HICAP KINDER
TEACHER
TRAINING
M . K O N D O ~ N O V. 5 , 2 0 1 5
HICAP? GIFTED? TALENTED?
Off the top of your head,
what do you think
these three mean?
WHAT IS HIGHLY CAPABLE?
WAC 392-170-035
“...students who perform or show potential for performing
at significantly advanced academic levels when compared
with others of their age, experiences, or environments.
Outstanding abilities are seen within students' general
intellectual aptitudes, specific academic abilities, and/or
creative productivities within a specific domain.
These students are present not only in the general populace,
but are present within all protected classes according to chapters.
28A.640 and 28A.642RCW.
WAC 392-170-036
“...students who are highly capable may possess,
but are not limited to, these learning characteristics:
(1) Capacity to learn with unusual depth of understanding, to retain what has been
learned, and to transfer learning to new situations;
(2) Capacity and willingness to deal with increasing levels of abstraction and complexity
earlier than their chronological peers;
(3) Creative ability to make unusual connections among ideas and concepts;
(4) Ability to learn quickly in their area(s) of intellectual strength; and
(5) Capacity for intense concentration and/or focus.”
AREAS OF GIFTEDNESS
RENZULLI SCALES
Learning
Creativity
Motivation
Leadership
Artistic
Musical
Dramatics
Planning
Mathematics
Reading
Technology
Science
Communication (precision)
Communication (expressive)
CONCEPTION OF GIFTEDNESS
Renzulli’s 3 Rings of Giftedness
WHO?
SPED
General
HiCap/
Gifted/
Talented
General
SPED
HiCap/
Gifted/
Talented
ASYNCHRONOUS DEVELOPMENT
Asynchronous development refers to uneven
intellectual, physical, and emotional development.
In average children, intellectual, physical, and emotional development
progresses at about the same rate. That is, the development is in "sync."
An average three-year-old has the intellectual and physical abilities as
well as the emotional maturity most other three-year-olds have.
However, in gifted children, the development of those areas is out of
"sync." They do not progress at the same rate.
http://giftedkids.about.com/od/glossary/g/asynchronous.htm
A gifted three-year-old child's developmental profile could look like this:
– Intellectual ability -- age 6
Physical ability -- age 3
Emotional maturity -- age 2
• Or this:
– Intellectual ability -- age 7
Physical ability -- age 3
Emotional maturity -- age 4
• Or this:
– Intellectual ability -- age 6
Physical ability -- age 4
Emotional maturity -- age 3
• Or any other combination of the three, although the intellectual ability is
always advanced. (Some believe that it is possible to advance physically, but not
intellectually.)
http://giftedkids.about.com/od/glossary/g/asynchronous.htm
PROBABLY NOTICE FIRST…
Highly gifted children demonstrate characteristics
such as the extreme need to:
• Learn at a much faster pace.
• Process material to a much greater depth.
• Show incredible intensity in energy, imagination, intellectual prowess, sensitivity,
and emotion which are not typical in the general population.
http://www.ri.net/gifted_talented/character.html
DEEPER CHARACTERISTICS /
LOOK FORS
First by Yourself
Then with a partner/ table group
Look at the two charts: Review/ Compare/ Contrast
What stands out to you?
Does a student come to mind?
SERVICES?
Gifted
Highly Capable
Talented
Working/Thinking/Producing
Far Above Grade level
Compacting
Curriculum
Differentiation
Appropriate Services
Other
Cluster Grouping
“Walk to…”
Self-Contained
Classroom
(Spectrum)
Acceleration
KINDER REFERRAL PROCESS
• Observe
• Teacher Referral Packet
Parent Referral Packet (Includes Permission to Test)
Return to Mikey or LeAnn @ Professional Development, Booth
• Referral Window is (Nov. 15 –Dec. 11)
• Assessment Window (Dec – Jan)
WA Kids/ Benchmark Assessment/ other, writing sample, CogAT 7
• Services begin in February 2016
TALKING WITH PARENTS
Please don’t say, “Your child is GIFTED! He/ She is SOO much smarter than the
other children! He/she will definitely QUALIFY for HiCap!’
Here is what I am seeing… What do you see at home?
I am noticing ….. What do you notice?
Here are some things you can do at home:
• Read (fiction, non fiction, interests, picture books)
• Videos/ apps/ games (interest)
• Visits/ Expert
• Puzzles (logic)
RESOURCES
Reading – Fountas and Pinnell’s Reading Behaviors
CCSS Learning Progressions
Writing – Student Checklists and Rubrics - Writing Pathways by Lucy Calkins (Units of
Study)
CCSS Learning Progressions
Math – Working with a Range of Learners (Investigations Implementation Guide)
Investigations Lessons – Extensions
(DIFFERENTIATION: Supporting a Range of Learners)
CCSS Learning Progressions
&
ENDING THOUGHTS
• Next Kinder Teacher Training
Jan 7, 2016
Same time, same place
• Watch for flyer/letter about Parent Night
(Nov. 19 5:30 – 6:30 Emerson Library)
(I am working on translation services.)
• KINDER Referral Window is November 15 –December 11
Assessment will follow
Services in Feb
All grade window will open in Jan.
• More information will come from LeAnn/ Principals soon
• Questions
Contact Mikey 2809
Thank you
for attending
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