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Inquiring Minds Want to Know-G/T and PFLEX

Discover the state guidelines and student assessment process for identifying gifted and talented students. Explore the flexible learning opportunities and extensions provided by PFLEX to nurture and develop individual strengths and talents. Embrace a growth mindset for success in education.

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Inquiring Minds Want to Know-G/T and PFLEX

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  1. Inquiring Minds Want to Know-G/T and PFLEX October 11, 2012

  2. State Guidelines • Student Assessment • Identification process is developed by district and approved by local board of trustees • Professional Development • Teachers that provide services and instruction for gifted and talented must have 30 hour initial G/T training with annual updates of 6 hours • Student Services • Flexible learning opportunities with options for acceleration when appropriate • PFLEX provides extensions in each of four core areas http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter089/ch089a.html

  3. PISD G/T Service Design

  4. Purpose of Identification • To diagnose educational needs • To correlate educational services to a student’s individual needs • NOT to label STUDENT’S NEEDS DISTRICT’S SERVICES

  5. Bright vs. Gifted • A bright child knows the answers; a gifted child asks the questions • A bright child has good ideas; a gifted child has wild, silly ideas • A bright child works hard; a gifted child plays around, yet tests well • A bright child is in the top group; a gifted child is beyond the group • A bright child understands ideas; a gifted child constructs abstractions • A bright child completes assignments; a gifted child initiates projects • A bright child is pleased with own learning; a gifted child is highly self-critical

  6. Nomination Process

  7. Cluster Classrooms • G/T trained classroom teacher • District G/T lead teacher • Data

  8. PFLEX: Pflugerville Learning Extensions • Foster creative and critical thinking • Learn and apply creative problem solving tools • Develop teamwork, collaboration, and leadership skills • Nurture research and inquiry skills • Enhance and apply written and verbal communication and presentation skills • Promote the recognition, use, and development of individual strengths and talents • Encourage competence in, and commitment to real-life problem solving

  9. PFLEX Overview 2012-2013 Units of Study (roughly per nine weeks) • Balance • Students examine the universal concept, balances, from many perspectives. • Texas Performance Standards Project • Building a Business: Games and Toys • Architecture & Design • STEM: Physics

  10. PFLEX 2012-2013 Growth Report

  11. Enrichment Opportunities • Destination ImagiNation • Math Pentathlon • PISD Academic Meet

  12. Destination ImagiNation • National Website • 2013 Regional Tournament: March 2nd; Dripping Springs High School

  13. Math Pentathlon • Area tournaments: • Division I – March 23, 2013 • Division II – April 20, 2013 • Division III – May 4, 2013

  14. PISD Academic Meet • February 23, 2013 • For 1st and 2nd graders • Creative writing and storytelling • For 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders • Oral reading, spelling, and ready writing

  15. For More Information… • Destination ImagiNation • http://www.destinationimagination.org/ • Math Pentathlon • http://www.mathpentath.org/ • PISD Academic Meet • Email karen.cunningham@pfisd.net

  16. Success isn’t about labels; it’s about learning. Mindset Carol S. Dweck, PH.D.

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