NDAGC Webinar Newsletter
August 2020
NDAGC Webinar Library
If you missed our webinar, you can find it archived in our NDAGC Webinar Library. Just visit the Membership Portal. You can now earn 1 Professional Developmental Credit for attending these webinars: NDAGC Homepage. Contact Yee Han Chu at yhc.ndagc@gmail.com for more information.
Ensuring Equitable and Defensible Assessment of Gifted and Talented Students
How do we create an equitable and defensible assessment process for identifying students with gifts and talents? In this webinar, educators will learn how to create an assessment data-driven identification process that helps ensure that every student learns something new every day. A specific emphasis will be placed on how to avoid overlooking students from underserved backgrounds. The webinar will address identification myths along with a discussion of best practices such as universal screening, local norms, the importance of “or,” and Renzulli’s Talent Pool Approach. Attendees will review a case example provided by the Fargo Public Schools’ PETS (Primary Education Thinking Skills) Program.
August Webinar Hosts
Yee Han Chu
Yee Han Chu is the Academic Support and Fellowship Opportunities Coordinator at the University of North Dakota. She is also the Chair of the North Dakota Association for Gifted Children.
Alicia Schroeder-Schock
Alicia Schroeder-Schock taught in an elementary classroom for five years and now is currently a GATE teacher with West Fargo Public Schools.
Ann Duchscher
Ann Duchscher is the Coordinator for the Fargo Public Schools Gifted Services program.
Webinar Highlights
Underrepresented Gifted and Talented Population Statistics
- Black, Hispanic, and Native American students are underrepresented by about 50 percent (Ford, 1999)
- An ELL student only has a 40% chance of being identified (National Center for Research on Gifted Education)
How can the Equity Problem be Addressed?
Addressing the Equity Problem
- use local norms and sub-scores to locate the top 10%
- use multiple assessments
- develop cultural sensitive identification protocols
- equal opportunity to accessing universal screening
Assessments
Assessments are:
- qualitative
- performance
- qualitative
- information about identification
- represent historically unrepresented gifted students
- learning progress- assesses for growth
The Talent Pool Approach
Step 1: Test Score Nominations
Step 2: Teacher Nominations
Step 3: Alternative Pathways
Step 4: Special Nominations
P.E.T.S.
Primary Education Thinking Skills
- an alternative assessment pathway for identification
- utilizes critical thinking skills
Resources
Schoolwide Enrichment Model by Joseph S. Renzulli, E.d.D & Sally M. Reis, Ph.D
https://ncrge.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/982/2018/06/15-Tips.pdf
Upcoming Webinars
September
The Schoolwide Enrichment Model: Building Talent in Your Schools
Alicia Schroeder-Schock
October
Social-Emotional Needs of the Gifted
Beth Ustanko
November
TBA
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