Able Underachievers Project

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Able Underachievers Project (Gifted and
Talented) Contact Sarah Seleznyov
Analyse GT cohorts in terms of
-- Ethnicity, Gender and FSM
New River EAZ schools Primary and Secondary
GT target high achievers BUT anticipate
significant groups of able underachievers
Especially in Primary
Identified using P.A.S.S.
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What is PASS ? P.A.S.S. Assessment and
Intervention
It measures motivation and attitude using THE
9 Factor Summary
1-FEELINGS ABOUT SCHOOL 2-PERCEIVED LEARNING
CAPABILITY 3-SELF-REGARD 4-PREPAREDNESS FOR
LEARNING 5-ATTITUDE TO TEACHERS 6-GENERAL WORK
ETHIC 7-CONFIDENCE IN LEARNING 8-ATTITUDE TO
ATTENDANCE 9-RESPONSE TO CURRICULUM DEMANDS
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Actions
Having identified unreleased potential.
Information is shared with parents!
Work carried out with teachers involving visits
from G and T and EMAS to plan strategies for
development.
An intensive period of team teaching and/or
coaching.
Good practice shared with whole school (and world
via web).
Key factors integrated in SIP.
This may need changing for the Secondary model !!
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SUCCESS
Measured in terms of Motivation and Engagement
with Learning
NOT NOT NOT by a significant improvement in NC
levels.
This may involve a follow up PASS test.