Erin PuhlResource Teacher for the GiftedTuckahoe Elementary SchoolOctober 22, 2013

Agenda

• Overview of new structure for Gifted Services

• Agenda for January Parent Night:• Overview of evaluation process

Questions and Exit Cards

• On each table you will find index cards that can be used if you have any specific questions. • Please write the question, your name, your child’s name

and your contact information as well as the best time for me to contact you

Professional Responsibilities

• Promote differentiation strategies in the classroom

• Provide enrichment and supplemental resources for teachers

• Model instructional strategies• Inform staff about gifted education training

opportunities• Facilitate the identification process

Professional Learning Communities

Four Key Questions Focus Us on Learning

#1 What is it we expect our students to learn?#2 How will we know when they have learned it?#3 How will we provide time and support when they don’t learn it?

#4 How will we expand learning when they already know it or learn it quickly?

Cluster Grouping

• Students in grades 1-5 have been clustered into classrooms with intellectual peers

• RTG plans with and supports the classroom teachers with extension activities and projects for those students who have already mastered grade level content

• Support may look different in the various grade levels depending on teacher and student needs

Classroom Support

Kindergarten • Attend weekly PLC meetings• Integrate grade-level content into critical

and creative thinking lessons• Provide resources and differentiation

support

Classroom Support

First Grade • Attend weekly PLC meetings• Collaborate and plan with cluster teachers• Weekly co-teaching in cluster classrooms for

math• Integrate grade-level content into critical and

creative thinking lessons in all classrooms (to begin in quarter 2) on a rotating basis

• Provide resources and differentiation support

Classroom Support

Second Grade• Attend weekly PLC meetings• Collaborate and plan with cluster teachers• Bi-weekly co-teaching in cluster classroom for

language arts• Weekly co-teaching in cluster classrooms for

math• Integrate grade-level content into critical and

creative thinking lessons in all classrooms on a rotating basis

Classroom Support

Third Grade• Attend weekly PLC meetings• Collaborate and plan with cluster teachers• Weekly pull-out language arts instruction for

identified students• Weekly co-teaching in cluster classrooms for

math• Integrate grade-level content into critical and

creative thinking lessons in all classrooms (to begin in quarter 2) on a rotating basis

Classroom SupportFourth Grade

• Communicate closely with weekly PLC meetings

• Collaborate and plan with cluster teachers• Bi-weekly co-teaching in cluster classrooms for

language arts• Weekly co-teaching in cluster classrooms for

math• Integrate grade-level content into critical and

creative thinking lessons in all classrooms (to begin in quarter 2) on a rotating basis

Classroom Support

Fifth Grade• Communicate closely with weekly PLC

meetings• Weekly pull-out instruction for identified

language arts and math students• Identify and provide differentiation resources

as needed

Curriculum Examples

• Gifted Literature Units• William and Mary Literature Units • Project M2 and Project M3 • Best of the Continental Math League• WordMasters Competition • Jacob’s Ladder Reading Comprehension Program• Hands-On Equations• Exemplars

Core Curriculum Lead Teachers

Content Area Lead Teacher Email contactEnglish Alethea Price alethea.price@apsva.us

Math Angela Torpy angela.torpy@apsva.us

Science Joanne Godwin joanne.godwin@apsva.us

Social Studies Kim DiNardo kim.dinardo@apsva.us

Instructional Lead

Lisa Morse lisa.morse@apsva.us

Communication

Differentiated Student Progress Form• Quarterly report to parents in report cards in

grades 1-5 for identified students• The form documents differentiated

instructional strategies and extensions• Replaces the Differentiation Instruction

Planning Form

Parent Resources

• Further information about APS Gifted Services is located on the APS website• www.apsva.us• Click on Curriculum and Instruction• Click on Programs• Click on Gifted Services

Parent Night – Identification

• Parent night presentation explaining the identification process will be held on

January 28, 2014 at 7:00 P.M.

• Agenda:• Referral process• Evaluation components• Evaluation process timelines

Contact Information Erin Puhl, Resource Teacher for the GiftedEmail: erin.puhl@apsva.usPhone: (703) 228-5288

Cynthia Brown, PrincipalEmail: cynthia.brown@apsva.us

Mitch Pascal, Assistant PrincipalEmail: mitch.pascal@apsva.us

Cheryl McCullough, Supervisor of Gifted ServicesEmail: cheryl.mccullough@apsva.usPhone: (703) 228-6160