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