Colts Neck Township Schools
October 16, 2013

On June 1, 2005 the State Board of Education readopted with amendments N.J.A.C. 6A: 8,
Standards and Assessment for Student Achievement , which includes more specific requirements for gifted and talented programs.
Those students who possess or demonstrate high levels of ability, in one or more content areas, when compared to their chronological peers in the local district and who require modification of their educational program if they are to achieve in accordance with their capabilities.
http://www.state.nj.us/education/aps/cccs/g_and_t_req.htm

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All public schools must have a board-approved gifted and talented program.
Students are to be compared with their peers in the local school district.
District boards of education shall make provisions for an ongoing
K-12 identification process for gifted and talented students that includes multiple measures, including but not limited to, achievement test scores, grades, student performance or products, intelligence testing, parent, student and/or teacher recommendation, and other appropriate measures.
The regulations do not establish state-level criteria for giftedness
(such as an IQ score or grade point average). Specific tests are not required to be used to identify gifted and talented students.
Local school districts should ensure that the identification methodology used is developmentally appropriate, nondiscriminatory, and related to the programs and services offered
(e.g., use math achievement to identify students for a math program).
http://www.state.nj.us/education/aps/cccs/g_and_t_req.htm

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N.J.A.C. 6A: 8-3.1(a)5 ii requires local district boards of education to provide appropriate K-12 educational services for gifted and talented students. Therefore, the identification process and appropriate educational challenges must begin in kindergarten.
The rules require district boards of education to develop appropriate curricular and instructional modifications for gifted students. Programs must address appropriate content, process, products, and learning environment.
District boards of education shall take into consideration the Pre
K-Grade 12 Gifted Program Standards of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) in developing programs for gifted and talented students. The NAGC standards establish requisite and exemplary gifted program standards and can be accessed at
NAGC Standard.
Each curriculum framework developed by the department provides general as well as content-specific information on gifted education (e.g., terminology, examples of appropriate practices). http://www.state.nj.us/education/aps/cccs/g_and_t_req.htm

http://www.coltsneckschools.org/1687
104221175810/site/default.asp

Conover Road Elementary
School / Conover Road
Primary School
Cedar Drive Middle
School
Jill Becker - Mathematics
Nancy Plumfield - Science
Jennifer Stattel - Literacy
Carrie Sullivan –
English Language Arts
Debra Wuethrich -
Mathematics

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The district utilizes multiple measures of student performance data to identify students for literacy and mathematics enrichment services.
These measures include the following:
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NJASK
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Running Records
Lexile©
Writing Benchmarks enVision© Mathematics Topic Pre-Test
Teacher Recommendation

Labs are designed to support classroom instruction, while engaging students, K-5, in both hands-on and minds-on learning experiences.

Mathematics:
Replacement Instruction / “Pull Out”
Cyclical by enVision© Topics
Twice Per Week
Kindergarten – 40 minutes
First Grade – 50 minutes
Second Grade – 50 minutes http://www.corestandards.org/Math

English Language Arts (ELA)
Replacement Instruction / “Pull Out”
Enrichment in Reading AND Writing
Semester (half-year) Identification
Twice Per Week
Kindergarten – 40 minutes
First Grade – 40 minutes
Second Grade – 40 minutes http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy

Science
Supplemental and Replacement
Cyclical by Curricular Topic
Lab-Oriented
Incorporating both NJCCCS for Science and
Next Generation Science Standards
Kindergarten – Twice per week, 40 minutes
First Grade – Twice per week, 40 minutes
Second Grade – Once per week, 60 minutes http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/ http://www.nextgenscience.org/nextgeneration-science-standards

Mathematics
Replacement Instruction / “Pull Out”
Cyclical by enVision© Topics
Twice Per Week
Grade 3 – 40 minutes
Grade 4 – 40 minutes
Grade 5 – 40 minutes http://www.corestandards.org/Math

English Language Arts (ELA)
Replacement Instruction / “Pull Out” during reading instruction, only
Enrichment in reading AND writing
Semester (half-year) identification
Twice per week
Grade 3 – 40 minutes
Grade 4 – 40 minutes
Grade 5 – 40 minutes http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy

Science
Supplemental labs that correlate with curricula
Cyclical by curricular unit
Incorporating both NJCCCS for Science and
Next Generation Science Standards
Twice per week
Grade 3 – 40 minutes
Grade 4 – 40 minutes
Grade 5 – 40 minutes http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/ http://www.nextgenscience.org/nextgeneration-science-standards

Monday, October 28 th
Conover Road Primary School
Auditorium
AM – 9:30-10:30
PM – 7:00-8:00
Save the Date

Mathematics
Jill Becker – becker@coltsneckschools.org
English Language Arts
Jennifer Stattel – stattel@coltsneckschools.org
Science
Nancy Plumfield –plumfield@coltsneckschools.org
District
MaryJane Garibay – garibay@coltsneckschools.org

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