Advanced Academics Updates
For Klein ISD Instructional Leaders
AUGUST 4, 2020
SUMMER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
ADVANCED ACADEMICS BY THE NUMBERS
G/T Elementary Update Courses (June 8 & July 27*):
Teachers Enrolled: 682
Schoology Course Completed: 911
Virtual Learning Completed: 2,348
*still updating numbers
G/T Secondary Update Courses (June 8 & July 27):
Teachers Enrolled: 449
Schoology Course Completed: 441
Virtual Learning Completed: 2, 274
G/T Counselor Update Course (100% Online)
Enrolled: 100
Schoology Course Completed: 109
G/T Administrator Update Course (100% Online)
Enrolled: 80
Schoology Course Completed: 97
From the Texas State Plan
5.6 Teachers who provide instruction and services that are a part of the district’s defined gifted/talented services receive a minimum of six (6) hours annually of professional development in gifted/talented education that is related to state teacher gifted/talented education standards (19 TAC §89.2(3) and TAC §233.1).
5.8 Teachers, as well as administrators who have supervisory duties for service decisions, are required to complete a minimum of six (6) hours of professional development that includes nature and needs of gifted/talented students and service options for gifted/
talented students (19 TAC §89.2(4)).
5.8.1 Administrators who have authority for gifted/talented service decisions
receive a minimum of six (6) hours annually of professional development in gifted/talented
education.
5.9 Counselors who work with gifted/talented students are required to complete a minimum
of six (6) hours of professional development that includes nature and needs of gifted/
talented students, service options for gifted/ talented students, and social emotional
learning (19 TAC §89.2(4)).
5.91 Counselors who work with gifted/talented students receive a minimum of six (6) hours annually of professional development in gifted/talented education.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT INFORMATION
FOR HS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS
AP REGISTRATION AND ORDERING
AP Registration and Ordering
- On August 1, the AP Coordinator and Principal at your schools should have received their APRO access code for this school year.
- For 2020-2021, CollegeBoard will not be charging any UNUSED/CANCELLED exam fees for students who decide not to take their AP exams.
- The late-order and late-testing fees aren’t changing. Those amounts remain $40 per exam. CollegeBoard will make an exception for homeschooled students. See page 8 of the AP Coordinator Manual for more information about that.
- CollegeBoard STRONGLY recommends that your schools leave APRO’s exam decision indicator on the default setting, which will indicate order exam as YES for each student enrolled in an AP section. See pages 61-64 of the AP Coordinator Manual for more details about the Exam Decision Indicator Settings.
2020-21 GT TEACHER REFERRALS
Please share with your teaching teams!
If you had a student this year who demonstrated the use of creative and advanced vocabulary, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, unique illustrations or perspectives within the content, or showed rapid retention and application of content, please consider recommending them for Gifted/Talented assessment. We want to hear from teachers about the students who would be great candidates for Klein ISD’s GT program. Refer them using this form.
The Advanced Academics team will reach out to the parents in the fall to request permission to test based on your recommendations.
Thank you for helping us to make the most appropriate placements for students in our Klein family!
2020-21 G/T IDENTIFICATION ASSESSMENT CALENDAR
NEW! Pre-AP Framework
Klein ISD Pre-AP Course Description
Students in Klein ISD advanced courses (PreAP) are expected to research, synthesize, and create solutions and/or products to promote advanced/accelerated growth and ultimately demonstrate post-secondary readiness through the practice of interdisciplinary study, literary analysis, communication, collaboration, goal setting, and self-reflection.
Created by the Advanced Academics Architectural Design Team
What is Required in the Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted/Talented Students?
The State Plan forms the basis of gifted/talented standards of services and divides them into the categories of accountability and exemplary. The plan offers an outline for services. Districts are accountable for services as described in the State Plan where performance measures are included for six aspects of G/T service design: Fidelity of Services, Student Assessment, Service Design, Curriculum and Instruction, Professional Learning, and Family/Community Involvement.
The accountability standards reflect actions required in state law and/or SBOE rule.