1. Global screening - parent meeting, Spring 2006

2. Gifted and Talented Education/ Global Screening
What does accelerated and differentiated education look like at Stonegate?
What Does Identification Mean For Your Child
Spring 2012 Screening process
Global screening - parent meeting, Spring 2006

3. Enrichment and Differentiation in the Classroom
Math Differentiation
Curriculum 2.0
Reading Programs:
Junior Great Books
William and Mary
HGC- Highly Gifted Center reading program

4. … accelerated and enriched curricula will be provided to all students who have capability or motivation to accept the challenge of such a program. MCPS Policy

5. Twice Exceptional Students
Definition
Opportunities for students
At Stonegate
In MCPS

6. Required by state law; mandated by MCPS policy
Why Global Screening?
Required by state law; mandated by MCPS policy
Screen all Grade 2 students
Rescreen recommended students in grades 3-5
Screen all new students in grades 3-5
State law says that a gifted and talented student is an elementary or secondary student who has outstanding talent and is performing, or showing the potential to perform, at remarkably high levels of accomplishment, and is identified by professionally qualified individuals.
MCPS policy requires that ALL Grade 2 students are screened, and that multiple indicators are considered.
Students do not have to be formally identified in order to receive challenging instruction.
Accelerated means working on above-grade-level curricula; enriched means working with more in-depth assignments, with creative and critical thinking tasks, for a longer period of time.
Global screening - parent meeting, Spring 2006

7. Global Screening 2012 Multiple Criteria for GT Identification
Parent Survey
Teacher Survey
Staff Advocacy
Reading and Math Levels
InView― Analogies Subtest
InView― Quantitative Reasoning Subtest
Raven
Additional information
The identification process is based on multiple criteria. No single criterion can exclude a student from identification.
Use overheads to share each instrument.
Parent Survey―An important part of the process. Mailed home. Parents can request translations from their school.
Teacher Survey―Survey was re-written to consider all students, note more inclusive language.
Staff Advocacy Form―Administrator, ESOL, staff development, reading, arts/music teachers, media specialist, etc., may advocate for individual students.
Global screening - parent meeting, Spring 2006

8. Creating a New Vision It is not about a label. It is about…
Access to opportunity―no gatekeeping, no barriers
Equity in high expectations for all students
Quality of a challenging instructional program
Access + Equity + Quality = Success
Read slide.
Establish the importance of changing attitudes to think of all students when considering giftedness.
Emphasize that together staff and parents are crucial to this shared vision.
Global screening - parent meeting, Spring 2006

9. GT COMMITTEE
Includes principal, classroom teachers, and other staff in the building, such as ESOL teacher, Resource Teacher, Reading Specialist, Counselor, Staff Development Teacher , Speech Pathologist
Collects and analyzes student data
Meets to make informed educational decisions that best serve our students’ strengths
Makes identification and instructional recommendations using a “Decision Tree”
Emphasize team decisions.
Decision tree includes two steps. Step One includes performance data and surveys. Step Two includes formal assessments (InView and Raven). There are recommended benchmark scores for each item, but no rigid cut-offs.
All parents are informed of the committee’s decision.
Students can be reconsidered (re-screened) in subsequent years.
Global screening - parent meeting, Spring 2006

10. POTENTIAL
What educators and psychologists recognize as giftedness in children is really potential giftedness, which denotes promise rather than fulfillment and probabilities rather than certainties about future accomplishments. How high the probabilities are in any given case depends on the match between a child’s budding talents and the kinds of nurturance provided.
A. Harry Passow, 1985
Global screening - parent meeting, Spring 2006

11. Website for more information:
curriculum/enriched/
Twice Exceptional Students-
curriculum/enriched/gtld or
Global screening - parent meeting, Spring 2006

12. Global screening - parent meeting, Spring 2006