- Send a beginning of year letter to parents of
students entering 4th grade and 6th grade to explain
how students are still being served, but through in-class differentiation
rather than the pull-out model more commonly used K-3.
- Send a quarterly update highlighting the
differentiated assignments provided in each subject to celebrate what classroom
teachers are doing above and beyond the required SOL content.
- Continue the “invisibility” of the program to
students, but increase its visibility to parents.
- Improve consistency of message about
differentiation from classroom teachers and the gifted education
coordinator.
- Continue gifted education program web site, but
make use of e-mail reminders and progress reports to encourage parents to
use it more.
- Provide opportunities for “face-to-face” contact
between gifted coordinator and interested parents on a quarterly basis.
- Continue the use of narrative feedback added to
gifted education progress reports this year.
- Gifted Advisory Committee members should make
more direct invitations to increase parent volunteer support to add more
science and creative writing programming.
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