[Ohiogift] Gifted Resource Room Question

[Edward A. Hawks III]

Hi, all:

 

Part I - I was watching the Zimmerman trial and was appalled that a 19 year
old young woman couldn't read cursive handwriting in a letter. At this rate,
future generations will not be able to read our nation's original documents
unless they are written in txt frm. (How unfortunate!) Give them a copy of
Thomas Edison's scientific journals written in an impeccable cursive hand. .
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Part II - I know many of our discussions on this listserv pertain to gifted
students and higher-level classes (e.g., advanced, CP, PSEO, etc.). My
question pertains to students in the resource room where grades are not
administered and activities/projects are geared around individuals'
interests, GIS-led instruction, and WEPs. According to the Operating
Standards for Identifying and Serving Gifted Students (2008), "gifted
students need differentiated curriculum and instruction and support services
in order to fully develop their cognitive, academic, creative, and artistic
abilities or to excel in a specific content area, including opportunities to
exceed grade-level academic indicators and benchmarks" (p. 7). With annual
evaluation for educators and the need to show a year's growth, as one of the
components, how will the resource room look in terms of academic levels for
superior cognitive students? Will the GIS prove growth based on grade-level
Ohio-Developed Standards or is there latitude with, say, pre-assessing a
higher level concept and then giving the final assessment for growth
purposes? Any guidance to a source would be greatly appreciated. 

 

Thank you,

 

Chip   

 

Edward A. Hawks, III, M.Ed.

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Gifted Intervention Specialist / Exceptional Student Education

Kent City School District

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"What he seemed, he was-a wholly human gentleman, the 

essential elements of whose positive character were two and 

only two, simplicity and spirituality."  

(Douglas Southall Freeman on Robert E. Lee)

 

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