Elizabeth BurgosElizabeth Burgos

Resource Teacher for the GiftedResource Teacher for the Gifted Elizabeth.burgos@apsva.usElizabeth.burgos@apsva.us http://www.apsva.us/gms.giftedhttp://www.apsva.us/gms.gifted

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Silent LaunchSilent LaunchExpectationsExpectationsThis activity should be…•Silent•Independent

•Work until I say stop•Be ready to share your answers

ExpectationsExpectationsThis activity should be…•Silent•Independent

•Work until I say stop•Be ready to share your answers

• Respond to this question: Do you think people are born smart or

they work to get smart? Why? Take a stand!

•“Call it what you like: discipline, determination, perseverance, the force of will. Even apart from his saying so, I knew that it had made all the difference in my life. If only I could bottle it, I’d share it with every kid in America. But where does it come from?” Sonia Sotomayor from My Beloved Life

INTELLIGENCE is a LEARNED quality INTELLIGENCE is a LEARNED quality and can be cultivatedand can be cultivated

•Psychologists studying creative geniuses find most IMPORTANT factor in creative achievement - willingness to put in a tremendous HARD WORK and to sustain this effort in the face of CHALLENGES!

Developing Growth Mindsets

Increases Capacity for Challenge:Resilience & Autonomous Learners

COLLABORATION

FOR

Responsive DIFFERENTIATION

Classroom Teacher

Resource Teacher for Gifted

Student

PLANNING AND PREPARATION

INSTRUCTIONPre-assessment - Flexible

groupingCompacting

CLASSROOM ENVIRONMEN

TTiered lessons,

Anchor activities, classroom

configuration

PLANNING AND PREPARATION CLTs

What will we do to extend and enrich the learning opportunities for students who have achieved proficiency? PROFESSIONAL

RESPONSIBILITIESProfessional development

opportunities

IndependenceQuestioning

Creative Critical Thinking

Student Growth

Independent Reading

Literature Circles Questioning Socratic Seminar Nanowrimo Wordmasters

•Continental Math League

•Math Olympiad

•Math Counts

•Pi Day

•Stock Market Game

• Investwrite Contest

•Science Fair

•Earth Force

•Energy Debates

•Anchor –Station Activities

VJAS VJAS

Virginia Junior Academy of Science Research Symposium ( 7-12 grades)

Performance Performance Assessment TestsAssessment Tests

Geography BeeGeography Bee Decades DayDecades Day Anchor ActivitiesAnchor Activities

7th grade Hornets created History Day Projects

Visual & Performing Arts•Opportunities to audition for Honors

Chorus, Band and Orchestra•Scholastic Arts Awards•Concert Performances

Parents•http://www.apsva.us/gms.gifted

•Mindset by Carol Dweck

•Creating Innovators by Tony Wagner

• Inspiring Middle School Minds: Gifted, Creative & Challenging by Judy Willis

•Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goldman

Parent Resources• Virginia Association for the Gifted (VAG)

http://www.vagifted.org

• National Association for the Gifted (NAGC)

http://nagc.org – NAGC National Conference – Baltimore, MD – NAGC Parent Day – Saturday, November 15

• Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)

http://sengifted.org

Getting Connected: APS Gifted Services

Sign up for @APSGifted Twitter

APS Gifted Services Website www.apsva.us/giftedservices

Cheryl McCullough, Supervisor, Gifted Services at 703-228-6160 or cheryl.mccullough@apsva.us

•Exit Cards:Exit Cards: Please write the question, Please write the question,

your name/your student’s your name/your student’s name, your phone number or name, your phone number or email, and the best time for email, and the best time for me to contact you.me to contact you.

•THANKS FOR COMING!!!