GATE Program Introduction - Chula Vista Elementary School District
GATE Program Introduction - Chula Vista Elementary School District
GATE Program Introduction - Chula Vista Elementary School District
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<strong>Chula</strong> <strong>Vista</strong> <strong>Elementary</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>District</strong><br />
<strong>GATE</strong> Parent Meeting<br />
2012
The <strong>District</strong>’s Current <strong>GATE</strong> Goals:<br />
Improve the quality of existing practices<br />
Identify exemplary <strong>GATE</strong> programs<br />
Ensure full participation of students from economically<br />
disadvantaged and diverse cultural backgrounds<br />
Encourage parents to assist with <strong>GATE</strong> programs at sites<br />
and to serve on the <strong>District</strong> <strong>GATE</strong> Advisory Committee<br />
Support teacher knowledge and practice of<br />
differentiated instruction through staff development<br />
opportunities
Hispanic<br />
55%<br />
Ethnicity- <strong>GATE</strong> Students<br />
American<br />
Indian<br />
0%<br />
Pacific<br />
Islander<br />
1%<br />
Other<br />
0%<br />
African<br />
American<br />
3%<br />
Asian<br />
5%<br />
White<br />
19%<br />
Filipino<br />
17%
<strong>District</strong>’s <strong>GATE</strong> Philosophical Foundation:<br />
Content Standards are the starting point for all <strong>GATE</strong><br />
instruction (moving toward Common Core State<br />
Standards)<br />
Differentiation of instruction is the basis for <strong>GATE</strong><br />
education in CVESD<br />
Higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy
<strong>Program</strong> Structures:<br />
Differentiated instruction in all classrooms<br />
Regular classrooms with <strong>GATE</strong> clusters<br />
<strong>GATE</strong> students placed into homogeneously<br />
grouped classes
Instructional Practice:<br />
At each school site teachers work together at<br />
grade levels to define the scope of lessons and<br />
units of instruction<br />
Instruction is differentiated so that <strong>GATE</strong> and<br />
other high ability students participate in<br />
rigorous, challenging curriculum commensurate<br />
with their abilities and interests
<strong>GATE</strong> Grades 3-8<br />
STAR 2010-2011<br />
English Language Arts<br />
100%<br />
80%<br />
60%<br />
69%<br />
65%<br />
40%<br />
20%<br />
0%<br />
25% 27%<br />
0% 0% 0% 1%<br />
5% 7%<br />
FBB BB Basic Proficient Advanced<br />
2010 2011
100%<br />
<strong>GATE</strong> Grades 3-8<br />
STAR 2010-2011<br />
Math<br />
80%<br />
80%<br />
75%<br />
60%<br />
40%<br />
20%<br />
0%<br />
20%<br />
17%<br />
0% 0% 1% 0%<br />
3% 3%<br />
FBB BB Basic Proficient Advanced<br />
2010 2011
Qualifications Update:<br />
NEW CRITERIA:<br />
1. Review Raven criteria – increased from<br />
90 th to 95 th percentile<br />
2. Review CST scoring – increased from 350 - 375<br />
3. Social/Environmental Variables – no change<br />
4. Review Teacher/Psychologist/Principal<br />
Consensus – decrease from 4 points to 3
Extra curricular <strong>GATE</strong> activities:<br />
Mad Science<br />
Service projects (rain forest)<br />
JA/BIZ Town<br />
Photography I and II<br />
Robotics<br />
Mysteries of the Ocean<br />
Technology Techniques<br />
Kinesiology<br />
<strong>GATE</strong> trip to Scripps Aquarium<br />
Field trips to the Opera<br />
Electronics activities<br />
Classic literature<br />
Stock market games<br />
MicroSociety<br />
Fieldtrip to the Nutcracker<br />
Digital History Project<br />
Battle of the Books Achieve 3000<br />
<strong>School</strong> Newspaper<br />
Owl Pellet Dissection/Life Cycle<br />
Making Paper sessions<br />
Music programs<br />
Marketing Workshop-advertising<br />
Odyssey of the Mind<br />
Mindstorm Robots <strong>Program</strong><br />
Creating and editing iMovies<br />
Catapult Competition<br />
Math Competitions<br />
Science Field Day<br />
High level literacy projects<br />
Multi-media presentations<br />
Science projects<br />
Environmental Studies
<strong>GATE</strong> Survey<br />
Parent results summary:<br />
68% stated their <strong>GATE</strong> child is given<br />
opportunities for differentiation<br />
66% stated they are pleased with the<br />
<strong>GATE</strong> services at their child’s<br />
school
<strong>GATE</strong> Survey<br />
Teacher Results Summary:<br />
94% stated they work to meet the<br />
differentiated needs of the <strong>GATE</strong><br />
students in their classrooms<br />
79% stated that skills of <strong>GATE</strong> students<br />
are being enhanced by enrichment<br />
programs
<strong>GATE</strong> Survey<br />
Student Results Summary:<br />
78% stated they work on challenging and<br />
exciting projects in their classrooms<br />
86% stated their teacher helps them<br />
develop their skills and talents.
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