Overview of Services 2018-2019

Laura HotalingAdvanced Academic Resource Teacher

Advanced Academic Programs

Framing Our Time Together

I. The What: Understanding the Continuum

II. The Why: Meeting Students’ Needs

III. The How: Identification and Timelines

Advanced Academic Services in

FCPS

“Most of all, have the confidence in every learner’s ability to think and your capacity to nurture that thinking. The results will amaze and energize you.”

- Ron Ritchhart

Think about the best learning experiences you have had in your own life.

What made your learning experiences powerful?

Talk about it!

The What...

Framing Our Time Together

I. The What: Understanding the Continuum

II. The Why: Meeting Students’ Needs

III. The How: Identification and Timelines

Advanced Academic Services in

FCPS

Level I Services:

Critical and Creative Thinking

Strategies

All children learn to think, reason, and problem-solve through nine strategies that challenge students to use and apply knowledge in new and different ways.

Lessons that develop critical and creative thinking skills are used by teachers with all students in K-6 classrooms.

Level I Services:

Critical and Creative Thinking

Strategies

Examples of Instructional Strategies to Support

AAP Services (Levels I-IV)

Debono’s Thinking Hats

RAFT and GRASPS

Think-Tac-Toe

Socratic Seminar

Concept-Based Instruction

Cubing

Synectics

SCAMPER

Questioning

Project Based Learning

Creative Problem Solving

Visible Thinking Routines

Academic Conversations

Multiple Entry Points for AAP Curriculum

Differentiated Curriculum Framework

● Grades K-6● Teachers select resources from

this menu to use with students● All Four Core Content Areas

High-Impact AAP Lessons

● Grades 3-6● Embedded in General Education

Planning and Pacing Guides.● All Four Core Content Areas

Level II Services:

Differentiated InstructionGrades K-6

Differentiated instruction is provided through more challenging content, assignments, resources, and flexible groupings in one or more areas of academic strength.

Advanced Academic Resource Teachers plan, collaborate, and share ideas and resources with classroom teachers and other specialists.

Level III Services:

Part-Time Services

Grades 3-6

Students work with the Advanced Academic Resource Teacher to receive enrichment and extensions to curriculum and instruction. The AART plans and collaborates with the classroom teachers and other teachers who work with the students e.g., ESOL and special education.

Direct services may take the form of the AART co-teaching with the classroom teacher with flexible instructional groups within the classroom or pull-out groups.

Level IV Services:

Full-Time Services

Grades 3-6

The full-time advanced academic program is differentiated in depth, breadth, and pace of instruction. It provides an appropriate level of challenge for highly gifted learners with a strong emphasis on critical and creative thinking and problem-solving.

The mathematics curriculum is accelerated by one grade level and readings and resources that are used in other subject areas are also presented at advanced levels. Students have opportunities for ongoing reflection and self-assessment.

Framing Our Time Together

I. The What: Understanding the Continuum

II. The Why: Meeting Students’ Needs

III. The How: Identification and Timelines

Advanced Academic Services in

FCPS

Virginia Department of Education Definition of Gifted

"Gifted students" means those students in public elementary, middle, and secondary schools beginning with kindergarten through twelfth grade who demonstrate high levels of accomplishment or who show the potential for higher levels of accomplishment when compared to others of the same age, experience, or environment.”

Philosophy of FCPS Advanced Academic Programs

Children who have been identified for advanced academic services have the potential to achieve high levels of accomplishment, and this potential needs to be recognized and addressed.

In order to meet their needs and develop their abilities, these high ability learners require a differentiated curriculum that provides advanced learning opportunities.

Possible Areas of Unique Social-Emotional Needs in Advanced Learners● Asynchronous development ● Heightened areas of sensitivity and excitability (ex.

Intellectual, imaginational, emotional)● Perfectionism● Lofty goals and high standards for themselves

and others● Deep concerns about societal problems

Young Scholars ModelAll Levels, K-12Young Scholars may simultaneously be identified for level II, III, or IV services.

Early IdentificationPurpose: Identify students from populations of students who have historically been underrepresented in advanced academics, and provide to them the supports and interventions that will help them access and be successful in rigorous coursework as they progress through the grades.

Committed Professionals

Find, Identify

Essential Elements

Nurture, Guide,

Support Young

Scholars

Twice Exceptional Learners (2e)

Who are they?A student who demonstrates high performance ability or academic potential and who has a cognitive, physical, behavioral, or emotional disability that requires accommodations in order for their potential to be realized.

FCPS Learning Model

A commitment to equity in opportunity, access, and achievement.

Portrait of a Graduate Attributes

“Learning happens within us, not to us.”

- Carol Ann Tomlinson

Framing Our Time Together

I. The What: Understanding the Continuum

II. The Why: Meeting Students’ Needs

III. The How: Identification and Timelines

Advanced Academic Services in

FCPS

Information Considered in

Placement Decisions:

Part-Timeand

Full-Time Services

Gifted Behavior Rating Scale (GBRS)Progress ReportsAdditional Information

- Record of previous Advanced Academic services - Work samples, certificates, and/or awards (8 ½ x 11)- Parent Questionnaire (Level IV only)

Ability test scores - Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT)

- FCPS Cognitive Ability Test (CogAT) Custom FormAchievement Test Scores

- Standards of Learning (SOL) scores

Local School AAP Screening for School Based Services (Levels II-III)

• All students are evaluated for Advanced Academic Programs school-based services using multiple pieces of data

• Local school Advanced Academic Programs screening committee determines eligibility for school-based services

• Parents/guardians may initiate a referral• Parents/guardians are notified in writing of eligibility and

have the right to appeal a decision

Grades 2–7: Level IV Candidates

● Referral forms may be submitted on the first day of school. No exceptions to the referral deadline are accepted.

● Screening file is prepared by the local school Advanced Academic Programs screening committee and submitted to central selection committee.

● Eligibility decisions are made by the central selection committee, and reviewed by an oversight committee.

● Parent/guardian(s) are notified by mail regarding eligibility.

Parents may submit a Full-Time (Level IV) Advanced Academic Program referral for the full-time program

available in grades 3-8.

Grade 2 Screening Pool Candidates

● An internal screening pool is established using the Naglieri Nonverbal Abilities Test (NNAT) from 1st grade and the FCPS Cognitive Ability Test (CogAT) Custom Form, Grade 2.

● Parents of students in the second grade screening pool receive a letter notifying them that their child will be screened for the full-time advanced academic program. Parents may decline screening.

● The screening pool is often announced very close to the referral deadline as test results are not available to determine test scores for the pool for the current year.

Parents who want their student screened for level IV services are encouraged to submit a referral to initiate Level IV screening without waiting

for pool information to be mailed.

AAP referrals and optional screening materials

(for students attending FCPS) due to local schools

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Testing Timeline

October 1-12, 2018● FCPS CogAT-Custom Form Grade 2 Test administered to all Grade 2 students● CogAT administered to specific students in Grades 3-7

November 12-16, 2018● Naglieri Nonverbal Test administered to to all students in Grade 1 and

specific students in Grades 2-7February 11-15, 2019

● Naglieri Nonverbal Test administered to students in Grades 2-7 who need an abilities test score for Level IV screening

Referral Timeline: Fall 2018

October 11, 2018 Level IV Referral Form for new FCPS students due to AART at attending elementary school

November 2018 Central Selection Committee meets

December 2018 Eligibility decisions mailed

December 17, 2018 Appeals due to office

January 28, 2019 Eligible students in Grades 3-8 may attend full-time sites beginning second semester

For FCPS students newly enrolled in FCPS and attending after January 2018, and students not enrolled in FCPS.

Referral Timeline: Spring 2019

January 10, 2019 Level IV Referral Form and optional screening materials due to AART at attending elementary school

March 2019 Central Selection Committee meets

April 4-5, 2019 Eligibility decisions mailed

April 16-26, 2019 Orientations held at Level IV sites

May 10, 2019 Appeals due to office

Fall 2019 Eligible students in Grades 3-8 may attend full-time sites beginning first semester

For currently enrolled FCPS students in Grades 2-7.

AAP Beyond Elementary...Middle School

Level IV Services - Through Grade 8Open Enrollment for Honors Courses in areas of strength and interest

AAP Beyond Elementary School...High School

Dual Enrollment CoursesOpen Enrollment Honors Courses Advanced Placement (AP)International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) - Grades 11-12Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST)

Questions?

Laura Hotalinglahotaling@fcps.edu8:45-9:30 am Monday - Friday

www.fcps.edu