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Thank you for your interest in the gifted education program at Pagosa Springs Intermediate School. Our website is designed to provide basic information on current news and updates, our district mission and vision, programming options, identification process, and parent/teacher resources.
K-8 Gifted Education Coordinator Dr. Nancy Murri, PhD 970 264-2794 ext 438
It is the supreme act of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Albert Einstein
Contents: News and updates District vision and mission Programming option Identifying gifted learners Parent and teacher resources Knowledge Bowl Destination Imagination
News
Summer Enrichment University of Northern Colorado Summer Enrichment Program Announcement… A two week residential program at the University of Northern Colorado consisting of high-interest, hand-on, brains-on courses for gifted, talented and creative students entering grades 5-10” July 11-24, 2010 $1575 (several $500 scholarships available and payment plans) Calling All Inventors!! In celebration of Earth Week, "Design Squad" has launched its nationwide 2010 Trash to Treasure competition, where kids ages 5-19 are challenged to recycle, reuse and re-engineer everyday materials into new inventions. Three winners will be selected to come to Boston to see their designs built and may appear on the "Design Squad." Entries will be accepted through September 5, 2010. More information is available at pbskids.org/designsquad .
Student Competitions Destination Imagination DI Teams Coordinator, Mrs. Sally High, 7th Grade Social
Studies
Knowledge Bowl Knowledge Bowl Sponsor, Mrs. Pam Levonius, 8th Grade Reading
Professional Learning Opportunities For professional learning opportunities related to gifted and talented learners, NAGC’s Webinars on Wednesdays Series (WOW) is being offered free through 2009. The live WOW sessions are available via the Internet with the ability to listen, view slides, access handouts, and pose questions to presenters, as well as interact with other participants virtually. For information go to http://www.nagc.org/WOW.aspx
Also, on-line GT modules are being offered throughout the state and include courses addressing the gifted reader, developing mathematical thinking in gifted learners, raising thinking skills for gifted learners, creativity, and affective guidance. For more information and registration please go to the CDE website at http://www.cde.state.co.us/gt/trainend.htm
Webinars are internet-based, interactive seminars with leaders in the field of gifted education on a variety of topics. Participate in SENG (Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted) Webinars for $40 each. For more information go to http://www.sengifted.org/
GT Parent Advisory Council The counsel is comprised of parents of gifted children with the intention of advocating for and creating awareness in the district of what we would like to see provided for our children. Our purpose is to keep the momentum of the Gifted and Talented program going strong and reshape and redefine our goals now that many of them have been reached. Upcoming GTPAC Meetings Monday, March 8th, 2010 5:30 - 6:30 pm Junior High Library GT Parent Book Study Please join us for our upcoming GT parent book study. Using a guided study approach, our readings and conversations are intended help parents gain insights into gifted student's social and emotional health. Book: When Gifted Kids Don’t Have All the Answers How to Meet Their Social and Emotional Needs James R.
Delisle, Ph.D., and Judy Galbraith, M.A. Available at: Amazon $14.95 Free Spirit Publishing $21.99 Location of Book Study: River Point Café Conference Room Schedule: Dates/Times/ Readings Wednesday, February 3 8:15-9:00 am Chapters 1, 2 & 3 Wednesday, February 10 8:15-9:00 am Chapters 4, 5 & 6 Wednesday, February 17 8:15-9:00 am Chapters 7 & 8 San Juan BOCES (Board of Cooperative Educational Services) Archuleta School District Joint 50 works closely with San Juan BOCES to provide special education services for our gifted students. Betsey Krill Gifted Education Regional Consultant
We Believe
Mission: Our mission is to recognize and nurture outstanding potential so that gifted students may become all that they are capable.
Vision: All gifted students are identified by their strengths and needs. Educational programming is designed and implemented to match their identified needs. Student progress and achievement is monitored through ongoing dynamic assessment. Teachers of gifted students participate in professional development to increase knowledge, skills, and understanding of gifted students and required instruction.
Definition: Gifted and talented children are those whose abilities, talents, and potential for accomplishment are so exceptional or developmentally advanced that they require special provisions to meet their educational needs. Outstanding talents may be present in children and youth from all cultural groups, across all economic strata, and in all areas of human endeavor.
The students are capable of high performance, exceptional production, or exceptional learning behavior by virtue of any or a combination of: General intellectual ability, Specific academic/intellectual ability, Creative or productive thinking, Leadership and human relations abilities, Visual arts, performing arts, spatial or musical abilities, or Psychomotor abilities
CO3Tiered MODEL 3.pdf
Click on the above link to see Levels of Support Examples for Gifted Education
Programming Options
Elementary School Programs Cluster grouping Acceleration Walk to Read Differentiation Mentorships Response to Intervention (RtI) Destination Imagination Junior Great Books Field Trips
Intermediate School Programs Cluster grouping Acceleration Walk to Read Differentiation Mentorships Response to Intervention (RtI) Destination Imagination Knowledge Bowl Junior Great Books Field Trips
Junior High School Programs Cluster grouping Acceleration Diversified Electives Differentiation Mentorships Response to Intervention (RtI) Destination Imagination Knowledge Bowl Knowledge Masters Open Junior Great Books Field Trips ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Identifying Gifted Students
Archuleta County School District #50 Joint uses a multistep process for identification and appropriate programming options. Multiple indicators of giftedness with information obtained from various sources are used to determine eligibility for formal identification.
Step 1: Referral Referrals are based on teacher judgment, teacher pre-screenings, parent referrals, self-referral, grades, group test scores, individual test scores or any combination of these.
Step 2: Assessment Assessment involves determining the referred child's level of abilities on a battery of tests, which generally include a cognitive abilities test, achievement test or problem solving. The Gifted Coordinator compiles the body of evidence. Assessment Tools
Standardized tests Observation Self-identification Portfolios
Step 3: Selection Selection occurs only after the child has been assessed as potentially gifted and his or her ability levels are determined. A meeting is held with the stakeholders in the process: Gifted coordinator Referring teacher Principal or counselor Parents The body of evidence is carefully reviewed and a decision is made.
Step 4: Placement The decision on placement is based on this information,the needs of the child, and programming options available. After placement, an Advanced Learning Plan is written.
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Colorado Department of Education Gifted and Talented
National Association of Gifted Children
Council for Exceptional Children
Hoagies Gifted Education Page
Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted
Differentiated Instruction
Additional Information on Differentiated Instructional Practices and Strategies
Gifted Education Books: A list of books for parents and teachers We read to discover we are not alone. -C.S.Lewis
Delisle, J.(2006). Parenting gifted kids: Tips for raising happy and successful giftedchildren. Waco, TX: Prufrock.
Delisle, J., & Galbraith, J. (2002). When gifted kids don't have all the answers: How to meet their socialand emotional needs. Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing.
Galbraith, J. (1999). The gifted kids‚ A survival guide for ages 10 & under (revised and expanded). Minneapolis: Free Spirit.
Galbraith, J.& Delisle, J. (1996). The gifted kids‚a survival guide: A teen handbook.Minneapolis: Free Spirit.
Halsted, J. W. (2001). Some ofmy best friends are books: Guiding gifted readers from preschool to high school, 2nd edition. Scottsdale: Great Potential Press.
Strip, C.A. & Hirsch, G. (2001). Helping gifted children soar: A practical guide for parents and teachers. Scottsdale: Great Potential Press.
Stipek, D.,& Seal, K. (2001). Motivated minds: Raising children to love learning.New York: H. Holt and Co.
Ruf, D. L. (2005). Losing Our Minds: Gifted Children Left Behind. Scottsdale, AZ: Great Potential Press,
Webb, J.T., Meckstroth, E.A., & Tolan, S.S. (1982). Guiding the gifted child: A practical source for parents and teachers. Scottsdale: Great Potential Press.
Whitley, M. D. (2001). Bright minds, poor grades: Understandingand motivating your Underachieving Child . New York: Perigee.
Whitney, C. S. (2007). A Love For Learning, Motivation and the Gifted Child. Scottsdale, AZ: Great Potential Press.
Winebrenner, S.(2001). Teaching gifted kids in the regular classroom (revised,expanded, and updated edition). Minneapolis: Free Spirit.
Knowledge Master Open (KMO)
This opportunity is open to 5th and 6th Grade GT students as an enrichment activity. Practices take place during and sometimes after school. The KMO is an academic competition in which teams of students compete -- nationally and internationally -- without leaving their own schools. The KMO began in 1983 with 72
schools; it now annually attracts over 3,000 schools and 45,000 participants from the U.S. and several foreign lands.
A special password starts the contest, which must be completed in one session requiring 2 to 2 1/2 hours for secondary teams and 1 to 1 1/2 hours for 5th and 6th grade teams. Team size is unlimited. A team may take up to three five-minute time-outs. Communication among team members is encouraged, but no assistance of any kind may be given by coaches or audience members. Only pencils and paper may be used by students during the competition. Other resources such as calculators and books are not permitted.
Knowledge Bowl
Knowledge Bowl is an interdisciplinary academic contest open to 6th Grade,GT students first. It then opens up to the talent pool of non-identified, high ability students. Practices may take place during school, sometimes after school, or at lunch. Eligibility requires a 6th grade teacher's recommendation. The team typically attends from two to five competitions per year.
Competitions Competition includes, first, a written round, followed by a series of three oral rounds. Teams complete a written round test and are then ranked for the first oral round according to their written score. Grouping is then based on cumulative totals for the day. The official score is kept by the reader on the score sheets. The same questions for each oral round are used simultaneously in all rooms. Electronic judging devices are used to determine which team has the answer first. In each round, all teams respond to 40 questions. Questions used in Knowledge Bowl are all new and have never been used in
previous tournaments. The questions are related to practically every discipline normally addressed in the 6th grade curriculum.
Knowledge Bowl Sponsor: Mrs. Pam Levonius, 8th Grade Reading
Colorado Destination Imagination What is Destination ImagiNation?
Imagine that you and a few friends are given a project to complete without help from anyone outside the team. The project involves designing and constructing a technical device that must move from point A to point B under its own power. Imagine that you must also write, produce, and star in a story that involves the technical device. You need to make props, costumes, and everything else, and package it into an eight-minute Presentation. Now imagine that you and your teammates are 10 years old and you are hearing the thunderous applause of an enthusiastic audience as you present your completed project!
If you think this is far-fetched, you haven't been to a Destination ImagiNation Tournament! Our teams work on and solve Team Challenges like these, completely on their own. Why Team Challenges? Our Team Challenges encourage development of Creative Problem Solving techniques, teamwork and creative process over a sustained period of time, usually eight to twelve weeks. Our Challenges are designed to be:
Fun to Solve Academically-based (corresponding to education standards) and include a research component Teaches Life skills including teamwork, time management and problem solving Prepares Students for our changing world
Focused on one or more of the following areas; Technical/Mechanical Design Structural/Architectural Design Theatrical/Literary/Fine
Arts Scientific Exploration Improvisation Open to students in grades K-12
Contact: Mrs. Sally High 7th Grade Teacher |
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