MAY 2, 2012

Gifted Networking

Welcome!

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membership

Agenda

Welcome and OverviewIntroductions – Preliminary Needs AssessmentPDE Updates – Gifted and PACC (briefly)Compliance Monitoring Discussion – Does this change our pressing needs?LunchJob-a-like Groups - Continuous Needs AssessmentDigging into Resources

Why Gifted Networking?

Pennsylvania Common Core Standards

Some backgroundWhere we are nowImpact of PACC Standards

PDE Updates

PA Common Core Standards Eligible Content rewritten to embrace

CCSS PA Academic Standards revised to reflect

the content and rigor of the Common Core

Called “PA Common Core Standards” SAS Portal

PDE Updates - PSSA Proposed Transition 2012-13

No 11th grade PSSAs – Replaced by Keystone exams –Alg. I, Bio, Lit.

Grades 3-8 Math and Reading aligned to current standards – not PACCGrades 5 & 8 Writing – current standards – not PACC

PDE Updates

Keystone ExamsReplace 11th grade PSSAs going

forwardApplication to USDoE to be used for

AYPAlgebra I, Literature, BiologyAnchors & EC available for Civics &

Government

PDE Updates – PSSA Proposed Transition 2013-14

Grades 3-5 English Language Arts PSSA aligned to PACC

Grades 3-5 Mathematics PSSA aligned to PACC

Grades 6-8 Mathematics and Reading PSSA aligned to current standards

Grade 8 Writing PSSA aligned to current standards

PDE Updates – PSSA Proposed Transition 2014-15

2014-15 - Final transitionGrades 3-8 ELA PSSAGrades 3-8 Mathematics PSSAKeystone Exams – Algebra I,

Literature, Biology

PDE Updates

The Common Core State Standards include standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/ Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects

These standards will be embedded in the current history standards

PDE is waiting on the soon-to-be-released national science standards and will likely embed the CC ELA & Literacy in Science standards in a like manner

Compliance Monitoring

Mrs. Katie LeachWeatherly Area School District

Lunch

Job-a-Like Groups

Relocate to tables based on the grade level of students you work with: Elementary, Middle, and High School

Discuss: Do you have additional needs or changes in priorities

now that we’ve discussed PDE, PACC, and compliance monitoring?

(Please add to discussion thread in Keystone Commons) What are the most daunting challenges that your job

presents? How can we help one another overcome these

challenges?

Digging Into Resources

Resources provided on handoutYour choice – really digShare at tableShare with whole group

Until We Meet Again

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