1. Parent Information Night
SCPS Gifted & Secondary Programs Resource Teachers (GSP)
Dr Fellinger

2. Who We Are... Feli Cardenas, North Stafford High School
Helga Purnell, Stafford High School
Dewey Reynolds, Brooke Point High School
Laura Spicer, Colonial Forge High School
Dr Fellinger

3. What We Do... Ultimately, we advocate for you!
Meet with students, parents, teachers, and other educators
GSP Google Classroom: main method of communication
Make sure students accept and parent join
Please make an appointment with us!
Tonight we will focus on
What is a high school GPS resource teacher?
Summer Residential Governor’s School
How to Learn
Laura

4. What We Do...
At the high school level, the gifted resource teacher is just that - a resource. We will not pull you out of your classes for enrichment, as you should be enrolled in classes and/or a program which meets your intellectual and artistic needs.
We also teach some classes in our content areas.
However, we have many duties which offer you enrichment opportunities, and we are ultimately an advocate for you!
We have information on the following:
AP Capstone Diploma Program
Commonwealth Governor’s School
IB Program
Summer Residential Governor’s School
Fredericksburg Regional Governor’s School
Mentorship Opportunities
Independent Study
Virtual Virginia
Laura

5. What We Do... We can help you with: Application Review
Letters of Recommendations
Scholarship Information & Assistance
Internship Information & Assistance
College Applications & Essays
Class and scheduling questions
laura

6. Summer Residential Governor’s Schools
Feli

7. Summer Residential Governor’s School
Academic Programs
Agriculture
Humanities
Mathematics, Science & Technology
Medicine & Health Sciences
NASA/Engineering
Marine Science
Visual & Performing Arts Programs
Dance
Instrumental Music
Vocal Music
Theatre
Visual Arts
Feli

8. How to Choose a Program: Interest ChartAG
HUM
MHS
MST
NASA
VIMS
VPA
Agricultural Economics
Anthropology
Biology
Anatomy & Physiology
Aeronautical
Engineering
Coastal
Law
Dance
Agricultural
Economics
Chemistry
Astronomy
Computer
Science-
Advanced
Fisheries
Science
Instrumental
Music
Animal
History
Applications
Programming
Electrical
Marine
Resources
Management
Theatre
Environmental
Literature
Geology
Materials
Oceanography
Visual Arts
Environmental Science
Media
Forensics
Hydrology
Mechanical
Wetlands
Ecology
Vocal Music
Food Science
Philosophy
Medicine
Hypermedia
Plant Science
Political
Psychology
Sociology
Physics
Upper Level
Mathematics
Feli

9. Foreign Language Academies
Spanish, French, or German(Full Immersion)
Washington & Lee University
Japanese or Latin(Partial Immersion)
Randolph-Macon College
Feli

10. Locations Dates Range from last week of June to end of July
NASA/Engineering CNU/Langley
Marine Science CNU/Gloucester
Agriculture Virginia Tech
Humanities Radford
MST Univ. Lynchburg
Medicine & Health VCU
VPA Radford
Range from last week of June to end of July
Feli

11. Program
Location
Student Capacity
Agriculture (AG)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
100
Humanities (HUM)
Radford University
200
Mathematics, Science, Technology (MST)
University of Lynchburg
160
Medicine and Health Sciences (MHS)
Virginia Commonwealth University 26
NASA/Langley Research Center and the National Institute of Aerospace Mentorship (NASA/NIA)
Christopher Newport University, with transportation to the mentorship site daily 12
Virginia Institute of Marine Science Mentorship (VIMS) 6
Visual and Performing Arts (VPA)

12. Reminder About Naviance
College & Career readiness software
provided to every secondary level student in SCPS
Helga
All SCPS are enrolled into Naviance through Synergy; this year middle school students as well as high school use this software
A way to organize your college search, applications, resume, and letters of recommendations.
Also you can quest career paths through a career assessment and information about various careers
Also provides a planner.

13. How to Learn and Think: A Multi- Step Approach
Content
Knowledge M e ta c o g n i t
Life Experiences
Critical Thinking
Memory Skills
Active Thinking & Learning Organization
Information Skills
Process: Execution of Knowledge and Neuroscience
Skills/Process
Creative Thinking
Skills
Questioning
Helga

14. Gifted & Talented Learner….
Most difficult first
Seek patterns quickly
Pretest as a volunteer and use chapter test
Tie in ethics and morality
Broaden Passion
Work with other gifted students
Abstract thinking
Intensity & Curiosity
Question
Metacognition; knowledge awareness
Helga

15. 10 PITFALLS TO AVOID... Lack of sleep and exercise
Passive reading & rereading
Highlighting or underlining
Glancing at the solution to a problem
Cramming
Lazy learning
Ignoring your book
Not clearing up points of confusion
Distractions
Chatting with friends instead of studying with them
from Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School: Guide for kids & Teens, by Barbara Oakley
Helga

16. Questions & Answers Session
Dewey

17. Thank you for your attendance !
Dewey

18. Resources
Dawson, Peg and Guare, Richard. Smart but Scattered, The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential. The Guilford Press, New York: January 2009.
Oakley, Barbara. How to Learn in School without spending All Your Time Studying. TarcherPerigee, New York: 2018.
CJ Simister. How to Teach Thinking and Learning Skills A Practical Programme for the Whole School. SAGE, Thousand Oaks, CA:2007.
Azzam, Amy. “Six Strategies for Challenging Gifted Learners.” update/apr16/vol58/num04/Six-Strategies-for-Challenging-Gifted-Learners.aspx.
Oakcrest Academy. “11 Ways Gifted Students Learn Differently.”
National Association for the Gifted,
SRGS,