1. Annual Differentiated Education Plan Meeting
Piedmont Middle School
Fall 2017

2. It’s Nice to Meet You! Dawn Johnston Academic Facilitator Karen Gorman
IB Coordinator

3. Our Meeting Goals:
Explore how the needs of gifted and high-ability learners are met in Middle School.
Experience snapshots of gifted curriculum and resources and how we are integrating them into instruction at Piedmont.
Review the Differentiated Education Plan for 6th-8th graders.

4. Academic Facilitator Responsibilities
Provides professional development for staff on instructional best practices
Models best teaching practices
Plans with grade level teams to ensure instruction is rigorous for all students
Instructs staff on using curriculum provided by the Advanced Studies Department to address the needs of gifted & high ability students

5. Our TD Program Focus on quality not quantity
Quality of thinking, not more of the same
High expectations all day, every day
Complex, challenging & real world
Collaborative, integrated, and inclusive

6. Elementary TD vs. Middle TD
Piedmont uses cluster groups to serve our TD students in the classrooms. We do not use a “pull out” model; instead students are served in their classrooms through differentiated instruction.
Students are provided learning experiences and assessments that are conceptually advanced, challenging and complex. Lessons involve critical thinking, creative problems solving and inquiry based assessment.
Teachers will use pre and post assessments to determine students’ strengths and weaknesses as well as ensure that students have mastered concepts taught.

7. Differentiated Education Plan

8. Environment

9. Our Learning Environment
Hands-on learning
Experiential
Technology rich (1:1 and BYOT)
Whole-child
Collaborative
International and cultural awareness
Growth mindset focus

10. Curriculum

11. Our Curriculum Differentiated Instruction Greater depth of exploration
Interest/Choice Projects
Project-based learning
Tiered lessons
Academic enrichment
Acceleration
Greater depth of exploration
Subject integration through conceptual units
Piedmont students will study the North Carolina Standard Course of Study and the IB MYP aims and objectives.
In addition to assessments covering the NCSCOS, IB students will be assessed on the IB criteria for each subject area.

12. Instructional Strategies

13. What Types of Strategies are Used?
Problem Based Learning
Socratic Seminars
Personalized Learning
Integrated Projects
Tiered Lessons
Online Learning
Research projects
...and so much more!

14. Examples of Strategies in Action

15. Examples of Strategies in Action

16. Examples of Strategies in Action

17. Extracurricular Activities

18. Examples of clubs/activities here:
Science Olympiad
Math Counts
Battle of the Books
Chess Club
Student Council
Robotics
Service in Action
NJHS
Newspaper
Spelling Bee
Geography Bee
Yearbook
CLUB DAY!

19. Social and Emotional

20. Advisory Student Advisory Council Advisory lessons from counselors
Students, Admin, School Counselor
Address school needs and/or concerns
Advisory lessons from counselors
Monthly
Growth mindset
Goal-setting (SMART goals)
IB connections

21. Duke TIP
95th percentile or higher on the 4th, 5th or 6th grade EOG he/she is eligible to apply
Application packets located in Student Services
Students must take the ACT/SAT by February 2018 to apply for summer programs
Contacts:
Glennise Johnson, 7th grade counselor (980)
Duke TIP program directly ( )

22. Communication Quarterly TD Newsletters Contact the classroom teachers
Posted on the Piedmont webpage
Contact the classroom teachers
Performance Review
End-of-year

23. Performance Review
Performance Reviews are required for all TD certified students in grades
They are completed at the end of each year and sent home with the 4th quarter report card in June.

24. Performance Review - Examples
Communication and Collaboration Skills
Presentations, discussions, group work, individual
Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving
Scale Model Project, P.O.W., City Map Project
Creativity and Innovation
Culture Meal Project, Integer Board Game Project
Personal Growth
Identity Map Project, Culture Cluster

25. Accolades
Piedmont ranked A+ school 3rd year in a row, the only CMS middle school to do so
Piedmont named Nationally Certified Demonstration Magnet School , one of only 10 schools in the nation to earn this designation
Jackie Barone named the 2017 Administrator of the Year by National Association for Gifted Children
Lisa Newburger named 2017 Outstanding Media Coordinator
Clay Kennedy named a FLANC Incredible World Language Teacher (Foreign Language Association of North Carolina)

26. Questions?

27. Dawn Johnston, Academic Facilitator Karen Gorman, IB Coordinator
Contact Information
Dawn Johnston, Academic Facilitator
Karen Gorman, IB Coordinator
School Phone #: (980)