Shawna Lynch, M'Ed'

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Staying Involved Throughout the School Years

• Shawna Lynch, M.Ed.

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Transition

• Research shows that prior
• academic achievement is a strong
• predictor of future academic
• performance.
• All students encounter transitions.

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Academic Success

• Parent Involvement
• Parental Expectations
• Prior Achievement
• Eighth Grade Course Difficulty
• Socioeconomic Status
• Student Attitudes
• (Smith, 2006)

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Keller ISD GT Program

• High School
• Middle School

• GT Liaisons
• PAP AP Teachers
• Cluster Groups

• KISD
• PAP AP
• LTF
• Performance Standards

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Programs

• Distinguished Achievement Program (DAP)
• Academic Decathlon
• UIL Academics
• Texas Performance Standards Program (TPSP)
• Texas Academy of Math Science (TAMS)
• Destination ImagiNation

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Distinguished Achievement Program

• The Distinguished Achievement Program (DAP) is
  the
• highest graduation plan offered by the State of
  Texas.
• Students must complete the Recommended High
• School Program, third level of a foreign
  language, and
• four advanced measures.
• Advanced measures include
• original research project qualified by a panel of
  judges
• score of 3 or better on an Advanced Placement
  exam
• PSAT Scholar/National Merit Scholar
• successful completion of a dual enrollment course
  or college course with a grade of B or better (in
  an academic area)

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Texas Performance Standards Program

• The goal of the TPSP is for students to
  create work that reflects the professional
  quality that the Texas State Plan for the
  Education of Gifted/Talented Students requires.
  Student projects are TEKS-based and focus on the
  core content areas of English language arts,
  mathematics, science, and social studies with
  interdisciplinary connections.
• The TPSP provides opportunities for students to
  explore their areas of interest to an extent that
  is not often possible in school. Such an in-depth
  study may impact students' future studies and
  career plans.

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Academic Decathlon

• The Academic Decathlon is a ten-event scholastic
  competition for teams of high school students.
• Each high school enters a team of nine students
  3 "A" or Honor students, 3 "B" or Scholastic
  students, and 3 "C" or Varsity students.
• Students are tested in 10 categories Art,
  Economics, Essay, Interview, Language and
  Literature, Mathematics, Music, Science, Social
  Studies, and Speech.
• Students receive scholarships in addition to
• the scholar recognition.

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UIL Academics

• The University Interscholastic League offers
  the most comprehensive literary and academic
  competitive program in the nation.
• Accounting
• Calculator Applications
• Computer Applications
• Computer Science
• Current Issues Events
• Literary Criticism
• Mathematics
• Number Sense
• Ready Writing
• Spelling Vocabulary
• Speech Debate

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Texas Academy of Math Science

• The Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science
  (TAMS) is a unique residential program for high
  school-aged Texas students who are high achievers
  and interested in mathematics and science. While
  living on campus, students in this two-year
  program complete a rigorous academic curriculum
  of college coursework at the University of North
  Texas (UNT). Instruction is by regular university
  faculty.

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Destination ImagiNation

• Destination ImagiNation, Inc., the worlds
  largest creativity and problem solving
  organization, inspires participants in all of its
  programs, to learn the process, art, and skill
  associated with problem solving.
• Ages 4- college level

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Secondary GT Liaisons

• Shawna Lynch Keller High
• Nika Davis Central High
• James Johnson Fossil High
• Nancy Carr Learning Center
• Shanna Gerberding Indian Springs
• Carol Hopson Keller Middle
• Nicole Isom Fossil Hill
• Tracy Hosek Hillwood
• Micheal Otto Trinity Springs

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Sources

• Smith, J. (2006). Examining the long-term impact
  of
• achievement loss during the transition to high
  school.
• Journal of Secondary Education.
• www.geniusdenied.com
• www.destinationimagination.org
• www.nagc.org
• www.tams.unt.edu
• www.tea.state.tx.us
• www.texaspsp.org
• www.txgifted.org
• www.usad.org