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Orting School District

Highly Capable Continuum of Services

DRAFT Plan

Presentation to the School Board of Directors

5.1.14 Dr. Marci Shepard Draft 5.1.14

WAC 392-170-012

The legislature finds that, for highly capable students, access to accelerated learning and enhanced instruction is access to a basic education. There are multiple definitions of highly capable, from intellectual to academic to artistic.

Dr. Marci Shepard Draft 5.1.14

WAC 392-170-035

Definition of Highly Capable Students As used in this chapter, highly capable students are students

who perform or show potential for performing at significantly advanced academic levels when compared with others of their age, experiences, or environments.

Outstanding abilities are seen within students' general intellectual aptitudes, specific academic abilities, and/or creative productivities within a specific domain.

These students are present not only in the general populace, but are present within all protected classes according to Chapters 28A.640 and 28A.642 RCW.


WAC 392-170-036 Learning Characteristics of Highly Capable Students

• Capacity to learn with unusual depth of understanding, to retain what has been learned, and to transfer learning to new situations

• Capacity and willingness to deal with increasing levels of

abstraction and complexity earlier than their chronological peers

• Creative ability to make unusual connections among ideas and concepts

• Ability to learn quickly in their area(s) of intellectual strength • Capacity for intense concentration and/or focus


WAC 392-170-055/28A.185.020 RCW Process for Selection as Highly Capable Student

State

• Multiple criteria to identify highly capable students

• Legislature is allocating funding based on 2.314% of each school district's population

• Districts are to identify through the use of multiple, objective criteria those students most highly capable and eligible to receive accelerated learning and enhanced instruction in the program offered by the district

• Multidisciplinary selection committee (WAC 392-170-070)

Orting • CogAT screener • CogAT assessment • Scales for Identifying

Gifted Students (teachers)

• State and local data • Selection committee:

Special teacher, psychologist, assistant superintendent, principal


WAC 392-170-047 and WAC 392-170-042 Permission and Notification

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• Parental permission shall be obtained in writing before conducting assessments to determine eligibility and before programs are started

• Annual public notification shall be made before any major identification activity

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• Letters home

• Permission to test forms home

• Newsletters

• Automated call home

• Email to families

• Other?


WAC 392-170-076 Process for Appeal

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• Each district shall adopt a procedure for appealing the multidisciplinary selection committee’s decision

• Disseminate this procedure to the public

Orting

• Complete an appeal form

• Supporting evidence must be included

• The appeals committee (multidisciplinary team and at least one additional professional who was not part of the decision being appealed)

• Reviewed within 35 school days ; a written summary of findings will be sent; a copy of the appeal and summary of findings will be included in the student’s cumulative file Dr. Marci Shepard Draft 5.1.14

WAC 392-170-030 Annual School District Plan

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1. A report of the number of K-12 students who are highly capable that the district expects to serve by grade level

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1. Minimally for K-5 K-5th Grades – 24 reading 24 math 6-8th Grades - 13 reading 13 math Projected for 9-12 9-12th Grades - 470 students in courses



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2. A description of the district’s plan to identify students

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2. A description of the district’s plan to identify students

3. A description of the program goals

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The Orting School District seeks to recognize and develop talents in our highly capable learners. The following goal provides the vision for our K-12 program: Enrich and accelerate with rigor through complexity and depth, and provide opportunities to interact with intellectual peers.


WAC 392-170-030 Annual School District Plan Cont.

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4. A description of the services the program will offer

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5. A description of the instructional program

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5. Elementary programs: Enrichment and cluster(?) Middle school programs: Acceleration and enrichment High school programs: Advanced placement; acceleration, 4th year math, science and world language; Running Start



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6. A description of ongoing Professional development

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• On-going embedded professional development will focus on the specific needs of highly capable students.

• Classroom teachers who have an identified highly capable student in their classroom will be offered professional development in differentiation as related to the specialized needs of highly capable students.

• Secondary Highly Capable program training, including Advanced Placement.



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7. A description of how the program will be evaluated

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7. Student growth data



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8. Fiscal report

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8. Fiscal report

9. Compliance assurances signed

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