshops or single-focus (i.e. rotation of three independent workshops, CPSX labs, forensic crime scenes, “ology” days at Brescia UC, Engineering challenges, Innovation Day, Representation of Crime in Literature and Sociology at King’s UC, Physics and Art of Sound, Critical Challenges in the “Ologies,” among others)

[email protected]

Questions?

PART II:Guest Speaker

SHORT Break!

PART III:Mini-ELOPE Sessions

So…Let’s Experience ELOPE!

Each student will experience 3 mini-ELOPEs

30 min each + 5 min walking time 10:15-10:45 ELOPE 1 (30 min) 10:50-11:20 ELOPE 2 (30 min) 11:25-11:55 ELOPE 3 (30 min)

You will meet and greet a representative from your secondary school or one that represents the region

What do the letters + colours mean?

BLACK/Googly Eye= Critical Thinking (Lucas)

PURPLE= Math Challenges (Central)

ORANGE= Art “Flip Book Animation” (South)

RED= Forensics (Medway)

YELLOW= Interactive IDC (Parkside)

GREEN= Physics Demos (S.D.C.I.)

PINK= Liberal Arts “Let’s Debate” (Banting)

BLUE= Social Science/Law “ What would you do?” (Beal)

Wrap-Up!

Looking Forward to the Fall!