Secondary Enrichment Opportunities

Banting S.S.Mrs. Gollan-Wills, Gifted Itinerant—Secondary Programming

What’s Out There?

0Mix of credit and non-credit programs/services0Enrichment Withdrawal (ELOPE)0Curriculum Compacting0WISE and AP (Advanced Placement)0SPARK! Conferences0Outreach, Community Partners0IDC 3O, 4O, 4U

0Extended Learning Opportunities through Progressive Enrichment

0Completely voluntary0Workshop-style IN the school0 Student-interest driven0Can lead to larger outreach opportunities

0Range of activities: novel studies, debates, philosophical discussions, guest speakers, poetry, critical thinking, problem-solving, among others

0 COMPACTING: accommodation (acceleration + enrichment)

0 Student works through the curricular material at a quicker pace with extension and enrichment

0 Completes all assessment criteria0 Remains in teacher’s class (on role) or on roll of a gifted teacher*,

but can work in an alternate area (supervised)0 Frees up time to complete other elective courses, AP, enrichment

opportunities, study for SATs, among others0 *Importance of planning backward!0 New! Course bank through D2L/online

0 Advanced Placement

0 University level credit (and/or advanced standing) by exam

0 Various phases of support/delivery

0 Students:0 Purchase study guide/text0 Pay for exam fee ($93 USD 2016)0 Are set up with a mentor/master teacher in the subject area0 Write an exam in May0 Levels 4 and 5 are typically rewarded with a transfer credit*0 Postsecondary institutions decide what credit to award once you are

a university student

FYIWISE

0 Western’s Initiative for Scholarly Excellence

0 Who can apply: high school students in Grades 11-12 (must have min 22 credits achieved; completed 1.0+ 4U or 4M credits; overall 80% in Grades 10-12; 85% average in Grades 10-11)

0 What: pursue a university level credit at the university campus or distance studies while in high school (FREE tuition!)

0 Please note that students must be nominated by a guidance counsellor, teacher, and/or principal, which is part of the application process

0 Interdisciplinary studies; currently the only consistent enrichment programming for credit at secondary; some* designated enriched classes at select schools (1.0 credit each)0 IDC 3O/4O “Scholarly Productions”0 IDC 4U(T) “Honours Thesis”

0 Three strands:0 Theory and Foundation (reading, concepts, perspectives, organization)0 Process and Methods of research (research, planning, and presentation of information)0 Implementation, Evaluation, Impacts, and Consequences (critiquing, evaluating, analysing, communicating,

writing, real-world applications)

0 Student-interest focus for summative (ISP)

0 Develop and consolidate the skills required for knowledge of different subjects/disciplines:0 How to conduct proper research0 How to properly write about research conducted/ formulate effective research questions0 How to communicate findings and defend position

0 NEW! Honours Thesis course; course housed in D2L b-learning

0 Extension of ELOPE sessions; based solely on student-interest0 LARGE-scale enrichment conferences0 Again, completely voluntary0 Like-minded peers across the board0 Some currently available and previously offered:

0 Engineering SPARK! with PEO and IEEE “Real World Issues: 21st C. Issues in Communication”;

0 The Study of Food SPARK! (Science, Business, Health & Nutrition) at Brescia UC;0 Interdisciplinary Studies SPARK! (SJPS, SW, DS, CSI) at King’s UC;0 The REAL Criminal Law SPARK! (Crown, Justice, Defence; AIDWYC; CCLET;

IHL/RedCross);0 The Representation of Crime through Lit and Soc SPARK! at King’s;0 Physics and Art of Sound SPARK! (Drummer and DJ);0 Earth Sciences SPARK! (Geophysics/Seismic Hazards; Soft Rock Exploration;

Paleontology; Meteorites) with Western;0 Ologies SPARK! with Brescia UC (Psych, Crim/Soc, Anthro, Poli Sci);0 Among others!

0 Different faculties at universities (i.e. Western University: CPSX, Ivey, BMI, Music, etc.) and community partners

0 Conducted onsite or offsite at the universities0 Some currently available and previously offered:

0 Active History at Huron UC at Western0 Anthropology Outreach at Western SS0 Linguistics Outreach at Western SS0 Gamer Outreach with Mikutech0 Dragon’s Den/Entrepreneurship at Ivey0 Engineering challenges with PEO0 Foundation Year/Liberal Arts with King’s0 Waterloo Unlimited (Grades 10-12)0 Queen’s ESU (formerly E-MC2)0 Shad Valley0 House of Commons Page Program (Jr. and Sr.)0 Encounters with Canada0 Among others…

Questions?

M.Gollan-Wills@tvdsb.on.ca