The document provides information about a "Discover Gifted—Secondary" event for grade 8 gifted students. It includes details on the event such as time, location, purpose to promote transition to secondary school programming and enrichment opportunities like the ELOPE program. The document also provides descriptions of what the ELOPE program involves, such as workshop-style enrichment sessions in various subject areas. Students will participate in 3 mini ELOPE sessions from 9 options focusing on topics like critical thinking, engineering challenges, math, art and social sciences.
2. PART I: What Does Secondary Enrichment Look Like? (9:00)
Transition: Elementary to Secondary
In-School Programming: “The Big Four”
Outside Opportunities: Outreach, Regional SPARK! Conferences
PART II: Guest Speaker (9:30)
McB: “Six Word Memoirs”
PART III: ELOPE Session Rotation (10:15)
Meet and Greet; Rotation of Mini-ELOPE Sessions
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5. “Discover Gifted—Secondary” Event
Who: Grade Eight (8) Gifted students
What: Meet and greet secondary ELOPE students and Gifted
teacher/LST; participate in mini enrichment workshops (rotation)
Where: Thames Room—CEC Central
When: TODAY! Monday, April 13th, 2015 8:30 AM- 12:15 PM
Why: To promote transition from elementary to secondary panel;
provide a secondary contact for each student for the Fall; promote
ELOPE program to sustain enrichment programming at secondary
level in order to meet the needs of all Gifted students
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8. “Extended Learning Opportunities Through Progressive
Enrichment”
Enrichment withdrawal program (Gifted, bright/talented); adopts principles of
“pull-out” or cluster sessions from elementary with a different format
Integrated into 26 schools in some capacity (includes all G/B/T)
Completely voluntary; workshop-style; ~one period (75 min) per workshop;
schools range from 2x/week to 2x/semester
Student-interest driven
Include range of activities from novel studies, debates, and philosophical discussions,
to guest speakers, pottery, forensic problem-solving, and critical thinking
3rd Annual Gifted Teacher/LST ELOPE Symposium October 2014
Can lead to larger outreach opportunities or extended sessions; opportunity to
include other schools
9. For Gifted and bright/talented students
Accommodation: student compacts curriculum in a shorter period of time; saves
space in timetable for other courses or other enrichment opportunities (WISE, AP,
SATs)
Setting: either in-class or alternative setting
New for 2013: Digital Curriculum Course Bank through Blended Learning Online
Format!
Logistics: classroom teacher continues to mark/record work; student completes
necessary course work to meet curricular expectations and assessment criteria
Courses are developed in full and come compacted with enrichment on a request
basis (for timeframe requested)
2D English, 2OE Civics, 2OE Careers, 1D Math in motion; IDC 4U (thesis);
currently uploading 1D Geography, 2D History for 2015-16;
also working on 1D English (often onsite), 2D Math
Similar process to onsite compacting; prior planning involved
10. University level credit and/or advanced placement granted by exam; honoured by
most universities if level 4 or 5 achieved
Various phases of support/delivery:
Phase 1: Independent focus with master/mentor teacher or community member
Phase 2: Tutorial format with master teacher(s) by discipline(s)
Phase 3: Full AP credit* course; must be audited by AP Central through College Board
Logistics:
36 courses to choose from; prerequisites
Cost: test fee $91 USD; study guide ~$25 (students cover costs)
Some schools have pre-AP (3UE) and will be moving to AP credits (4UA)
11. Interdisciplinary studies; currently the only consistent enrichment
programming for credit at secondary; some designated enriched classes at
select schools
Three strands:
Theory and Foundation (reading, concepts, perspectives, organization)
Process and Methods of research (research, planning, and presentation of
information)
Implementation, Evaluation, Impacts, and Consequences (critiquing, evaluating,
analysing, communicating, writing, real-world applications)
Student-interest focus for summative (ISP)
Develop and consolidate the skills required for knowledge of different
subjects/disciplines:
How to conduct proper research
How to properly write about research conducted/formulate effective research
questions
How to communicate findings and defend position
New! Scholarly Productions 3O/4O course
New! Honours Thesis 4U course; course housed in D2L b-learning
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14. Opportunities for enrichment outside the regular class in a field of interest;
itinerant networks with Gifted teachers/LSTs to develop and make students aware
of opportunities
Some offered by different faculties at Universities (i.e. Western University: CPSX,
BMI, Music, Brescia, Huron etc.) and community partners (i.e. Mikutech)
Conducted onsite or off campus at various institutions
Framework varies: lectures, activities, talks, workshops, visits, experiments/
research, among others
Promote opportunities during the year (school and summer) outside of TVDSB:
Entrepreneurship Outreach with Ivey, Linguistic Outreach with Western, King’s Liberal Arts, Mikutech
Gamer Outreach, BMI Outreach, Brescia Mini-Lectures, Forensics Unit, Shake the World Conference
Waterloo Unlimited (grades 10-12), Queen’s ESU (formerly E=MC2)
Shad Valley, House of Commons Page Program (Jr. and Sr.), Encounters With Canada
Among many others…
*WISE: Western’s Initiative for Scholarly Excellence; 1.0 free tuition university
credit opportunity at Western; attend class onsite or through distance studies
15. Opportunities for extension/enrichment outside the regular class on a larger scale;
can be extensions of ELOPE sessions
Specialized Programming Activating Rich Kinds of Experiences and Discoveries
Students have the opportunity to network with like-minded peers across the board
Conferences are offered in TWO seasons (Fall, Spring); at any given time there could
be multiple conferences occurring at the same time
Can involve community partners or guest speakers to run workshops
Framework varies: one full day each; a cluster of conferences once a semester;
multiple workshops or single-focus (i.e. rotation of three independent workshops,
REAL Criminal Law, Study of Food with Brescia UC, CPSX labs, forensic crime scenes,
“ology” days at Brescia UC, Engineering challenges, Innovation Day, Representation
of Crime in Literature and Sociology at King’s UC, Physics and Art of Sound, Critical
Challenges in the “Ologies,” among others)
20. Each student will experience 3 mini-ELOPEs
30 min each + 5 min walking time
10:15-10:45 ELOPE 1 (30 min)
10:50-11:20 ELOPE 2 (30 min)
11:25-11:55 ELOPE 3 (30 min)
You will meet and greet a representative from
your secondary school or one who represents
the region
21. 1. BLACK/Googly Eye= Critical Thinking (Lucas)
2. WHITE/Diamond= Tech/Engineering Building Challenge (South)
3. PURPLE= Math Challenges (Central)
4. ORANGE= “Graffiti Art” (CASS / HPSS / WCI)
5. RED= Slam Poetry “The Power of Spoken Word” (Medway)
6. YELLOW= “Rotocopter” (Oakridge)
7. GREEN= Bio “Through the Microscope” (Banting)
8. PINK= Business “Gender Profiling in the Media” (Parkside)
9. BLUE= Social Science “Liberation: Aftermath & Rebirth”
(Saunders)