Albuquerque Public Schools Curriculum Instruction SAT Gifted Training

Albuquerque Public Schools Curriculum & Instruction SAT Gifted Training for 20_21 School Year Presented by: SAT Liaison Heather Dadey Email: dadey_h@aps. edu Office: (505)855 -9985 Cell: (505)203 -7351

What’s New in Gifted? • Gifted will be electronic this year! ▫ All paper packets started before October 1 st of 2020 does not need to be uploaded in Synergy you will turn those into your assigned diag. center. ▫ If turning in a paper file you will need to complete the Gifted Tracking Log located on Canvas. ▫ GET@aps. edu will be the contact email to let the reviewer know a packet is ready in Synergy for GIFTED. • Pre-Screener ▫ All gifted teachers will be trained in the Cog. AT in October, therefore, prescreeners will not be available until later part of October.

What’s New in Gifted Continued? • Gifted Parent Request ▫ Parents will need to meet with Admin and complete Parent Request Evaluation Form on Canvas Principal complete the Parent Request form, and R 6 form. Principal will email SAT Liaison and SAT Chair with forms listed above. SAT Chair request G 2 (Nursing Summary from nurse) the nurse will need to email SAT Liaison with G 2. ▫ Upload SAT forms onto Synergy (Electronic Cum/documents) ▫ email GET@aps. edu Subject: Parent Request Gifted SAT Attach: Nursing Summary (Nurses G 2) DO NOT UPLOAD TO SYNERGY List in body Student Name(s) ID Number(s)

Starting a Gifted Referral - Teacher Responsibilities • All gifted referral students will need 6 weeks of Tier 1 data • Students K-2 must be advanced in either/or Reading/Math OR Creativity and/or Critical Thinking • Students 3 -12 must be proficient in either/or Reading/Math OR Creativity and/or Critical thinking • Complete a G 1 and email to your SAT Chair • If EL AND HAS “E” ALERT IN SYNERGY, COMPLETE R 6 AND G 7 • If the first two questions on the R 6 are answered “Only English” or “Mostly English”, complete the R 6. THE G 7 FORM IS not required. • Obtain a NURSING SUMMARY from the nurse (G 2) • Obtain parent consent on G 6

Private Evaluations ▫ SAT Chair emails the IEE/Private Evaluation report to: GET@aps. edu Subject Line: IEE or Private or Out of state evaluation DO NOT UPLOAD IEE/Private to SYNERGY ▫ SAT Chair meets and initiates Tier II interventions occurring concurrently with review of evaluation report. ▫ SAT Chair should contact diag. prior to meeting to determine what is needed in terms of completed file for testing.

EL Student showing characteristics of Giftedness • Gifted Referral Flowchart – SAT EL Students Student meets criteria for teacher referral: K-2 advanced in reading or math 3 -5 proficient in reading or math Gifted teacher gives ALL Practice Tests No Pre-Screener 6 weeks of one Tier 1 Strategy Initial Gifted SAT Meeting Does not Meet Criteria APS Curriculum & Instruction Updated 09/16/20 Parent Choice: Exit from SAT Or Tier 2 for 1. 5 years Submit File to Synergy and email GET@aps. edu

Gifted Teachers Responsibilities: • Administer the Cog. AT Practice Activities (once teachers of the gifted are trained in remote screening in October). • Administer Cog. AT Screener (once teachers of the gifted are trained in remote screening in October) Screening criteria 89%ile or higher perfect score in one or more subtests missed one in any of three subtests • Submit results to SAT Chair ASAP

Gifted Pre-Screener • A pre-screener is given to those students that SAT has determined to move forward (parent request will have pre-screener) • ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE THE PRACTICE ACTIVITIES FOR ALL SECTIONS OF THE COGAT PRIOR TO THE PRE-SCREENER – INCLUDING PRIVATE EVALUATIONS AND EL STUDENTS. • The gifted pre-screener is the first 3 sections of the cogat (89 th percentile or higher) • If students meet criteria of the pre-screener, SAT Chairs have 15 calendar days to complete the packet and UPLOAD TO SYNERGY and EMAIL GET@APS. EDU. (DO NOT SUBMIT DURING DECEMBER OR MAY) • If students do not meet criteria, the student returns to SAT and either is given 8 weeks of Tier 2 interventions or exited from SAT. • Students who are EL will not be given a pre-screener. Their packets will be immediately uploaded to Synergy. SAT Chair will email GET@APS. EDU to notify file submitted. THEY DO RECEIVE THE PRACTICE ACTIVITES AT THEIR SCHOOL SITE. • PRIVATE EVALUATIONS will not be given a pre-screener. Their packets will be immediately uploaded to Synergy. SAT Chair will email GET@APS. EDU to notify file submitted. THEY DO RECEIVE THE PRACTICE Activities AT THEIR SCHOOL SITE.

How to Submit a Gifted Packet • SAT Chair Must have Cog. AT screening results to submit referral ▫ Complete SAT forms (G, G 1 -7) ▫ Upload SAT forms onto Synergy (Electronic Cum/Documents) ▫ email GET@aps. edu send list of referrals including: Subject: Initial Gifted SAT Attach: Nursing Summary Form (Nurses G 2) DO NOT UPLOAD TO SYNERGY List in body Student Name(s) ID Number(s)

How to Submit File to Synergy You will need to zip file by right clicking on file. Select Compress File or Zip File depending on PC or Apple Name the file Gifted SAT Student Name In Synergy add to the Electronic Cum. /Documents Tab. Change the category name to SAT- Student Assistance Team Documentations • Make sure you go to the Notification tab in Synergy and click on the box labeled SAT Documents. • Once in Synergy email GET@aps. edu • • •

End of Training Video • Please join me and watch Gifted SAT Forms. • Thanks