1. HIGHLY CAPABLE PROGRAM REVIEW COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 4, 2016

2. Welcome
Michael

3. Agenda Oct. 5, 2016 HiCap Learning Activity – Gallery Walk
Introductions
Superintendent Miner – What is our charge and what is not? 
Timeline and participation - What are our roles? 
Decision Making Protocol 
Overview of our current model of HiCap service 
Our HiCap mission
Activity: Identifying our core values relating to HiCap 
Exit Question: What questions do we want to answer together?  
Homework: What do we want to know about how HiCap services are provided in other districts? How will we find out?
Continue to think about questions we need/want to answer together
Kathleen

4. Superintendent Rebecca Miner
What is our charge and what is not? 
Superintendent Miner

5. IPPC Committee Purpose
During the school year the Shoreline School District made a commitment to evaluate future instructional program configurations to meet the needs of students.
To accomplish this goal, this Committee was formed to make recommendations to the Superintendent and her cabinet. The specific topics that will be addressed are:
preschool configuration
Highly Capable programs configuration
grade band configuration
Superintendent Miner

6. Recommendations of the Instructional Program Planning Committee
Highly Capable
Passed with unanimous support (28 yes)
No configuration change recommended at this time. We recommend the facility committee look at flexible spacing needs. More time is needed and we recommend a committee be formed to explore research and best practices for the Highly Capable program, grades K-12.
Superintendent Miner

7. DISTRICT HIGHLY CAPABLE PROGRAM REVIEW COMMITTEE CHARGE
During the school year, the Shoreline School District Instructional Program Planning Committee made a recommendation to explore research and best practices for the Highly Capable program, grades K-12. To accomplish this goal, a representative committee will be formed to make recommendations to the Superintendent.
Superintendent Miner

8. DISTRICT HIGHLY CAPABLE PROGRAM REVIEW COMMITTEE OUTCOMES
Define the the mission and vison of the Shoreline Highly Capable Program
Determine how best to meet the new state service requirements
Service in one or more areas of giftedness
Service at home school if parent declines service at a self contained school
Define selection based on broader range of evidence
Study how to increase access and equity in the Highly Capable program
Superintendent Miner

9. Who is the HiCap student?
Kathleen
Byrdseed.com

10. Getting to Know You
You will be assigned a group number. Find the other members of your group with the same number.
Find the comic strip with the same number.
Introduce yourselves!
Have one person read aloud.
Discuss personality traits or attributes of a Highly Capable student that this cartoon might suggest.
Record both positive and negative aspects of these traits on the chart. (Example: Organized/Controlling)
Gallery Walk
Kathleen

11. Social and Emotional Resources
Social Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)
Northwest Gifted Child Association
Byrdseed Gifted Education
National Association of Gifted Children
Kathleen

12. What is my role in this committee?
Michael

13. Our Current Program
Michael

14. Decision Making Protocol
Michael

15. Identifying Core Values
Directions for Activity:
Read through the list on the following page and circle ten values which you feel are most important regarding highly capable learners. 

Now, cross off five of those values, leaving you with the five that are most important. 

Now, from your list of five values, cross off two, leaving you with the three values that are most important. These are most likely your core beliefs about highly capable learners. 

Kathleen

16. Reflection Activities
Notice the feelings that come up when you read your short list. How does your focus shift as you narrow down your list? 

Consider how the mission of the Shoreline Highly Capable Program should reflect your core values. What actions do these values imply? 

Write your three core values on a piece of paper and post them on the poster. Reflect on them until our next meeting. See if they still feel like “core” values.
Complete “Developing a Highly Capable Mission Statement”
Kathleen

17. Our Mission
Shoreline’s Elementary Highly Capable (HiCap) Program provides an enriched and accelerated educational experience designed to meet the needs of gifted and talented students. The HiCap Program is a challenging self-contained academic setting, where students learn with depth and increased levels of complexity, in an environment with intellectual and interest group peers. The advanced pace of the curriculum allows for students to spend more time on projects and in-depth assignments, both as individuals and as members of cooperative learning groups.

18. Developing a Highly Capable Mission Statement
My core values relating to programs for highly capable learners are:
My definition of a highly capable learner is:
I’ll know our district HiCap program is effective when:
Key concepts that should be included in the HiCap Program mission statement include: 
Kathleen

19. Our Questions Activity:
Using only one notecard per question, record as many questions as you have for future discussion.
Kathleen

20. What service models are used in other districts in our region?
Research
What service models are used in other districts in our region?
Michael

21. Michael

22. Thank you!
Next meeting – October 13