Elmhurst Community Unit District 205’s REACH Program

Reach PTA When: First Thursday of each

month at 9:15 a.m.

Where: Elmhurst Public Library, meeting Room

CHANGE OF DATE NOTICE First meeting is changed toSeptember 8th, 2011

Parent Resources

The Administrative Staff

Dr. Charles Johns Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction

Charles Sprandel Director of Research, Assessment, and Quality Analysis

Dr. Kathleen Liace EC-12 Literacy/REACH Coordinator

Kathleen Wilkey EC-12 Math/Science Coordinator

Your School’s REACH Teacher & Principal

What is REACH?What is REACH?

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The Challenge for Educators and Parents:

We must understand that there aregifted students who need programs that meet their needs, and

there are also students who need nurturing so that their gifted traits can emerge.

Differentiation

Through classroom differentiation students will experience continual progress toward

learning goals.

Differentiation

What is it?

How is it implemented as part of the REACH program?

Aspects of Differentiation

Classroom differentiation involves:

◦Grouping students based on skill levels

◦Providing a continuum of learning activities ◦ Organizing students to work on different activities as the class studies a particular concept or unit

Advanced Academic Development

Verbal

Mathematics

Goals for LearnersGoals for LearnersGrowth in strength areasCritical and creative thinkingEffort, persistence, organization, risk-

taking, interpersonal and intrapersonal skills and tolerance for ambiguity

Independence, self-direction, disciplineProblem solving, using multiple resourcesPositive attitude toward learning and accepting challenge

How are students identified?How are students identified?

Advanced mathematical development:

•Trend on MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) Math assessment of 95th percentile and above

• 7 or 8 on Math Behaviors Checklist (teacher observation of student’s mathematical thinking and learning)

How are students identified?How are students identified?Advanced language arts development:

• Consistently high achievement on Reading Street benchmarks from previous year

• Trend on MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) Reading assessment of 95th percentile and above

• 7 or 8 Language Arts Behaviors checklist (teacher observation score)

What do students miss when What do students miss when going going

to REACH? to REACH?

What materials are used in What materials are used in REACH Language Arts?REACH Language Arts?

Grades 3 - 5

Reading Street extensions/ Expressways

……in in REACH MathematicsREACH Mathematics??Grades 3/ 4Everyday Math Series

Grade 5 Math Connects Course 2

What happens after this What happens after this year?year?

Gr. 3-5 Block

Gr. 6-8

Classes

Gr. 9-12 Enriched / Honors / AP

Will my child be considered forWill my child be considered foranother REACH talent area?another REACH talent area?

On-going monitoring

Annual May REACH reviews for Mathematics

5th Grade placement review for Middle School

On-going annual reviews in Middle School and High School

Going beyond District 205Going beyond District 205……

Northwestern University Center for Talent Development

National-Louis University College of DuPage

http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/numats

What are your questions about REACH?