Back To School Night Talented and Gifted Presentation Lafayette Elementary September 1, 2016 Julie Marquez, TAG Coordinator Melinda Karshner, TAG Teacher Cindy Olsen, TAG Advisor

TAG Personnel Julie Marquez – Dean of Students, Talented and Gifted coordinator Melinda Karshner – Talented and Gifted Teacher Cindy Olsen – Talented and Gifted Educational Advisor

Julie Marquez Full-time Dean of Students Focus on supervision of ALPs Focus on facilitating the TAG Meetings Overview of student data Tag Budget Professional Development

Melinda Karshner Teacher - 6th Grade Math to 4th and 5th grade students Teacher – 5th Grade Wheel Teacher – 3rd Grade Challenge Math Teacher – 2nd Grade Challenge Math Teacher – 1st Grade Challenge Math Helps develop ALPs TAG Committee Member

Cindy Olsen Kindergarten – Enrichment for Math Test assessor for the CogAt, Cognitive Abilities Test & Naglieri Creator of ALPs on Enrich Parent listserv Clerical work with TAG data Tag Committee member

Nominations Students can be nominated at any time during their educational career at Lafayette Elementary Any one can nominate a student for TAG Assessment Tag Committee meets monthly to discuss recent nominees Parents are notified after a determination has been made

Advanced Learning Plans Once a student has been identified as TAG, an Advanced Learning Plan is developed for the school year. Parents are given an opportunity to provide input for the various goals placed on the ALP Teachers will also provide input throughout the development of the ALP. Most students will have 3 goals Academic Goal - focusses on the student’s strengths Affective Goal – focusses on the appropriate social/emotional development Production Goal – focusses on opportunities for the student’s work to be seen by an authentic audience

Sample Goals Academic goal sample Math – the student will participate in a challenge math group that will spiral through the grade level content and extend into next years content. The student will perform at a high proficient or advanced on their grade level assessment and off grade level assessments. Affective Goal The student will share with small group ideas and conflict resolution strategies surrounding interactions with friends on the playground. Class meetings, bibliotherapy

Conferences Conferences are in October this school year. This is a great opportunity to set goals for your child with their classroom teachers. Please contact the TAG office if you would like to have a separate conference.

Activities Hundreds of children will be eager to participate in various after school activities. After School Clubs (just to name a few) Destination Imagination All Grades (Team managers needed) Choir (Intermediate) TEAMS (Intermediate) Chess Oratory Club/Shakespeare 5th Grade Robotics Cooking Class – Third Grade Before School Clubs Jump Rope Club

Parent Classes SENG - Cindy Olsen, facilitator More information to come via emails and website BVGT – We are looking for a school representative for BVGT. Please contact Cindy Olsen if you are interested. Check the BVGT website for more details.

Communication Mrs. Karshner has created a website for students that are with her for math classes this year. TagMath.weebly.com Other communication will be provided through email. This includes listserv information as well as individual communication.

TAG link Please feel free to look through the TAG link on Lafayette Elementary’s website for more information. This page will continue to be updated through out the year with various events and club notifications.

Contact Information Julie Marquez 720 561 8946 Julie.marquez@bvsd.org Melinda Karshner 720 561 8938 Melinda.karshner@bvsd.org Cindy Olsen 720 561 8914 Cindy.olsen@bvsd.org

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