Welcome back!

Gifted and Talented Students

But first!

You are indeed a grand old flag

Next class:

Take me Out to the Ball Game

What is a “Gifted/Talented” student?

No standard definition from any organization– Demonstrate outstanding levels of

aptitude or competence in a domain(<10%) (NAGC)

– Higher performance capability (Javits, ‘88)

– Outstanding Talent (OERI, ‘93)

– Children who, by virtue of outstanding abilities, are capable of high performance.(Marland Report, ‘72)

How else is it defined?

Columbus Group: asynchronous development

Gagné:Giftedness ≠Talent– Talent is hard work. Gifted is magic

Renzulli: 3 ring model– Above average ability– High level of commitment– High level of creativity

Early Gifted funding

Block grants based on five areas (1981)

1. intellectual2. creative 3. artistic4. leadership

capacity5. specific

academic fields

But also (1984)1. mathematics,2. science, 3. foreign

languages, or4. computer

learning.

Gifted is not a mandated exceptionality

IDEA covers disabilities– Special ed

Local/State programs cover gifted– Special ed

Let’s see how PA covers gifted, shall we?– Gifted by state

Programming Standards

http://www.nagc.org/uploadedFiles/Information_and_Resources/Gifted_Program_Standards/K-12%20booklet%20for%20convention%20(final).pdf

Outlines administrative steps to creating IEP for gifted

Ways to enact gifted ed

Hobby Enrichment Compacting Self-pacing Acceleration Pull-out

Cluster grouping Summer enrichment Separate

classes/schools Homeschooling

Hobby

After school lessonsClubs

Enrichment

Adapted assignments– Similar to accommodations/modification

for IEPSchool sponsored activities

– Scholar bowl– Chess club– Honors Band

Compacting

Pre-testing on new material– Skipping knowns and moving on

Self-pacing

Montessori method– Small flexible groupings for tasks

Acceleration

Separate classes/material for advanced students– Tracking– Skipping grades– “partial’ acceleration in subject areas

Community college classes in lieu of HSJr. High take classes at HS

Pull out programs

Leave the inclusive classroom for enrichment– Needs to be connected to the regular

classroom material to be effective

Cluster grouping

Pulling out small groups of similarly gifted students for all day learning

Summer enrichment

Gifted camp– Govies (PA)

Upshot?

Gifted is what you call gifted.Teachers of the Arts will be prone to

have gifted students– They get to pick us!– How can you keep them

busy?Thinking?Leading?Growing?Connected with peers?

EFE paperwork needs

Soon you may get a cooperating teacher.– Huzzah for you!!!!– Contact him/her ASAP and set up mutually

agreeable times/days for your early field experience

What should you do during this EFE?– So glad you asked!– Official answer in handbook (p.35)– Unofficial answer: Whatever you can and/or they

let you

At the end of the 35-40 hours of EFE in your cooperating school3 pieces of paperwork needed for

completion of EDUC 242 grade– Pp 30-34 in handbook

Cooperating teacher evaluation (33-34)Candidate reflective paper (30-32)

– Checkbox– Open ended questions– Danielson Domain essay

Reflective Journal– Of your own design

Who’s in charge of what?

YOU are responsible for getting all three documents– Signed by the

teacher– From the school site– To LAURA

FERGUSON

LAURA FERGUSON is responsible for– Reading documents– Contacting coop (if

needed)– Sending documents

to College of Ed– Completing change

of grade forms (if needed)

We’ll have this little chat again in class

March 12: Don’t come here– Unless you want to have an Educational

Psychology overview– Praxis II friendly

March 28: Lesson plan development in conjunction with IEPs