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Title: City of Salem Schools Gifted Programs An Overview


1
City of Salem Schools Gifted Programs An
Overview We hope you and your family have a
great 2010-2011 School Year!

2
Gifted Programs Overview
  • In-Class Differentiation is the cornerstone of
    the gifted program at all schools.   
  • Students are encouraged to go beyond the regular
    curriculum by teachers who use a variety of
    Differentiation techniques. 
  •  
  • Examples of these include
  • Higher level and critical/analytical thinking in
    both independent and group tasks. 
  • Tiered activities/centers/projects
  • Open-ended questions
  • Research
  • Pretesting/post testing
  • Choice Menus
  • Alternate Assignments
  • Creative Thinking Opportunities

3
Gifted Program Overview
  • Gifted support service to

-Staff Coordinators meet with approximately
seven to ten teachers a week to assist them with
planning differentiation opportunities,
conferencing about individual students needs,
developing curriculum, etc

-Students Salem has two gifted program
coordinators for 256 students. The students
participate in an array of differentiated
opportunities in their own classrooms, as well as
attend workshops in their areas of interest.
4
Gifted Program Overview Cont.
  • Gifted support service to
  • Parents Coordinators send home differentiation
    opportunity logs which describe differentiation
    opportunities students have in the classroom. In
    addition, coordinators meet with parents as
    needed to discuss their childrens particular
    needs.
  • Community Various community members volunteer
    in programs such as our partnership with General
    Electric and our annual Elementary Art Show we
    assist with put on by the Friends of the Salem
    Public Library.

5
Elementary
  • Support for Parents
  • Meeting with parents as needed to discuss their
    childrens individual needs
  • Resources
  • Support for Teachers
  • Resource materials
  • Ideas of how to use differentiation strategies in
    the classroom
  • Team Planning and Teaching
  • In-service opportunities
  • Workshops/Field Trips for Students
  • In-school
  • After-school
  • Saturday Workshops
  • Field Trips


6
Middle School
  • Support for Parents
  • Meeting with parents as needed to discuss their
    childrens individual needs
  • Resources
  • Support for Teachers
  • Resource materials
  • Ideas of how to use differentiation strategies
  • In-service opportunities
  • Co-teaching
  • Tutorials
  • Gifted Programs Coordinators go to 6th and 7th
    grade tutorials periodically to assist and
    support students
  • Workshops/Field Trips for Students
  • Before-school
  • After-school
  • Saturday Workshops
  • Field Trips


7
High School
  • Support for Teachers
  • Assist in planning
  • Working with small groups
  • Co-teaching
  • Resource materials and ideas
  • Support for Students
  • Individual assistance
  • -schedules
  • -applications
  • -college planning
  • -college recommendations
  • Partnership with General Electric and Job
    Shadowing Opportunities
  • Workshops
  • Governors School
  • Field Trips
  • Support for Parents
  • College Planning in conjunction with Salem High
    Schools Guidance Department

8
Highlights
  • We purchased Rosetta Stone, an online foreign
    language learning program for our identified
    gifted elementary students in which they are able
    to learn a language by immersing themselves in
    the language. They are able to utilize this
    program both in the classroom and at home. We
    have also been able to offer this program to a
    number of teachers as well who have embraced the
    program too.
  • Our Middle and High School Students went on a
    fieldtrip to General Electric where they
    participated in hands on learning labs and toured
    the facility with the Engineers of the Facility.
    Engineers from GE later went into various
    classrooms at ALMS and SHS to promote engineering
    as a possible future career choice.
  • All Introduction to Elementary School Movies for
    new students coming to our schools have been
    completed. The gifted students at each elementary
    school created and produced the movies for the
    new students coming to their schools.

9
Highlights
  • Several Students at ALMS and SHS participated in
    the Big Read.  The Big Read is a nationwide
    program that was created by the National
    Endowment for the Arts. 
  • The Big Read invites members of communities
    throughout the United States to read a single
    book of American literature in their home towns
    and communities, and then join together for
    activities including book discussion groups,
    panels, lectures, film screenings and other
    activities related to the book to name several.
  • Our identified gifted fifth grade students took a
    field trip to the Roanoke Valley Governor School
    to participate in Hands On Learning Activities in
    Science, Math, and Technology.
  • Our Gifted Program Surveys were once again placed
    online allowing students, parents, and teachers
    to give us valuable feedback regarding the Gifted
    program.

10
Highlights
  • Our Region VI Gifted Consortium has been busy
    collaborating together for many years working as
    one to provide unique learning experiences for
    the gifted children in our region as well as
    provide professional development for the teachers
    in our region that work with our identified
    students.
  • Bob Iseminger, author of Demystifying
    Differentiation in Elementary School and
    Demystifying Differentiation in Middle School
    came in April to the Salem Civic Center to do
    professional development for our teachers and
    other teachers around the region.
  • the ongoing development of the Region 6 Gifted
    Consortium website that has resources for
    parents, teachers, and coordinators
  • We recently worked together to purchase Rosetta
    Stone and Renzulli Learning Systems for the
    students in our region. As a result of our
    collaborative purchase, we were able to save
    money in our school systems.

11
Highlights
  • We assist the Friends of the Salem Public Library
    in putting an Annual Art Show together that
    features our talented artists in the four
    elementary schools.
  • We purchased Renzulli Learning Systems for all
    of our elementary students
  • students answer a questionnaire online resulting
    in the development of their unique learning
    profile.
  • As a result, the students have opportunities to
    travel to an array of safe informative websites
    based on their learning styles and interests.
  • The websites include virtual fieldtrips, summer
    enrichment opportunities, and much more.
  • As the result of the purchase of this online
    product, all teachers in our system have access
    to this program which assists teachers in the
    creation and execution of differentiated
    teaching, learning, and assessment activities.

12
2009-2010 Workshop Opportunities
  • Geocaching
  • Introduction to Russian Language and Culture
  • Renzulli Learning Systems
  • Drama Games/Auditioning
  • Constructing Polyhedrons
  • College Planning
  • Book Club
  • Painting with water colors and oils
  • Origami
  • iPod Touches
  • Civil War Reenactment

13
2009-2010 Field Trip Opportunities
  • The Taubman Art Museum
  • -Middle and High School Students November 3rd
  • -Elementary Students February 12th
  • General Electric
  • -Middle and High School Students February 16th
  • Roanoke Valley Governors School
  • -5th graders


14
The Rosetta Stone Foreign Language Web Based
Program
  • http//www.rosettastone.com/
  • Dynamic Immersion Program
  • Getting children started early with second
    language skills gives them a head start to
    succeed in a global economy.
  • Research has shown that once a second language
    has been acquired, it is easier to learn a third
    or fourth language. Developing essential language
    skills leads to success in other subject areas as
    well.
  • Rosetta Stone is built on a series of common,
    easily recognizable images found in everyday
    situations, which enables young children
    immediately to immerse themselves into the
    program and progress quickly.
  • With Rosetta Stone, students can work
    independently at school and at home on this
    program.

15
Languages Our Identified Gifted Elementary
Students Can Choose From
  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • German
  • Russian
  • French
  • Mandarin Chinese
  • Japanese

16
Upcoming Plans
  • Continued Teacher workshop series focusing on G/T
    topics
  • Continued collaboration with school systems in
    our region
  • Continued Foreign Language Learning Opportunities
    for our Gifted Students
  • Innovative Technology workshops for our students
    and teachers utilizing technology such as IPod
    Touches, GPS devices, and Web cameras

17
Upcoming Plans
  • Local, State, and National Government workshops
  • Continued Partnerships with local businesses and
    companies such as General Electric
  • Continued Opportunities to be Green and expose
    and involve our students in Green efforts
    around the community
  • Continued efforts to actively engage our students
    in service projects to heighten their awareness
    of people in need, and teach them how to work
    together to make differences in peoples lives

18
Upcoming Plans
  • Continued fieldtrips on Parent Teacher Conference
    Days and Early Dismissal Days.
  • We are currently planning a fieldtrip to Virginia
    Tech this fall for our Middle and High School
    Students in which they will tour the campus,
    attend an honors program presentation, and eat
    lunch on campus at one of the popular dining
    halls.
  • We are planning a fieldtrip to Virginia Tech this
    spring for our elementary students to explore
    hands on learning opportunities, tour the campus,
    etc

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For more information go to
  • - http//www.salem.k12.va.us
  • - The Gifted Corner at http//agibson.edublogs.org
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