North Plainfield School District’s

Gifted & Talented Program

Cynthia Crawford, Instructor

&

Cathy Kobylarz, Supervisor

NJ Department of Education’sAdministrative Code NJAC 6A:6-1.3 Definitions“Gifted & Talented students” refers to those

exceptionally able students who possess or demonstrate levels of ability, in one or more content areas, when compared to their chronological peers in the local school district and who require modifications of their educational program to achieve to their capabilities

North Plainfield’s Philosophy

The North Plainfield Pro-

gram recognizes the “Gifted-

ness of all of our students

Gifted and Talented students

are found across all

grade levels, cultural and

economic groups

G&T Program’s Home Base =

Stony Brook School

Identification RubricInspiration Entrance Criteria Rubric

 Nomination  1 point   

NJ ASK   Adv. Prof Math = 4 pointsAdv. Prof Language = 4 pointsProficient Math = 3 pointsProficient Language = 3 points

OTIS LENNONNationally Normed School Ability Test(Percentile Score)  99 – 96 = 5 points 89 - 95 = 4 points <89 = 0 points  

  A student must score 10 points for admission into the G&T Inspiration Program.

Scoring the Rubric

Name Grade Test Date

% on OTIS LENNON

NJ ASKLanguage

NJ ASKMathematics

Final Rubric Score

    2014        :

Scoring the Rubric

Curriculum & Yearly Theme “Habits of the Mind”

Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)

~Critical thinking skills

~Creative thinking skills

~Logic

~Problem solving skills

~Multiple Intelligences

North Plainfield’s Eligibility Data2014-2015

Tested Students in Grade 1-5Total: 195 Students

North Plainfield’s G&T DataEligible Students by Grade Level

2014-2015Total = 78 Students

Acceleration – Small Group

~Small group instruction of six to eight

of our Kindergarten

students

~Pull out program

~Meets approximately

five to six times per year

Enrichment - Whole Group

~First Grade Students

~Whole Group Instruction

~Classes are visited

approximately thirteen times

per calendar year

InspirationTraditional G&T program servicing 78 students this year~Students grouped with their intellectual peers~Parent, staff or self nomination~Eligibility – Multiple Measures: 89th% OLSAT-Otis Lennon School Ability Test & 2 District Test Results~Use of a district made rubric todetermine eligibility

Inspiration’s Themes &Class Trips

Grade Two: Diversity - Raptor’s Trust

Millington, N.J.

Grade Three: Structure –Guggenheim Museum, N.Y.

Grade Four: Connections – Edison, N.J.

Grade Five: Systems–Zimmerly Museum, Rutgers Grade Six: Universal Problems –Grounds for

Sculpture, Hamilton, N J.

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