Clustering PLC
Meeting 4-- Gifted & Talented clusters and strategies
December 17, 2012, 2:15-3:35
SSHS’s Vision: Utilizing the best teaching practices, we will ensure that our students have the essential academic, ethical and workplace skills and knowledge to be successful in an ever-changing world.
Goals for PLC
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Identify, utilize and share pre- and post- assessment tools in order to gauge what students know and can do.
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Provide targeted, differentiation strategies to use with our ELL and GT clusters in the American Studies and English 9 classrooms.
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Use common language to use when discussing and making decisions around clusters, differentiated instruction, and other aspects of our courses.
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Debrief on strategies (2:20-2:40)
Assignments from last time (November 3)
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With your partner, design a lesson using one at least one of the strategies discussed in the readings. For the next meeting bring…
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Student work samples from clustered students
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Student work samples from non-clustered students
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What strategy did you try? What successes and struggles did you encounter? What might you do differently next time?
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Gifted & Talented Conference
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Trends and programs in GT right now—Monica (2:40- 3:00)
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Independent studies
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Research class
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Social-Emotional needs of students
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Inquiry learning
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Creative & Critical Thinking
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Delivery, hooks
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Where to access recorded sessions from conference
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Tools for approaching reading and writing—Jill (3:00-3:10)
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How to approach the readings and journal design (“Read like an engineer,” “Read like a Researcher,” etc.)
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“The Musts of a Differentiated Classroom”
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Learning Contracts—Jenny (3:10- 3:20)
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Spiritual Intelligence—Jenny (3:20-3:25)
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Using the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts with Gifted and Advance Learners (book)—Meghan (3:25- 3:30)
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Problem-Based Learning—Meghan (3:30-3:25)
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