GATEWAY

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GATEWAY

• Franklin County Public Schools
• Gifted Education

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GATEWAY
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5 Year Plan

• Written and approved by the Department of
  Education and the local School Board in December
  2005 for the years 2005-2010
• Shared with the Gifted Advisory Committee on
  December 8, 2005

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Philosophy (from 5 yr. plan)

• Philosophy of Education of the Gifted
• The philosophy of the Franklin County Public
  School Division is that all students
  instructional needs will be met as they progress
  from kindergarten through twelfth grade through a
  variety of programs. Throughout their
  development students will be challenged and will
  recognize learning as a lifelong process. In
  order to best meet the needs of the individual
  child, programming for the academically talented
  is offered through instructional opportunities
  for students who exhibit aptitude beyond their
  chronological peers in general intellectual or
  specific academic areas. Through a concerted
  effort administration, teachers, and parents work
  together to provide differentiated opportunities
  for those identified students regardless of
  economic status, ethnic origin, gender, or
  physical disability.

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How does a student get in the GATEWAY program?

• Screening/nomination
• Permission
• Testing
• Profile completion
• Committee discussion/decision
• Permission

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Screening/Referrals

• County-wide administration of the OLSAT ability
  test to all 2nd graders
• Nominations for testing may be made by teachers,
  parents, students, or other adults familiar with
  the students abilities.

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Testing

• OLSAT
• Slosson
• CAT California Achievement Test
• SAGES Screening Assessment for Gifted
  Elementary and Middle School Students
• TOMAGS Test of Mathematical Abilities for
  Gifted Students
• TONI 3 Test of Nonverbal Intelligence
• GATES Gifted and Talented Evaluation Scales

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Placement

• Identification may be made in one of three
  categories
• General Intellectual Aptitude
• Specific Academic Aptitude
• Visual and Performing Arts
• Profile discussion among committee members

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Elementary services

• GRT used as a resource in the classrooms of
  identified students. An inclusion model is
  practiced, which means that there are no pull
  out services.
• Differentiated activities provided to teachers
• After-school activities
• Chess
• Evening activities (grades 3 5)
• Odyssey of the Mind
• Summer enrichment camp
• Piedmont Regional Governors School (grades 4
  5)

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Chess for Kids
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Spelling Bee (Sponsored by GATEWAY)
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Field TripScience Museum
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Field Trip RVGS
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Middle School Opportunities

• Advanced and accelerated classes
• Piedmont Regional Governors School (grades 6
  7)
• Evening enrichment classes
• Odyssey of the Mind
• Chess
• Math Coach and Literacy Coach
• Summer Enrichment Camp

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Summer Enrichment Camps
GATEWAY sponsors a summer camp the first two
weeks of summer vacation. ALL identified students
in grades 3 8 are eligible to attend the
GATEWAY camp. Piedmont Regional Governors
School sponsors a camp the last two full weeks of
June each year. All identified students in
grades 4 - 7 are invited to apply however,
Franklin County has a limited number of slots
available. GATEWAY offers scholarships for
Ferrum Colleges Enrichment Camp. Information
may be obtained from the Coordinators office
about the scholarship. Summer Residential
Governors School is offered to students in
grades 10 and 11. There are several camp
locations throughout the state. Different
locations serve different interests. The
application is available at FCHS. Information is
also available on the Virginia Department of
Education website.

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Summer Camp
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Field Trip Ferrum College (Drama Workshop)
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Field Trip RU and VT
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FCHS Opportunities

• Accelerated classes
• Honors classes
• AP classes
• Dual enrollment classes
• Roanoke Valley Governors School for Science and
  Technology
• Summer Residential Governors Schools
• Fine Arts
• Math and Technology
• Life Sciences
• NASA
• Agriculture
• Humanities
• Odyssey of the Mind

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Staffing for gifted education

• One coordinator that serves the entire county
• Two GRTs (Gifted Resource Teachers) serving six
  elementary schools.
• Five elementary schools have a math coach who
  serves as a contact for gifted students in those
  buildings. BFMS has a math coach who does the
  same.

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Staffing
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Resources

• Renzulli
• http//www.renzullilearning.com
• NAGC Membership
• http//nagc.org
• National Society for the Gifted Talented
• http//www.nsgt.org
• VAG
• http//www.vagifted.org/
• Summer Opportunities
• http//www.ncagt.org/opportunities/index.shtml

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Get Involved!

• Parent Advisory
• Lori Klodowski
• Chaney Craighead
• Bruce and Liz Harrison
• Darryl and Sarah Haskins
• Carol Duvall
• Kathleen Robertson
• Marilyn Starkey
• Kay Edmondson
• James Simms
• The Parent Advisory Council meets four times each
  year.