Brad Bryant

GA State Superintendent of Schools

Brad Bryant, State Superintendent of Schools“We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”

GA Department of Education’s Vision:Lead the Nation in Improving Student

Achievement• Goal 1: Increase high school graduation

rate, decrease high school dropout rate, and increase post-secondary enrollment rate.

• Goal 2: Strengthen teacher quality, recruitment, and retention.• Goal 3: Improve workforce readiness skills.• Goal 4: Develop strong educational leaders , particularly at the building

level.• Goal 5: improve the SAT ACT, and achievement scores of Georgia students.• Goal 6: Make policies that ensure maximum academic and financial

accountability.

2Brad Bryant, State Superintendent of Schools“We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”

Gifted Education Elements

An overview of Gifted Education Procedures

Brad Bryant, State Superintendent of Schools“We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”

Panning for Gold

Brad Bryant, State Superintendent of Schools“We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.” 4

Dr. Frasier concentrated her efforts on those who are underrepresented in our nation’s gifted programs:the economically disadvantaged, culturally and linguistically different, and students with disabilities.

Dr. Mary Frasier, UGA, was an international leader in finding better ways to identify gifted and talented students.

DiversityWhat are you doing to increase the diversity of your gifted education program?

Beginnings

History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I.

Baikonur, USSR, 1957

The launch ushered in new political, military, technological, scientific and educational developments.

The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a basketball, weighed only 183 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path.

Gifted Ed in Georgia

In 1957, Georgia created a law statingthat school systems should offer services for

intellectually and academically advanced students.

HR-246 made Georgia the first state in the nation to provide funding and systematic

support for its most capable students.

UGA developed an internationally recognized program in Gifted and Creative Studies. UGA is a leading research university in the field of gifted education.

Reports!

Money!

Segments(1/6 or Instructional Day)

Grades K-2 = 45 minutesGrades 3-12 = 50 minutes

(approximately)

Full Time Reporting

• Tuesday, October 5, 2010• Thursday, March 7, 2011• Four key points:

– Class size is set by local system– Teacher has Gifted Education Endorsement or a non-

renewable certificate issued by GA PSC– Gifted Education eligible and served student– Differentiated curriculum, instruction and/or assessment.

FTE

• Gifted Education is one of 19 categories of instruction funded through the state’s Full-time Equivalent Funding Formulas (FTE)

• For more resources and information about FTE, go to: http://www.gadoe.org/pea_infosys_data.aspx?PageReq=PEAISDFTE10

WEIGHTS FOR FTE FUNDING FORMULAFY 2011

Category Weight (Total per FTE Cost)

Kindergarten 1.6609 ($4,550.44)Kindergarten EIP 2.0530 ($5.624.62)Primary Grades (1-3) 1.2865 ($3524.73)Primary Grades EIP 1.8054 ($4946.44)Upper Elem Grades (4-5) 1.0323 ($2782.60Upper Elem Grades EIP 1.7998 ($4930.09)Middle Grades (6-8) 1.1220 ($3074.07)Middle School PGM 1.0165 ($2785.09)

Grades 9-12 1.0000 ($2739.77)

Spec.Ed I 2.3937 ($6567.96)Spec.Ed II 2.8209 ($7728.50)Spec.Ed III 3.5939 ($9846.40)

Spec.Ed IV 5.8299 ($15,972.57) Spec.Ed V 2.4580 ($6.625.56) Spec.Ed VI (Gifted) 1.6694 ($4573.66.)Remedial Ed 1.3141 ($3600.39)Alternative Ed 1.6046 ($4396.31)ESOL 2.5356 ($6946.87)

Gifted Regular

Kdg. $ 4,493.72 $ 4,470.62 $ 23.10

Grades 1-3 $ 4,493.72 $ 3,464.99 $1,028.73

Grades 4-5 $ 4,493.72 $ 2,782.70 $1,711.02

Grades 6-8 $ 4,493.72 $ 2,739.11 $1,754.61

Grades 9-12 (Base) $ 4,493.72 $ 2,695.59 $1,798.13

12 Gifted Education FTE’s (72 segments) =

Teacher Allotment

20 Regular High School Education FTE’s(120 segments) =

Teacher Allotment

Teacher A Teacher B (Gifted Endorsed) (Regular Education) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

6th 75 Gifted Segments 140 Regular Segments 12.5 FTE’s 23.3 FTE’s

15 Gifted 15 Gifted

15 Gifted 15 Gifted

15 Gifted Planning

28 Regular 28 Regular

28 Regular

28 Regular 28 Regular Planning

Teacher A Teacher B (Gifted Endorsed) (Regular Education) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

6th 75 Gifted Segments 110 Regular Segments 30 Regular Segments

12.5 Gifted FTE’s + (5 + 18.3 Regular FTE’s)

15 Gifted + 6 Regular

15 Gifted +

6 Regular

15 Gifted +

6 Regular

15 Gifted +

6 Regular

15 Gifted

+ 6 Regular

Planning

15 Gifted Planning

22 Regular 22 Regular

22 Regular

22 Regular

22 Regular Planning

Number of Segments Per Instructional Model

Resource = no more than 10 per weekCluster Model = no more than 2 per day

Advanced Content = no limitCollaborative Model = 8 segments per class, 3 classes + one gifted ed teacher

Full Time Equivalency• ES Resource Numbers• Gifted/ KK 71.2110000• Gifted/ 1 71.2120000• Gifted/ 2 71.2130000• Gifted/ 3 71.2140000• Gifted/ 4 71.2150000• Gifted/ 5 71.2150000

Full Time EquivalencyES Cluster Course Numbers• 27.2110000 MATH/KK/Gifted/Cluster• 27.2120000 MATH/1/Gifted/Cluster• 27.2130000 MATH/2/Gifted/Cluster• 27.2140000 MATH/3/Gifted/Cluster• 27.2150000 MATH/4/Gifted/Cluster• 27.2160000 MATH/5/Gifted/Cluster

System Averaging

Resource Cluster

CollaborationAdvanced Content (6-12)Directed Studies (6-12)

Internships (6-12)

Elementary Resource

• A content-based multi-disciplinary approach– Units of study: The Physics of Flight, – Leadership - A Research Unit– Shakespeare

Elementary Cluster

Offers small group GPS extensions within the regular education setting

Advanced Content

• Grades 6-12• Accelerated Mathematics, Language Arts,

Science, Social Studies, full year Foreign Language

2010 – 2011 Class Size:a local district decision

State Board Resolution.docFY11 State Board Maximum Class Size

During the 2010-2011 school year only, the State Board of Education is granting an exemption from all statutory and regulatory class size maximums for any local education agency whose local board submits a resolution to the Georgia Board of Education establishing class size.

• In 2009, the Georgia General Assembly enacted laws that impact the gifted education reciprocity of students whose households include a member of the United Stated uniform services.

• The school system should immediately take steps to see that the advanced learning needs of a student transferring to their system are being met while the Georgia Gifted Eligibility is completed.

Military Families

Gifted Student Out of State Transfers

There is no mandated reciprocity between states; however, the school system should immediately take steps to see that the advanced learning needs of a student transferring to their system are being met while the Georgia Gifted Eligibility is completed.

In State Transfers

Students who meet the state eligibility criteria for gifted education services shall be considered eligible to receive gifted education services in any school system within the state. However, a student transferring from one GA school system to another must meet the criteria for continuation of gifted services established by the local board of education of the receiving school system.

Program Services

Gifted Students

Gifted Eligibility

Eligibility-Mental Ability

• 96%ile, by age, composite/total or appropriate component score of a nationally normed mental ability test

• Use composite or total for all tests except WISC IV and CogAT

• Acceptable ability tests include:– Cognitive Abilities

Test (CogAT)– Otis/Lennon School

Ability Test (O/LSAT)

– Naglieri Nonverbal Abilities Test

(NNAT-2)– Wechsler

Intelligence Test (WISC IV)

– Stanford Benet

Eligibility-Achievement

• 90%ile, by grade, on a nationally normed achievement test in one or more of the following areas:

• Total Battery• Total Reading• Total Math• Common tests: ITBS,

Stanford 10, Terra Nova, PSAT, SAT, ACT

• 90 on a scale of 1-100 on a student generated product or performance evaluated by 3 qualified evaluators.

• Data used in one category to establish eligibility may not be used in any other category.

Eligibility-Creativity

• 90%ile on the Total score on the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT)

• 90%ile on a standardized creativity rating scale.

• Common Measures: Gifted Instrument for Finding Talent (GIFT)Gifted Rating Scale

Renzulli/Hartman

• 90 on a scale of 1-100 on a structured evaluation of a student generated creative product/ performances. Evaluated by 3 qualified evaluators.

• Data used in one category to establish eligibility may not be used in any other category.

Eligibility-Motivation• NGA/GPA over two

years (grades 3 – 12)

• Rating Scales– Renzulli/Hartman– Gifted Rating Scale

• Children’s Academic Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (CAIMI)

• Products

• 90 on a scale of 1-100 on a structured observation or student generated product/ performance.

• Evaluated by 3 qualified evaluators.

• Data used in one category to establish eligibility may not be used in any other category.

Gifted Education Webpagehttp://gadoe.org/ci_iap_gifted.aspx

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