PPT-Gifted Programs Overview

Clyde Hill November 21 2016 Gifted Program Overview Gifted services provide instruction in the core content areas of language arts social studies science and math Instruction is provided at an accelerated pace around an essential question that leads students to more complex levels of understanding. De . Bono’s 6 Action Shoes . as a planning tool. Jo Freitag 2009. Full time dedicated gifted programs . Fast paced, accelerated, above grade level courses. for highly motivated, high achieving students. . Lynne Lawler, Jeanne Riggs- 4. th. grade. Linda Hathaway, Doris Costenbader -3. rd. grade. -Gifted and talented education is a program for identified students with unique academic and social needs which are not ordinarily met in a typical classroom setting.. By: Margaret Garrett, Alicia Payne, and Chris . Rhinehart. Hispanic Gifted . Students. Introduction. For over 25 years, blame has been extended to gifted programs for favoring children from advantaged backgrounds. Minority groups or gifted learners are highly underrepresented in gifted programs in the United States. Statistics report that this underrepresentation may vary for 30% to 70%. The average is common at around 50%. (Ford & Thomas, 1997). Gifted students exist in all levels of society, every culture, and every ethnic group (Frasier, Garcia, Passow, 1995). In order to include underrepresented minority groups in gifted programs, it is mandatory to establish “equal footing” for all students no matter what their race, culture, or socioeconomic status is . Presentation . created by Deanna . Crackel. , M. Ed. . . based on the book . Living . With Intensity . e. dited . by Susan Daniels, . Ph.D. & Michael M. . Piechowski. Why is my child so different?. TO . SERVE. By Erna K. Johnson. Women’s Ministries director. South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists. GIFTED TO . SERVE. 1 CORINTHIANS 13:1, . THE LIVING BIBLE. 1. “If . I had the gift of being able to speak in other . Kathie Anderson. Gifted & Talented Consultant . ONGL - Division of Learning Services. BOY July…………………….Session Begins 12:10 ET. Permissions/Rights. Contact your Infinite Campus Administrator for permission/rights for:. Clatrina Lane and Shawna McCoy. Now it’s time to take a test!. You will have 5 minutes to complete this assignment.. Culturally Diverse & Gifted. What is L.E.P.?. How Linguistically. Diverse Is the United States?. D. isabilities. Bridgette Krueger. Outline. Learning Disability Defined. Types of Learning Disabilities. GLD (Gifted with Learning Disabilities). Effects of GLD for girls and boys. Training Areas. 4 . U.S. Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter once said…. “There’s . nothing so unequal as the equal treatment of . unequals. .”. Question 1:. Should We Use Different Measures To Identify Gifted Students Of Poverty? If So, What Should Those Measures Look Like?. Deanna . Crackel. My Qualifications. T.A.G. student. Sixteen years working as a teacher for the Hillsboro School District with a focus on providing students differentiated materials and . skill specific instruction. i. n . USD 261. MINING. Who . a. re . g. ifted students?. The National Association for Gifted Children defines gifted as: .  . “. Students, children, or youth who give evidence of high achievement capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who need services and activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop those capabilities”.. DeSoto County Schools will offer a qualitatively different educational experience that is not available in the elementary or middle school general education classroom.  Each school will develop a differentiated program designed to address the needs of the students enrolled in the school in line with the districts instructional management plan.  These programs guarantee . Identification. Bright vs. Gifted. How do I know?. Bright Children.... Enjoy learning. Know the answers . Good memory. Absorb information. Top of group-test well. Gifted Children.... Curious. Ask questions. Lynette Baldwin. Executive Director. Kentucky Association for Gifted Education (KAGE). For decades, misconceptions about gifted and talented students and their learning needs have persisted. These “myths” have often become barriers to learning for these students..