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North Plainfield School District’s
Gifted & Talented Program
Cynthia Crawford, Instructor
&
Cathy Kobylarz, Supervisor
NJ Department of Education’sAdministrative Code NJAC 6A:6-1.3 Definitions“Gifted & Talented students” refers to those
exceptionally able students who possess or demonstrate levels of ability, in one or more content areas, when compared to their chronological peers in the local school district and who require modifications of their educational program to achieve to their capabilities
North Plainfield’s Philosophy
The North Plainfield Pro-
gram recognizes the “Gifted-
ness of all of our students
Gifted and Talented students
are found across all
grade levels, cultural and
economic groups
G&T Program’s Home Base =
Stony Brook School
Identification RubricInspiration Entrance Criteria Rubric
Nomination 1 point
NJ ASK Adv. Prof Math = 4 pointsAdv. Prof Language = 4 pointsProficient Math = 3 pointsProficient Language = 3 points
OTIS LENNONNationally Normed School Ability Test(Percentile Score) 99 – 96 = 5 points 89 - 95 = 4 points <89 = 0 points
A student must score 10 points for admission into the G&T Inspiration Program.
Scoring the Rubric
Name Grade Test Date
% on OTIS LENNON
NJ ASKLanguage
NJ ASKMathematics
Final Rubric Score
2014 :
Scoring the Rubric
Curriculum & Yearly Theme “Habits of the Mind”
Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)
~Critical thinking skills
~Creative thinking skills
~Logic
~Problem solving skills
~Multiple Intelligences
North Plainfield’s Eligibility Data2014-2015
Tested Students in Grade 1-5Total: 195 Students
North Plainfield’s G&T DataEligible Students by Grade Level
2014-2015Total = 78 Students
Acceleration – Small Group
~Small group instruction of six to eight
of our Kindergarten
students
~Pull out program
~Meets approximately
five to six times per year
Enrichment - Whole Group
~First Grade Students
~Whole Group Instruction
~Classes are visited
approximately thirteen times
per calendar year
InspirationTraditional G&T program servicing 78 students this year~Students grouped with their intellectual peers~Parent, staff or self nomination~Eligibility – Multiple Measures: 89th% OLSAT-Otis Lennon School Ability Test & 2 District Test Results~Use of a district made rubric todetermine eligibility
Inspiration’s Themes &Class Trips
Grade Two: Diversity - Raptor’s Trust
Millington, N.J.
Grade Three: Structure –Guggenheim Museum, N.Y.
Grade Four: Connections – Edison, N.J.
Grade Five: Systems–Zimmerly Museum, Rutgers Grade Six: Universal Problems –Grounds for
Sculpture, Hamilton, N J.
.