GATESAS Parent Meeting Kim DAloisio Assistant Principal Millikan

GATE/SAS Parent Meeting Kim D’Aloisio, Assistant Principal Millikan MS October 7, 2009

PROGRAMS GATE (Gifted & Talented) • Identified through LAUSD procedures. • Academic-Related Areas: Intellectual, High Achievement, Specific Academic. • Talent Areas: Performing Arts, Dance, Leadership, Visual Arts, Creative SAS (School for Advanced Studies) • Program to address the needs of identified GATE students in academic-related areas or meet the criterion to be identified. • Permit issued for students who do not reside within school boundaries. • Extension for the Gifted Magnet schools • Different SAS schools throughout the district.

BUDGET • Purpose of Funding: Provide school with money to augment the instructional program for GATE students and in the identification of potential GATE students from all ethnic, linguistic, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. • Amount Allocated to School: $25 per identified student. • Example of Expenditures: instructional materials, professional development activities, instructional equipment, and curricular field trips.

CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION • Purpose: Provide students with standardsbased differentiated curriculum. • Student Outcomes: A positive learning experience that will challenge their area of strengths including talented students.

Methods for Differentiation • Differentiate the Content • Differentiate the Process • Differentiate the Product

Differentiation for Advanced Learners • Depth • Complexity • Novelty • Acceleration & Pacing

CLUSTERING STUDENTS Students are programmed into classes that are identified SAS/GATE classes. They are clustered together.

Parent Involvement • Parent Representative Needed: Attend Meetings and assist school in the development of the Local GATE/SAS plan. • Three Meetings During School Year: Topics will Reflect Parent Needs.

LOCAL GATE/SAS PLAN l Purpose: School-wide Plan to Address the Needs of the GATE/SAS students. Goals Established 1) Critical Thinking 2) Arts and Communication Skills 3) Mandatory Goal l

CRITICAL THINKING l l l Objectives Demonstrates Knowledge of Facts. Investigates Problems, Issues, Facts and Concepts. Organizes Data. Evaluation Methods 1) Teacher-Made Test 2) Judgement 3) Portfolios 4) Combination of Any Above

ARTS & COMMUNICATION SKILLS l l l OBJECTIVES Applies appropriate mechanics of the art of communication skill. Displays imagination through verbal and nonverbal expression. Is receptive to instructions or criticism. EVALUATION METHODS 1) Teacher-Made Test 2) Checklist 3) Observation Form

Mandatory Goal CST scaled score of 450 or higher

STUDENT EVALUATIONS l Teacher Required to Evaluate Student Based on Goals. l Distributed Review. to Student/Parent for

Parent Resources LAUSD http: //sfpc. lausd. net/GATE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION n Reading/Language/Arts Framework for California Schools, Item No. 1389. n • Recommended Standards for Programs for Gifted and Talented Students, n California Department of Education, Revised July 2005. (School n personnel may print a copy by logging onto the Gifted/Talented Programs n Website at <http: //sfpc. lausd. net/GATE> and clicking on the Introduction n Section. n • Differentiating the Core Curriculum and Instruction to Provide Advanced n Learning Opportunities, Item No. 1093. n • Mathematics Content Standards for California Public Schools, n K– 12, Item No. 1457. n • Challenge Standards for Student Success: Visual and Performing Arts, n Item No. 1429. n • California Standard for the Teaching Profession, California Department of n Education.

Additional Assistance 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Utilize the Millikan Student Agenda. Speak to the Individual Teacher(s). Conference with Counselor. Homework Assistance: Room 58 every Tuesday until 3: 00 PM. When all the above has been followed, speak to an administrator(s).