Morning Activity

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Morning Activity

• Please complete the Clock Buddies worksheet for
  the hours of 300, 600, 900, and 1200.
• Directions can be found on the flip side of the
  clock.

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Good Morning!

• Opening
• Happy New Year!!!
• Where is ALP?
• Rolodex and Picture
• Format of our meeting today
• Interactive activities
• Set question times
• Leadership will be interactive

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ALP Beginning of the Year Meeting

• August 2011
• EQ What information do I need to make this year
  in Target a successful one?

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Our Day

• Learning Target For all Target teachers to feel
  comfortable with their duties and
  responsibilities associated with the Advanced
  Learning Program
• Objective to share information regarding.
• Pertinent Information
• Curriculum
• Online Resources
• Manual and Forms
• Testing
• Communications

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Pertinent Information

• ALP Staff
• Who to contact
• Calendar and Due Dates
• Schedules and Class Size
• Gifted Money
• Spend by 12/10/11

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• Get with your 300 buddy(ies) to discuss
• What information do you need to make this year in
  Target a successful one? Anything not addressed?
• The 3 most important dates coming up
• Add questions and/or suggestions
• to the parking lot as needed.

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Curriculum

• Gifted standards are complete!
• Standards-based Instruction
• Training on August 16 and 18
• 3C
• Trainings at the local school
• New Curriculum
• First grade needs
• Unit writing for 2-5

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Curriculum

• Available Units
• Please sign your name next to your chosen units
  during the break.
• Extension Menus for GPS
• K-2 for regular classroom
• 1st Grade Target

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• Get with your 600 clock buddy(ies) and
• share something about curriculum news
• that youre looking forward to and why.
• Add questions to the parking lot
• as needed.

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• Take a break!
• When you return, watch the video clip. Then, turn
  to your neighbor and describe to them a child
  youve taught who
• reminds you of the girl in the video. What
  affective needs did he/she have?

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Exploring New Curriculum

• Affective Curriculum
• Gifted Standards Objectives
• Instructional expectations
• Materials
• Lessons
• Model Class Meeting with Area Leads

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Exploring New Curriculum

• Primary Algebra
• Gifted Standards and Objectives
• Instructional expectations
• Materials
• Lessons
• Model activity with Sarah

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Algebra Activity

• Turn over your digit cards and mix them up. Then
  pull 4.
• 3 will be addends or subtrahends and one will be
  the solution.
• Use the symbol cards to make your solution work.
  
• Check your solution on your
• balance scale.
• Ex 4 5 2 7 3 4 7

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Questions?

• Lets review the Parking Lot.
• Any burning questions?
• Door Prizes!

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• Lunch Time!!!!
• Take a bag on your way out. Please return at
  100. Well show another cute video clip at this
  time to segway into our next topic.

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Welcome Back!

• After the video clip, turn to your neighbor
  and/or table. Discussion question
• How is the evolution of dance like our ALP manual
  and forms?

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Our Resources Continue to Evolve
All ALP Resources are accessible through PICASSO
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Spanish Forms Be sure to copy English version on
back of form
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DISPOSE OF ALL OLD MANUALS AND ELECTRONIC FORMS
IMMEDIATELY !
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Click CSIS to change or add data
Academic Portal
(Directions and Info)

• Click OnTrack to view data
• You will not have all of these choices

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CSIS
Opening Screen
Student Search Screen
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On Track Opening Screen
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Manual

• Refer to manual before calling ALP office
• Minor changes
• Training materials removed
• Posted on Picasso
• Gifted manual
• Testing manual
• FTE manual

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DISPOSE OF ALL OLD MANUALS AND ELECTRONIC FORMS
IMMEDIATELY !
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Manual Review Activity

• 3 per group
• Match questions to answers
• Find and record on post-it notes the correlating
  page number in the manual
• Discuss and communicate your reasoning

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• Get with your 900 clock buddy(ies) and
• quiz each other on where different ALP resources
  will be located.
• Add questions to the parking lot
• as needed.
• Restrooms and snacks as needed, too!

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Testing

• Psychs an update
• Do not expect testing to take place immediately.
  Please give a week.
• Referrals
• Flagged Students What does this mean?
• Psychometric evaluation is the most valid and
  reliable data. It is also most current M.A score.
• If psych took place during school year,
• you were sent a listing of who was to be
• flagged. Youll need to take a closer look
• at those tested this summer.
• Example 1 vs. Examples 2

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Example 1 Do flag for reevaluation

• 2nd grader
• V 98 Q 90 NV 81 C 94
• OLSAT 95
• R 97 M 98 C 95
• Cr. rating scale 84
• Mot. rating scale 80
• Referral for psych
• WISC V82 PR96 C91

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Example 2 Do not flag for reevaluation

• 4th grader
• V 89 Q 90 NV 99 C 94
• NNAT 90
• R 98 M 87 C 90
• Cr. rating scale 62
• Mot. rating scale 74
• Referral for psych DAS 82

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Testing

• To Refer or Not to Refer That is the Question
• Work Template

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Scenario 1

• Mary is a 4th grader. Her third grade scores
  were
• V 87 Q60 NV89 C 85
• R 85 M60 C88
• Cr rating scale 99
• Mot rating scale 99
• Her current teacher sees great potential in
  reading. She talked to the 3rd grade teacher and
  discovered that Mary threw-up part way through
  the ITBS reading
• test and was unable to finish it. She thinks
• Mary may be gifted.

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Scenario 2

• Joey is a 2nd grader new to Cobb County public
  schools. He comes from a private school with
  qualifying achievement scores and excellent
  classroom grades. His parents want him tested
  for the Target program.

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Needed Statement

• We have reviewed the data. This student is a good
  candidate for further evaluation. The tests I
  need are.

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Scenario 3

• Jacob is a 5th grader who has moved to Cobb from
  Paulding County. His report card grades are As
  and Bs. His CRCT scores are all in the meets
  category. He was tested for eligibility in
  Paulding in the previous year but did not
  qualify. His parents are requesting testing.

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Scenario 4

• Alicea is a 4th grader. She was homeschooled
  prior to this year. Shes had previous testing
  done in a CCSD 1st grade classroom. Her scores
  are
• V92 Q87 NV94 C92
• This is the only data you have.
• Your clerk flagged her file for you
• to look at.

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Scenario 5

• Antonio is a 2nd grader. Last year at your
  school he went through system-wide testing. His
  scores were
• V 59 Q 62 NV 97 C 74
• R 55 M 70 C 66
• Cr 90
• Mot 78
• You had flagged him to keep a
• close eye on his progress this year.

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Acceleration

• Information and forms located on Picasso
• Local school contact?
• Request for Consideration of Acceleration
• Permission to Test
• Testing
• Create a schedule
• Testing can never carry over Winter Break or
  Summer Break
• Supervisor involvement
• Building change
• facilitation of final meeting if requested

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Communications

• Parent Information Meetings
• Meet and Greet Expectations
• Gifted Eligibility Process Meeting to be held on
  your schools open house night
• Target Curriculum Meeting (formerly known as
  Target Open House)
• Trainings
• Renzulli Rating Scales
• Motivation Portfolio
• Email
• To vs. Cc
• Evaluation

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Questions?

• Lets review the Parking Lot.
• Any burning questions?
• Door Prizes!
• Pack up and stand by your 1200
• buddy.

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After the video clip, tell your buddy(ies) what
makes teaching Target exciting for you!

• WELCOME BACK!!!

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ALP Central Office Staff
BACK
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First Day of School Moments for Sarah
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First Day of School Moments for Lynn
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School Memories for Katherine
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School Memories for Alison