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Making Tomorrow Together: New Hanover County Schools AIG Program and Plan

Making Tomorrow Together: New Hanover County Schools AIG Program and Plan. Department of Public Instruction DPI Legislated State AIG Standards. Fall 2009

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Making Tomorrow Together: New Hanover County Schools AIG Program and Plan

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  1. Making Tomorrow Together:New Hanover County Schools AIG Program and Plan

  2. Department of Public InstructionDPILegislated State AIG Standards Fall 2009 The state releases the draft of newly legislated state standards and practices for AIG. There are 6 standards and 51 practices. The six standards include: Standard 1: Student Identification Standard 2: Differentiated Curriculum and Instruction Standard 3. Personnel and Professional Development Standard 4. Comprehensive Programming within a Total School Community Standard 5. Partnerships Standard 6. Program Accountability All schools are asked to fill out a needs assessment of the current AIG program for New Hanover County. Parent input was given from individuals at various schools.

  3. January-June 2010A writing team, made up of the AIG coordinator and six Gifted Specialists, from both elementary and middle school levels, compiled data from the needs assessment to identify areas of need and potential improvement for our district’s AIG program. The Writing Team met with Gifted Advisory Council to get additional input from parents and community members. The Writing Team identifies 12 focused practices that will be the targeted areas for the 2010-2013 cycle. The team also identified areas of future focus that will be targeted in the next cycle 2013-1016. All other practices will be maintained, as the current met the standards set by the state.

  4. June 2010 The new AIG plan is presented to the Board of Education for approval. A document outlining major changes in the AIG plan is reported by the Assistant Superintendant for Instruction and Accountability, for the purpose of clarification.

  5. Standard 1:Student Identification This standard outlines how our district screens, refers, and identifies students for the gifted program. Area of Focus Procedures that respond to traditionally under-represented populations in gifted education. These populations include students who are culturally/ethnically diverse, economically disadvantaged, English language learners, highly gifted, and twice-exceptional.

  6. Criteria to qualify for the AIG program is the same at every school. A student must meet 4 out of 5 criteria to qualify.

  7. Once identified, a student’s level of service will be identified. There are three level of service identification:MODERATESIGNIFICANTEXTENSIVE

  8. Moderate Differentiation This level of differentiation is appropriate for students functioning up to one year above grade level.This level of differentiation can usually be accomplished by the classroom teacher, with consultation from the Gifted Education Specialist.At times, a student identified at this level may work in a pull out setting with the Gifted Education Specialist, or the GES will team teach with the regular classroom teacher.

  9. Significant Differentiation This level of differentiation is appropriate for students functioning 1-2 years above grade level.The Gifted Education Specialist works with students identified at this level through team teaching with the regular classroom teacher, resource pull out classes, and/or content delivery.

  10. Extensive Differentiation This level of differentiation is appropriate for students functioning 3-4 years above grade level.The Gifted Education Specialist works with these students in team teaching, resource pull out classes, and/or content delivery.Based on the individual student’s interests and needs, the GES may also access community resources to meet the child’s needs.

  11. Differentiated Service MenuOnce identified, a student’s service level will be matched with delivery options. These options may vary from school to school, depending on the individual school’s needs. Examples of delivery options are: • Consultation with Classroom Teacher • Curriculum Compacting • Cluster Grouping • Subject Grouping • Extension Resource Units • Pull-Out Resource Class • Cross Grade Grouping • Grade Skipping • Subject Skipping • Regional Service

  12. Standard 2:Differentiated Curriculum and Instruction This standard demonstrates the rigorous and challenging curriculum we offer our gifted students. Area of Focus Development of 21st Century skills, including technology, global awareness, creativity and innovation, collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving

  13. Standard 3:Personnel and Professional Development This standard ensures that persons working with gifted students in our district are highly qualified. Area of Focus The district has developed Credentials for AIG (CAIG), a series of workshops to train classroom teachers, and eventually school counselors, in working with gifted students. Once implemented, gifted students will only be placed in classrooms with teachers who have earned their credentials. Gifted Education Specialists will receive training in implementing 21st Century Skills to ensure a rigorous and challenging curriculum.

  14. Standard 4:Comprehensive Programming This standard promotes the development of K-12 programming and services, involving the total school community. Area of Focus The district will improve communications between schools and teachers, especially at key transition points (grade 6 and grade 9). The GES will meet monthly for half day staff development to promote consistency among schools. In the future, our district would like to develop programs relating to the social and emotional needs of gifted students. The county is also working toward the creation of a high school position to track and counsel identified gifted students.

  15. Standard 5:Partnerships This standard promotes partnerships between the school, parents, and the community at large. Area of Focus The GES will analyze and update our current parent awareness strategies in order to improve communications with families. In the future, we aim to offer families that speak another language information and literature about the AIG program, in their native language.

  16. Standard 6:Accountability This standard requires that the AIG program be monitored to ensure that all programs and services offered are effective. Areas of Focus: The program will continue to analyze the needs of the district, in order to write a comprehensive plan, which will monitored through individual school site notebooks, outlining the specifics of each site’s implementation of the plan. The district will elicit feedback from parents and community members to continue the development and improvement of the AIG program. In the future, the district will develop a system to monitor the screening, referral, and identification processes for traditionally under-represented populations.

  17. Evaluation of the Program and Plan Each district’s AIG program will be evaluated by the state, based on the evidences the county provides for implementing the new standards. This evaluation will be made public, as a New Hanover County AIG Report Card.

  18. AIG Program and PlanSarah Saia Supervisor of Academically and Intellectually Gifted For more information regarding the program and plan, please visit the NHCS website: http://www.nhcs.net/instruction/aig/index.htm

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