EEISD rocks! Having all students placed in GT classes will raise the level of expectations where all students would receive a quality education. Differentiated instruction would be SOP; tiered instruction, peer tutoring (what you teach you know best!), ELL & SE students in the same classroom would be a through-back to the days of the "one-room schoolhouse". The buy-in would have to be with teachers willing to do what it takes to accommodate such diverse student backgrounds. In this district, testing/placement could be done yearly to ensure that GT students are accepted/released from the program as situations dictate.
FFISD falls Face First! GT students being neglected is a travesty as well as a lost opportunity for the district. Many GT students come from at-risk/economically disadvantaged backgrounds; this is a neglected population that is fully capable of thriving within a GT program. Little community interest as well as GT identification every 3 years is a problem the parents of this district must not let continue. Giving partially trained administrators a few minutes to consider documents that could alter a child's educational future is ludicrous!
All the districts have their good and not so good points regarding the identification, costs, testing, areas served, community information, etc.
The school district which I think has the best program is the AAISD. I like the fact that it begins the information process and nominations in Kindergarten, that in this multicultural district, the minorities are well represented, that they include leadership and creativity as well as academic abilities, and that they allow nominations throughout the year. The placement for the child is decided by parents, teachers and the child. I don’t know if using only surveys would be the best or only way to identify the gifted students.
FFISD seems to be the least efficient district identifying its gifted. Due to its large at risk population, GT education is definitely not a priority. They try to make the parents aware of the service, but the little interest in the community indicates that more should be done to promote it. They do test all children in second grade, but only those with high scores on this academic test are further tested to see if they can enter the program. “A committee of district administrators quickly gets together” also indicates that the process is not given the serious consideration the students deserve.
It seems that to me EEISD could have a good GT program, because they seems to evaluated all the children in different ways. I thinks that helps to better see if they are high achiever or gifted. And all the data is discuss with differnts groups of people to determine who will really be accepted into the program. Valeria Vick
I think that FFISD is not really helping there students that could be high achievers or gifted, because they say that they have alots of at risk and economically disadvantaged children. But if they would really take the time to testor observe what they can do. They just might have some children who can succeed in something regardless of their background.
I think that FFISD really does not want to really work with kids, because they say over 60% of there students a at risk or social disadvantaged. But all children have some type of knowledge. But you have to work with them to find out what knowledge they have. Also, children are eagar to learn if you work with them. I feel that in that group that just must be some higher achiever or gifted. valeria.vick
I like the GT program of AAISD. They start the GT identification process in Kindergarten. The district is made up of a diverse population and most of their minority groups are well represented. They serve all areas of giftedness including leadership and creativity. The school board, parents, teachers and students are involved in the GT identification process. They are flexible in their nomination schedules and accept nominations throughout the year for which students are placed as needed. The district update their policies every other year. Although they are very serious about their GT program, they don't use any formal assessments in identifying their gifted students.
I consider the FFISD as the district that has the worst GT program. They put very little attention on the small portion of their students that are gifted. Because there are a few nominations and the community has little interest on the program, they test their students when they are already in grade two. The committee who decides on the placement of these students is composed of district administrators who took their 30 hr GT training. They would quickly look at the documents and make the few placements as they arise.
EEISD rocks! Having all students placed in GT classes will raise the level of expectations where all students would receive a quality education. Differentiated instruction would be SOP; tiered instruction, peer tutoring (what you teach you know best!), ELL & SE students in the same classroom would be a through-back to the days of the "one-room schoolhouse". The buy-in would have to be with teachers willing to do what it takes to accommodate such diverse student backgrounds. In this district, testing/placement could be done yearly to ensure that GT students are accepted/released from the program as situations dictate.
ReplyDeleteFFISD falls Face First! GT students being neglected is a travesty as well as a lost opportunity for the district. Many GT students come from at-risk/economically disadvantaged backgrounds; this is a neglected population that is fully capable of thriving within a GT program. Little community interest as well as GT identification every 3 years is a problem the parents of this district must not let continue. Giving partially trained administrators a few minutes to consider documents that could alter a child's educational future is ludicrous!
ReplyDeleteAll the districts have their good and not so good points regarding the identification, costs, testing, areas served, community information, etc.
ReplyDeleteThe school district which I think has the best program is the AAISD. I like the fact that it begins the information process and nominations in Kindergarten, that in this multicultural district, the minorities are well represented, that they include leadership and creativity as well as academic abilities, and that they allow nominations throughout the year. The placement for the child is decided by parents, teachers and the child. I don’t know if using only surveys would be the best or only way to identify the gifted students.
FFISD seems to be the least efficient district identifying its gifted. Due to its large at risk population, GT education is definitely not a priority. They try to make the parents aware of the service, but the little interest in the community indicates that more should be done to promote it. They do test all children in second grade, but only those with high scores on this academic test are further tested to see if they can enter the program. “A committee of district administrators quickly gets together” also indicates that the process is not given the serious consideration the students deserve.
It seems that to me EEISD could have a good GT program, because they seems to evaluated all the children in different ways. I thinks that helps to better see if they are high achiever or gifted. And all the data is discuss with differnts groups of people to determine who will really be accepted into the program. Valeria Vick
ReplyDeleteI think that FFISD is not really helping there students that could be high achievers or gifted, because they say that they have alots of at risk and economically disadvantaged children. But if they would really take the time to testor observe what they can do. They just might have some children who can succeed in something regardless of their background.
ReplyDeleteI think that FFISD really does not want to really work with kids, because they say over 60% of there students a at risk or social disadvantaged. But all children have some type of knowledge. But you have to work with them to find out what knowledge they have. Also, children are eagar to learn if you work with them. I feel that in that group that just must be some higher achiever or gifted. valeria.vick
ReplyDeleteI like the GT program of AAISD. They start the GT identification process in Kindergarten. The district is made up of a diverse population and most of their minority groups are well represented. They serve all areas of giftedness including leadership and creativity. The school board, parents, teachers and students are involved in the GT identification process. They are flexible in their nomination schedules and accept nominations throughout the year for which students are placed as needed. The district update their policies every other year. Although they are very serious about their GT program, they don't use any formal assessments in identifying their gifted students.
ReplyDeleteI consider the FFISD as the district that has the worst GT program. They put very little attention on the small portion of their students that are gifted. Because there are a few nominations and the community has little interest on the program, they test their students when they are already in grade two. The committee who decides on the placement of these students is composed of district administrators who took their 30 hr GT training. They would quickly look at the documents and make the few placements as they arise.