Standley Middle School G.A.T.E. & Seminar Program

The G.A.T.E. Cluster Model provides that 25 percent, G.A.T.E. Cluster Program Description The G.A.T.E. Cluster Model provides that 25 percent, or more, of the students enrolled in a G.A.T.E. Cluster class are identified as G.A.T.E.; the remaining openings MUST reflect the diversity of the school’s population. Seminar Program Description The GATE Seminar Program is designed to meet the needs of those students who are identified as highly gifted. The GATE Seminar Model provides that 50 percent, or more, of the students enrolled in a G.A.T.E. Seminar class are identified as Seminar; the remaining openings are filled with students identified as G.A.T.E. Cluster (using test score as the deciding factor).

This DOES NOT MEAN more work! complexity -To seek complexity in their thinking and to understand complex concepts and generalizations at a more sophisticated level. -Make connections with other ideas, showing the relationship between concepts, and introducing understandings from perspectives other than the student’s own . -Such experiences require students to find multiple solutions across the disciplines, over time, and from different perspectives. This DOES NOT MEAN more work!

We want to encourage their uniqueness Depth -Seek to understand concepts and generalizations through the analysis of the rules and principles that support the larger idea. To explore a subject at a higher level of understanding by finding the principles and facts that make up its generalizations and concepts. -Allow learners to discover details and identify patterns and trends that lead to the formulation of unanswered questions and the understanding of overarching ideas. We want them to think Novelty -New, unusual, unique -Incorporate original interpretations of existing information by utilizing their personal views and interests. -Allow students to construct unique and individualized meaning of the structure or concept allowing innovations and re-creations of old systems and ideas. We want to encourage their uniqueness

Differentiation/Modifications Our G.A.T.E. and Seminar classes integrate blended technology, and multidisciplinary problem solving to inspire all students to realize and achieve their optimal potential and become productive citizens of a global society. Our site offers a variety of unique and individualized experiences articulated across the three grade levels, to prepare our students to comport themselves well before both large and small groups. Curriculum compacting, tiered lessons, Socratic Seminars using Kohlberg’s Moral Dilemmas, and Hilda Taba’s inductive thinking strategies, all offer students identified as G.A.T.E and Seminar an opportunity to personalize and make meaning within the Common Core curriculum.