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Bettendorf ELP Extended Learning Program

Bettendorf ELP Extended Learning Program. November 15, 2010. Please go to http://elpboardpresentation.wikispaces.com /. Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. William Butler Yeats. Creative Thinking. There are six eggs in the basket.

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Bettendorf ELP Extended Learning Program

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  1. Bettendorf ELPExtended Learning Program • November 15, 2010

  2. Please go to • http://elpboardpresentation.wikispaces.com/

  3. Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. • William Butler Yeats

  4. Creative Thinking • There are six eggs in the basket. • Six people each take one of the eggs • How can it be that one egg is left in the basket?

  5. Where have we been the last two years?

  6. Services

  7. Services • K-2 - differentiation in the classroom • 3rd Grade - direct services provided by teacher librarians

  8. Identification

  9. Screening Pool • Identifies top 15% of student population • To qualify students need 93rd percentile in one of the following: • ITBS Core Total • *ITBS scores based on Iowa Norms • CogAT Composite

  10. Elementary Screening for top 3-5% • Multiple Selection Criteria • 90th percentile in the following • CogAT - verbal, quantitative, nonverbal • ITBS - Reading Total and Math Total • Open Ended Student Response • Writing Samples • Creativity Test • Rating Scale - ability, creativity, task commitment • Classroom teacher, teacher librarian, and art teacher

  11. BMS Screening for top 3-5% • Multiple Selection Criteria • 90th percentile in the following • CogAT - verbal, quantitative, nonverbal • ITBS - Reading Total and Vocabulary Total • Open Ended Student Response • Writing Samples • Rating Scale - ability, creativity, task commitment, need for services • Classroom achievement

  12. High School • Selection • Previous BMS ELP students • Other considerations • Scheduling • Two sections of classes • Four classes per quarter • Additional times for grade specific focuses

  13. Where are we now?

  14. Currently we are... • Revising lessons • Constantly working to improve the program • Vertical Articulation • Pushing the envelope • Finding what works best

  15. Extensions • Students in screening pool • Services provided when appropriate • No guarantee for all extensions • Services tied to curriculum • Teacher recommendations with academic proof • Communication • Challenge their strengths • Elementary Extensions • BMS Extensions

  16. ELP

  17. Delivery System for Curriculum

  18. Problem Solving Creative Thinking Collaboration

  19. Bettendorf Middle School • 7th and 8th Grade ELP • Cover Language Arts and ELP Curriculum • Meet two times a day all year • 6th Grade ELP • ELP Curriculum • Meets once a day every other day starting second semester

  20. BMS ELP • Follow the Autonomous Learner Model • Independent study projects 4th quarter • 7th and 8th grade: Night of the Notables • 7th Grade: Consumer Fair • 8th Grade: Quad City Spotlight

  21. Bettendorf High School • First Quarter • Getting to Know Myself, Others, and How to Think • Second Quarter • Critical Thinking Skills • Third Quarter • Problem Solving to Make a Difference • Fourth Quarter • Controversial Issues that Impact Your World

  22. BHS Assessment and Transcript Notation • Rubric Criteria • Attendance • Preparedness • Involvement • Thinking • Transcript Notation

  23. Where do we want to be?

  24. Things to work on • Assessment • Communication • Scheduling • Extensions • Emphasize HOTS

  25. Creative Thinking • There are six eggs in the basket. • Six people each take one of the eggs • How can it be that one egg is left in the basket?

  26. Creative Thinking • The last person took the basket with the last egg inside.

  27. Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

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