Meeting the Need

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Meeting the Need
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The McFarland Gifted Talented Resource Staff
Kitty Ver Kuilen, District Coordinator of Gifted
Services 50 Cindy Clark, High School Gifted
Resource 20 Mary Donagan, Middle School Gifted
Resource 60 Lisa Nyenhuis, Intermediate School
Gifted Resource 60 Carol Greig, Elementary
School Resource 49
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Who comes to Kindergarten?
Children from varying backgrounds
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Education
Socio-Economic Factors
Family Situation
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Cultural Influences
Birth Order
Early Childhood Environment
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Here they come!
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They Come to us Varying in

• Experience
• Enrichment
• Exposure
• Education opportunities
• Expectations

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We learn more about the children
as they grow...
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We work with teachers to find out who they are
and what they need
as they grow...
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We gather information about the students. With
the classroom teacher, we strive to meet the need
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In Kindergarten...

• Classroom Visits teaching higher level thinking
  strategies
• Ideas provided to enrich the classroom experience
• Needs based offerings
• Classroom differentiation

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In First Second Grade...

• Classroom Visits teaching thinking strategies
• Annual Teacher Survey and nominations
• Unit tests, End-of-Year tests, Running Records.
• Diagnostic tests MAP, TOMAGS
• Classroom Differentiation
• Compacted Math Class
• Cluster Groups
• Individualized Services

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In Third Grade...

• Classroom visit
• Teacher survey Nominations
• Math Unit Pretests, Running Records, writing
  assessment
• Diagnostic tests MAP, TOMAGS
• Classroom Differentiation
• Cluster Groups
• Compacted Math Class
• Prescriptive Services

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Through third grade, we gather information to
support appropriate identification. We don't
have enough information to identify children
until the end of third grade. We keep them in a
flexible Talent Pool.
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The Open Door...

• Here in McFarland, you are not "In" or "Out"
• Programming remains flexible and fluid based on
  identified need

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• Based on the following information collected over
  time
• Classroom performance
• Annual teacher survey and teacher nominations
  over time
• Standardized test scores
• Program Participation

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People can be gifted in more than one area.
Different types of Giftedness create different
needs
Five Areas of Giftedness

• Academic
• The Arts
• Creativity
• Leadership
• Intellectual

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Three Levels
EX Extraordinarily Exceptional Level 3 1-2 of
the population

• EX Extraordinarily Exceptional 1-2
• EX Exceptional Top 2-5
• Talent Pool Top 5-15

EX Exceptional Level 2 Top 2-5 of the population
Talent Pool Level 1 5-15 of the population
85 of the population
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In Fourth Fifth Grade...

• We continue to gather information
• Teacher nomination and annual teacher survey
• Math Unit Pretests, Running Records, Unit
  Assessments
• Diagnostic tests MAP, WKCE, TOMAGS

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Programming Options in Fourth Fifth Grade

• Classroom visits
• Classroom Differentiation
• Compacted Math Class and Accelerated Math Class
• Math Enrichment Groups Math 24 Competitions,
  Math Meet Team
• Cluster Groups

• Writing Workshop, Yahara River Writers Contest
• Science Browsers
• Social/Emotional Issues Discussion Groups
• Individualized Services when necessary

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As they transition to Sixth Grade

• Annual Teacher survey Nominations
• Unit tests, Algebra Prognostic Test, WKCE, MAP
• Classroom teacher collaboration
• Classroom differentiation

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Learning is Key
In McFarland, we strive to meet the needs of all
learners--including the Gifted
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• All children are unique and have relative
  strengths but not all children are gifted
• We strive to meet students' exceptional learning
  needs
• We believe that no child should be KEPT behind

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More information for you

• Our website www.mcfarland.k12.wi.us/Parents/Gifte
  d and Talented
• Family Handbook
• Monthly Newsletters
• Identification Power Points