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Gateways
Volume 2, Issue 2 Fall 2012
GATE Strategies and the
Common Core
Enhancing Gifted Student Learning
Julie Hull
Orange County Department of Education
GATE Coordinator
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are
designed to be rigorous and relevant to the real world,
reflecting the skills needed for college and career
readiness. Although the CCSS are more rigorous, they
fall short of meeting the needs of the gifted learner.
Differentiated instruction will continue to be essential to
enhance the learning of our gifted students.
Gifted teachers will need to continue to differentiate
content, process, and product using a variety of
methodology. Instructional strategies like depth and
complexity, learning centers, and curriculum
compacting can extend the common core standards to
enhance gifted student learning.
Additionally, teachers of the gifted can serve as a
valuable resource at the school site to help with the
implementation process of the common core
standards.
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E
1 Parent Night for Parents of Gifted Students
2 38 th Annual OCC GATE Conference
2 Habits of a Scholar
3 Calendar of Events
Julie Hull, Gifted and Talented Education Coordinator
Orange County Department of Education
714.966.4328, E-Mail: jhull@ocde.us
OCDE 1 st Annual Parent
Night for Parents of Gifted
Middle School Students
The Orange County Department of Education
is excited to announce its 1 st Annual Parent
Night for Parents of Gifted Middle School
Students on Thursday, January 24 th from 4:00
– 6:00 PM. Join us for an afternoon focusing
on the social emotional needs of adolescents.
David Ghoogasian is an educational
consultant/trainer and school improvement
facilitator, with a rich background in
education, which includes teaching,
counseling, administration, and professional
development.
Ghoogasian is a sought after speaker who
teaches and trains through his company The
Lyceum, in addition to extension programs
through the University of Irvine, Riverside,
and San Diego. His presentations, classes,
and trainings are well received for their
informative, practical and applicable nature.
This is an evening you will not want to miss!
Space is limited for this free event.
Registration Required: http://ocde.k12oms.org/1287-62075
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Habits of a Scholar: *Scholarliness
Ponder Ideas: Scholars take time to think about what they
are learning.
Preparation: Scholars are prepared and ready to learn with
all the tools necessary for the job.
Academic Humility: Scholars understand that no matter
how much we learn, there is always more to learn.
Save Ideas: Scholars organize their learning and find ways
to save their ideas.
Perseverance: Scholars exercise their minds and learn to
keep going, even when faced with hard work.
Intellectual Risk Taking: Scholars take intellectual risks.
They think “outside the box.”
Excellence: Scholars take pride in their work and seek
excellence in their finished products.
Curiosity: Scholars are curious about learning and life and
are willing to ask questions and seek answers.
Multiple Perspectives: Scholars look at the world using
many perspectives.
Varied Resources: Scholars use many resources when
learning.
Goal Setting: Scholars set long and short term goals in life
and learning.
*Scholarliness developed by Dr. Sandra Kaplan, USC
Parent Perspective
“We (Parents) often feel that the kids who are
doing well in school, and are high achievers
get “overlooked” by the community in this
“test driven” day and age. Academic
Competitions (like History Day) are a
wonderful way for gifted students to further
their thirst for knowledge and love of
learning!”
Robin Ryan, Middle School parent
Gifted Education Resources
http://www.ocde.us/SSI/Pages/GATE.aspx -OCDE
www.cagifted.org – California Association for the Gifted
www.occgate.org – Orange County Council for the Gifted
OCC GATE
presents
38 th Annual Conference
about Gifted Children
OCC GATE is excited about the Common
Core Standards and place at the front of their
agenda ways to support teachers in their
search for the best instructional practices.
These practices meet the learning needs of
not only their high ability students, but provide
rigorous learning experiences for all students
in their classrooms. The strategies set forth
by the California Recommended Standards
for GATE Programming strongly align with
the new Common Core. These strategies
that promote deeper investigation of content
through critical thinking and problem solving
will be shared by both experts in the field and
exemplary classroom teachers at our yearly
conference this fall.
OCC GATE Conference
Paving the Way to Common Core
Keynote Speaker:
Sandra Kaplan, Ed.D.
USC, Rossier School of Education
Saturday, October 27, 2012
University California, Irvine
The Orange County Council for Gifted and
Talented Education invites you to join them
on Saturday, October 27th at the University
of California, Irvine for OCC GATE’s 38 th
Annual Conference about Gifted Children for
Administrators, K-12 Teachers, Counselors,
and Parents.
Kathy Apps, Ed.D., SAUSD, GATE/AP/AVID
For more information and registration visit
www.occgate.org .
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C A L E N D A R O F E V E N T S
OCC GATE Monthly Meetings
Orange County Department of Education
Monthly Meetings, 9:00 – 11:00 AM
See website for meeting schedule & topics
www.occgate.org
OCC GATE CONFERENCE
UC IRVINE, Student Center
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2012
Keynote Speaker: Sandra Kaplan, Ed.D.
USC, Rossier School of Education
Registration Information: www.occgate.org
ELEARNING SYMPOSIUM
PLACE: COSTA MESA HILTON
DECEMBER 7-8, 2012
The eLearning Strategies Symposium is designed
to bring together K-12 educators, policymakers,
and industry around eLearning’s progress,
direction, curriculum, policy, teaching and
learning strategies, and professional
development.
Registration Information: http://elearns.org
PARENT NIGHT: FOR PARENTS OF GIFTED
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
JANUARY 24, 2013
4:00 – 6:00 PM
FEATURED SPEAKER: DAVID GHOOGASIAN
Report: USC/OCC GATE
Leadership Training
On Tuesday, August 14 th , 70 teachers from
across Orange County met at the USC
Orange County Education Center for
leadership training in Irvine to examine the
area of gifted education and the Common
Core.
This event begins a year of collaboration with
Dr. Sandra Kaplan, professor at USC,
Rossier School of Education. Dr. Kaplan is
partnering with OCC GATE to train Orange
County teachers to serve in a leadership
capacity supporting gifted and general
education teachers as they begin
implementation of the Common Core State
Standards.
The goal of the cohort work is to build the
capacity of teachers in Orange County who
will serve as leaders in extending the
common core standards for gifted learners in
their district. Teachers who were selected to
participate are committed to translating what
was learned during the training into
classroom instruction.
Dr. Kaplan will provide lessons that align with
the CCSS, promote higher order thinking
skills, and enhance learning with depth and
complexity. OCC GATE is excited to
partnership with Dr. Kaplan and looks forward
to an exciting year of learning.
Registration Required:
http://ocde.k12oms.org/1287-62075
CAG CONFERENCE
PLACE: ANAHEIM CONVENTION CENTER
FEBRUARY 15-17, 2013
51st annual conference for administrators,
teachers, and parents
Registration Information: www.cagifted.org
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