gifted & Talented Students Paschal Elementary Parent Information Night October 13, 2015

Group Norms Silence cell phones Specific questions on grade level parking lot Remember, together we are better!

The Texas state plan for Education of Gifted/Talented Students Defines a gifted/talented student as… “…a student who performs at or shows the potential for performing at a remarkably high level of accomplishment when compared to others of the same age, experience or environment and who… …exhibits high performance capability in an intellectual; or…excels in a specific academic field.”

Tools to help us identify ~CogAT ~ITBS ~Bright Student vs. Gifted Student ~Kingore Observation Inventory (KOI)

Curriculum and Instruction: 3.1.1 R Paschal Elementary has committed to the intentional placement of students who have been identified as gifted and talented through the process provided by the State of Texas. In an effort to move from the "compliance" level to the "recommended" level of the State Plan for the Gifted and Talented (tea.texas.gov) in the areas of Service Design and Curriculum and Instruction, we will focus on the following for the 2016-2017 school year:   Service Design: 2.2 C Gifted/talented students are ensured opportunities to work together as a group, work with other students, and work independently during the school day as well as the entire school year as a direct result of gifted/talented service options (19 TAC §89.3(1)). Service Design: 2.2R Flexible grouping patterns and independent investigations are employed in the four foundation curricular areas. Curriculum and Instruction: 3.1.1 R Opportunities are provided for students to pursue areas of interest in selected disciplines through guided and independent research. Curriculum and Instruction: 3.2 R Participation in the Texas Performance Standards Project (TPSP), or other experiences that result in the development of sophisticated products and/or performances that are targeted to an audience outside the classroom, is available through gifted/talented curricula. Curriculum and Instruction: 3.4.2R Resources and release time for staff are provided for curriculum development for gifted/talented services.

Services Push in services: Pull out services: Texas Performance Standards Projects Pre-assessment in math Glogster as a portfolio piece-reading focus but any subject can be included Pull out services: Monday-Thursday-using Engineering is Elementary curriculum as well as student driven areas of study

Watch this video https://www.youtube .com/watch?v=ksiHI pDkJhY

How to Read COGAT scores

Six Profiles of Giftedness from G. Betts and M Six Profiles of Giftedness from G. Betts and M. Neihart Terilyn Moore Gifted and Talented Powerpoint Comal ISD November, 2012 http://www.bertiekingore.com/koi.htm Kingore, B. (2001). The Kingore Observation Inventory (KOI). 2nd ed. Austin: Professional Associates Publishing. https://www.wku.edu/gifted/documents/tasselpptbubbleup.pdf Plano Independent School District Cogat score demo video Credits