Asheboro City Schools 2016-2017 Annual AIG Parent Meeting

Welcome Parents

Asheboro City Schools AIG District Team:

Dr. Julie Pack, Director of Secondary Education

Tracey Foscue, LP and DLL

Terry Groseclose, McCrary

Molly Lyons, AHS

Kelly Patton, Balfour and NAMS

Charlene Smith, Teachey

Megan Smith, SAMS

AIG Plan 2016-2019

If you would like to read the entire Asheboro City Schools AIG plan, please go to the ACS Homepage asheboro.k12.nc.us.

“Curriculum and Instruction”

“Departments and Programs”

“Academically and Intellectually Gifted”

NC AIG Program Standards

Background Information

History: NC has had legislation related to AIG, close to fifty years. No federal legislation.

Current: Article 9B, N.C.G.S. § 115C-150.5-.8, mandates identification and services for AIG students; local plans to be written; and provides a state definition.

AIG Program Standards: Adopted by SBE, 2012-1013 and revised in October 2015. These standards guide our local AIG Programs and Plans. (New AIG Plan 2016-2019)

NC AIG Program Standards

St 1: Student Identification (How)

• Clarifies and explains how students are identified for AIG

services in Asheboro City Schools

• Provides identification pathways/criteria for AIG

• Explains the multiple points of entry that students can be

identified for AIG services for K-3 and 4-8

• Explains how students are referred, screened, and identified

for AIG services

Criteria for Identification K-3

Pathways Intelligence Test Aptitude Achievement –

National Normed Test

Performance /

Motivation

Portfolio

One

Must meet ALL criteria

Requires Individual

Differentiated Education Plan

(IDEP)

98% - 99%

Composite

98%-99%

Reading and/or Math

Teacher

recommendation

based on Teachers

Observation of

Potential in Students

(TOPS) Observation

Form, checklists, and

work samples.

Student Product –

Exemplary Quality

using Portfolio

Rubric

Must be reviewed by

the Needs

Determination Team

Portfolio artifacts

must be in area

under consideration

Criteria for Identification 4th-8th

Pathways

Intelligence Test

Aptitude

Achievement – National Normed Test

Rating Scale

One

Intellectually Gifted

Requires Individual

Differentiated Education

Plan (IDEP)

95% - 99%

Composite

Two

Must have intelligence or

aptitude and achievement in

area under consideration

>90% Composite

O

R

>90% Composite

Or

>90% Partial Composite

Reading = V + NV

V or NV

Math = Q + NV

Q or NV

(average of standard age scores

SAS converted to %)

A

N

D

>90%

Reading and/or Math

Three

Multiple Indicators

Must have one standardized

test and Rating Scale

>90% Composite

O

R

>90% Composite

Or

>90% Partial Composite

Reading = V + NV

V or NV

Math = Q + NV

Q or NV

(average of standard age scores

SAS converted to %)

O

R

>90%

Reading and/or Math

A

N

D

Rating Scale

Score > 60 on 4 of the 6 areas

Intellectual Ability

Academic Ability

Creativity

Artistic Talent

Leadership

Motivation

Completed by classroom teacher and

any other Grade 4-8 teacher.

NC AIG Program Standards

St 2: Differentiated Curriculum and Instruction (What)

• Develop expectations in all classrooms for differentiation of core

instruction for gifted learners

• AIG Specialists support classroom teachers with implementing strategies

to extend, enrich, and accelerate AIG students

• AIG Specialists plan with classroom teacher regularly to ensure best

practices are being used to address AIG students’ needs

• Outlines cluster grouping practices at the elementary (4-5) and middle

(6-8) to support differentiation for AIG identified students with group

Differentiated Education Plan (DEP)

General Education Setting

Classroom teachers and AIG specialists will differentiate

instruction that may include the following modifications:

Appropriate classroom grouping strategies

Increased pace of instruction

Differentiated units

Content modification

Alternative products

Enrichment opportunities

Curriculum compacting

Individual projects/contracts

Independent Options

Opportunities for Enrichment May Include

o Literature Circles

o Seminars

o Philosophical Chairs

o Junior Great Books

o Geography Bee

o Spelling Bee

o Battle of the Books

o Student Council

o Math Counts

o Science Olympiad

o Junior Beta Club

o Duke TIP program

(4th-6th and 7th grade)

o AVID (Advancement Via Individual

Determination)

o Yearbook Staff

o FCA

o Science Fair

o Math Fair

o Technology Fair

NC AIG Program Standards

St 3: Personnel and Professional Development (Who) ◦ Asheboro City School recruits and retains highly qualified

professionals ◦ Provides relevant and effective professional development

concerning the needs of gifted learners

◦ Provides professional development opportunities to all AIG personnel and non-personnel involved with meeting the needs of gifted learners

NC AIG Program Standards

St 4: Comprehensive Programming within a Total School Community (What continued)

• Asheboro City Schools provides an array of K-12 programs

and services to meet the diverse academic, intellectual, social and emotional needs of gifted learners.

• AIG specialists collaborate with school counselors to address

social and emotional needs of AIG students

• Connects AIG services to the class opportunities, the enrichment experiences, and social and emotional support

NC AIG Program Standards

St 5: Partnerships

• Asheboro City Schools maintains partnerships with parents/families,

community, institutes of higher education, and industry

• Continue on-going communication with stakeholders through AIG

Advisory Council, stakeholder surveys, and open forums

• To ensure ongoing and meaningful participation of stakeholders in

the planning and implementation of the local AIG program to

develop strong partnerships through an annual AIG Advisory Team

meeting

NC AIG Program Standards St 6: Program Accountability

◦ Implements, monitors, and evaluates the local AIG

program and plan to ensure that all programs and services

are effective in meeting the academic, intellectual, social,

and emotional needs of gifted learners

◦ Monitor the implementation of the ACS AIG Plan

◦ Analyze the effectiveness of the AIG services using

multiple sources of data

AIG Services: Elementary

•AIG Specialist will collaborate and plan with classroom teachers on a regular

basis.

•AIG Specialist will support teachers and students in order to provide differentiated

instruction, resources, and materials. This may include co-teaching, flexible

grouping, seminars, literature circles.

•AIG Specialist will be an advocate for all AIG students.

•AIG Specialist will help facilitate elementary expert project process for AIG

students.

Schedules:

• Tracey Foscue: Loflin: Monday, Tuesday, every other Wednesday

Lindley: Thursday, Friday, every other Wednesday

• Kelly Patton: Balfour-Thursday and Friday

• Terry Groseclose: McCrary-Wednesday and Thursday

• Charlene Smith: Teachey-Tuesday, Wednesday, every other Thursday

Expert Projects

The Expert Project is an expectation of all AIG students in grades 4-5. Students will choose a topic based on the Science or Social Studies standards for their grade level.

Components:

Written: Research Paper – Due February 15, 2017

Visual Presentation due April 13, 2017: How will you summarize your findings?

Presentation can be technology based, presentation board, or other with teacher approval.

Expert Fair – April, 27th 2017 5:00-6:00 at Lindley Park

Possible Expert Project Topics

4th grade topics:

North Carolina: state symbols, city, historical locations, historical figures, influential people in North Carolina, local history/government

Science: force and motion, magnets, electricity, states of matter, rock/minerals, food/nutrients, ecosystems, recycling, fossils

5th grade topics:

Social Studies: American history, historical figures, US major conflicts and battles, technological advances in US, migration/immigration patterns, economic, US American eras (Great Depression, etc.), financial literacy, turning points in American history, US government functions and principles of democracy, US culture, US diversity, settlement patterns

Science: weather systems, forces/motion (gravity), water cycle, energy exchange, conduction/convection, radiation, weather patterns, weather phenomena, human body systems, plant and animal adaptions, genetics and evolution

AIG Services: Middle School

• AIG Specialist collaborate and plan with AIG cluster classroom teachers (ELA/Math) weekly.

• AIG Specialist support teachers and students in order to provide differentiated instruction, resources, and materials.

• AIG Specialist will be an advocate for all AIG students.

• Middle school is a transitional program. AIG specialist may include differentiation through co-teaching in Math and Language Arts classrooms or small group work.

Schedule

Kelly Patton: NAMS-Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

Megan Smith: SAMS-Monday-Thursday

DEP Folder

Sign and date the DEP

Please either fill in or check the information on the back of the DEP.

AIG brochure to take home

Questions?

Thank you for coming! Please return the signed DEP before

leaving.