1. Bain Elementary Mrs. Jennifer Blackmon September 21, 2017
DEP Parent Meeting
Bain Elementary
Mrs. Jennifer Blackmon
September 21, 2017

2. for being here!

3. Meeting Time
I value your time and will make every effort to keep our meeting to approx. 25 minutes.

4. A little about me… Jennifer Blackmon 15th year of teaching
Bain for 11 years
Master’s Degree and
National Board Certification
I have three children of my own.
A little about me…

5. What has stayed the same?
Co-teaching and pull-out service delivery (3rd-5th)
Indirect Services provided to teachers through planning and resource sharing
Afterschool clubs remain the same
Identification process for TD students
Large projects such as TED talks, Old Salem walking tour guide, handmade board games, novel studies, etc.

6. What is my job? Compliance Facilitator Teacher
I wear 3 hats in this position:
Compliance
Facilitator
Teacher

7. 1. Compliance
Screening and identification of academically and intellectually gifted students

8. 2. Facilitator (indirect service)
Support classroom teachers with curriculum, resources, and ideas during planning for their high-ability learners (to implement in the regular classroom)

9. 3. Teacher (direct service)
Accomplished in two-ways
Co-teaching (pushing in to the classroom)
Afternoon groups (pull out of the classroom during enrichment block)

10. What is co-teaching?
Where two teachers plan and deliver instruction together. I co-teach with ten general education teachers across three grade levels.
**occurs approximately 1-2 days per week in 9 different classrooms

12. SIX MODELS OF CO-TEACHING

13. Why is it so beneficial for students?
Addresses different learning styles
Able to better differentiate instruction
Increased student attention
Increased opportunities for students to participate (smaller student : teacher ratio)
Fantastic for modeling what you want students to do!

14. Pull-Out Groups
Students come to me in grade-level specific groups and receive direct instruction
Enrichment provided across disciplines/subjects areas
Problem and Project Based Learning opportunities

15. What is PBL? Problem Based learning Project Based Learning
Student centered approach that develops student’s critical thinking skills and domain knowledge by working to solve an open-ended, real world problem
Project Based Learning
An active, inquiry-based instructional approach in which students gain subject knowledge by engaging in an on-going investigation, completing a specific challenge, or creating a final product to share with an authentic audience.

16. Website for TD at Bain! www.baintd.weebly.com
You can always check out my website if you’d like to have an idea of what we are doing in TD.

18. What is new this year? Online Make-Up Work Log
Novel Inventions-team of 10 students in fourth grade
Global connections with third graders
The Leader in ME: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Weekly TD calendar to keep track of assignments

19. Make-Up Work Log: online description and pocket chart

20. Novel Invention Reading Club
Takes place during the school day-made up of 2 teams of 4th graders (approx. 5 to 6 students on each team)
Friendly reading commitment across schools and competition component
We will partner with Western Carolina University to bring this opportunity to our students

21. Global Connections
Will be partnering in third grade with Hicks and Trawick to bring a global connection to the classroom
We have several options such as package exchanges, writing letters, partnering to solve a problem, etc.

22. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

23. TD Calendar
TD work outside the classroom is minimal to moderate depending on the week.
We keep a TD calendar to record when assignments or readings are due.
We also use the calendar to record when Mrs. Blackmon has meetings off campus.