Supporting Gifted Learners District-School-Classroom
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Supporting Gifted Learners District-School-Classroom
Sneha Shah-ColtraneDirector, Gifted Education and Advanced Programs
NC Department of Public [email protected]
Summer 2014
What is your role in gifted education?
DISTRICT LENS:
What is good for AIGs?
What is not good for AIGs?
DISTRICT LENS:Based on NC AIG Program Standards and District’s Local AIG Plan
• Prioritize AIG and Advanced Programming• Part of leadership, discussions, and decisions
• Develop quality student identification• On-going reflection• Ensure equitable access to programming
• Provide differentiated instruction for students • All day, Every day
Cont’ DISTRICT LENS:• Support personnel and provide professional
development• Hiring practices; Effective PD for appropriate levels
• Develop comprehensive programming• Ensure growth by addressing specific needs
• Support partnerships• Families, Businesses, IHEs, etc.
• Hold programs accountable• Team with schools ad district staff to ensure your AIG Plan is
implemented with fidelity.
SCHOOL LENS:
What is good for AIGs?
What is not good for AIGs?
SCHOOL LENS:
• See and value AIG students• All day, every day
• School-wide commitment
• Considered in decisions
• Part of conversation
• Intentional student placement with qualified staff• Effective grouping, homeroom placement and
instructional placement
Cont’ SCHOOL LENS:
• Adapt program services to meet needs of students; Flexibility
• Recruit and retain quality teachers– Professional development– Hiring
• Partner with families and teachers
SCHOOL LENS:
What is good for AIGs?
What is not good for AIGs?
CLASSROOM LENS:
• Have quality teachers who:• Approach content, process and products with
flexibility• Able to draw from a large bank of instructional
strategies• Understand the characteristics and needs of
gifted learners• Be empathetic to the needs of gifted learners
Cont’ CLASSROOM LENS• Have quality classroom instruction with:
• Access to high-level and authentic questioning• Ability to move more quickly through already-
mastered content• Opportunities to grapple with real world
problems/issues and complex/abstract ideas• Time to work with intellectual peers
• Instructional Strategies– Compacting, Tiering, Effective Questioning, Seminars,
Small Group/Indep. Research, Concept Development,
AIG: All Day, Everyday!