gifted education - acceleration institute

Gifted Education 102: How to Meet Gifted Students' Needs MANY OPTIONS You know from Gifted 101 that acceleration means moving through the curriculum at a more rapid pace or younger age than is typical. A student might: Enter Kindergarten or 1st grade early Dual-enroll in high school and college Graduate early from high school Skip a grade Receive curriculum compacting Participate in extracurricular programs Move ahead in a specific subject area Enroll in distance learning Take AP, IB, and/or honors courses It's important to note that the policies and culture of many schools may resist acceleration, despite the research supporting it (see nationempowered.org). Creating an acceleration policy is a crucial first step to ensuring all students have access to curriculum that fits their needs. belinblank.org BelinBlank @belinblank Check out the free publication, Developing Academic Acceleration Policies, new from the Belin-Blank Center and NAGC! ACCELERATIONINSTITUTE.ORG Visit the Acceleration Institute website (1) for an extensive list of the various types of acceleration. A CLOSER LOOK Let's take a closer look at some of the many options for challenging bright students. ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) COURSES Offer college-level work to students before they graduate from high school. Provide students with challenging work for which they also may earn college credit. DUAL ENROLLMENT Students take a course at one level and receive concurrent credit for a parallel course at a higher level. For example, a student may take algebra at the middle school, and earn credit at both the middle school and high school level. INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) A specialized, academically challenging educational program offered at authorized schools. Students participating in this program may receive advanced standing at selected universities. COMPETITIONS Many academic competitions are available to academically talented students. Some do not require travel. They allow students to polish their skills in a specific area, meet other like-minded students, and receive recognition. Visit the Acceleration Institute website for a list of competitions. DISTANCE LEARNING Students receive instruction in a manner that does not require them to be on-site in a traditional classroom. Courses may take place online or by mail and offer opportunities not available in the local school. Visit the Acceleration Institute website for a list of these opportunities. GRADE-SKIPPING Want to learn more about acceleration and meeting the needs of high-ability students? Visit accelerationinstitute.org Or become qualified to teach AP courses (and others!) at the AP Teacher Training Institute. Visit belinblank.org/aptti Students may move ahead to a higher grade or enter kindergarten, 1st grade, or college early. Sources and Useful Links: 1. http://www.accelerationinstitute.org/Resources/acceleration_types.aspx 2. http://www.accelerationinstitute.org/Nation_Empowered/NE_Vol2_AppendixE.pdf 3. https://www.accelerationinstitute.org/Resources/IAS.aspx 4. http://www.ibo.org/ One of the tools used to help make an informed decision about grade skipping is the Iowa Acceleration Scale (IAS). The IAS assists educators and parents in making decisions about a grade skip or early entrance to kindergarten or first grade. (3) (2) (2) (4)

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Gifted Education102:

How to Meet GiftedStudents' Needs

MANY OPTIONSYou know from Gifted 101 that acceleration means moving through the curriculum at amore rapid pace or younger age than is typical. A student might:

EnterKindergartenor 1st gradeearly

Dual-enroll inhigh schooland college

Graduate earlyfrom highschool

Skip a grade

Receivecurriculumcompacting

Participate inextracurricularprograms

Move ahead ina specificsubject area

Enroll indistancelearning

Take AP, IB,and/or honorscourses

It's important to note that the policiesand culture of many schools may resistacceleration, despite the researchsupporting it (seenationempowered.org).

Creating an acceleration policy is acrucial first step to ensuring all studentshave access to curriculum that fits theirneeds.

belinblank.org

BelinBlank

@belinblank

Check out the free publication,Developing Academic AccelerationPolicies, new from the Belin-BlankCenter and NAGC!

ACCELERATIONINSTITUTE.ORGVisit the Acceleration Institute website (1) for an extensive list of the various types ofacceleration.

A CLOSER LOOKLet's take a closer look at some of the many options for challenging bright students.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT(AP) COURSES

Offer college-level work tostudents before theygraduate from highschool.

Provide students withchallenging work for whichthey also may earn collegecredit.

DUAL ENROLLMENT

Students take a course atone level and receiveconcurrent credit for aparallel course at a higherlevel.

For example, a studentmay take algebra at themiddle school, and earncredit at both the middleschool and high schoollevel.

INTERNATIONALBACCALAUREATE (IB)

A specialized,academically challengingeducational programoffered at authorizedschools.

Students participating inthis program may receiveadvanced standing atselected universities.

COMPETITIONS

Many academiccompetitions are availableto academically talentedstudents. Some do notrequire travel.

They allow students topolish their skills in aspecific area, meet otherlike-minded students, andreceive recognition.

Visit the AccelerationInstitute website for alist of competitions.

DISTANCE LEARNING

Students receiveinstruction in a mannerthat does not requirethem to be on-site in atraditional classroom.

Courses may take placeonline or by mail and offeropportunities not availablein the local school.

Visit the AccelerationInstitute website for alist of these opportunities.

GRADE-SKIPPING

Want to learn more about acceleration and meeting the needs of high-ability students? Visit accelerationinstitute.org

Or become qualified to teach AP courses (and others!) at the AP Teacher Training Institute.Visit belinblank.org/aptti

Students may move aheadto a higher grade or enterkindergarten, 1st grade, orcollege early.

Sources and Useful Links:

1. http://www.accelerationinstitute.org/Resources/acceleration_types.aspx 2. http://www.accelerationinstitute.org/Nation_Empowered/NE_Vol2_AppendixE.pdf 3. https://www.accelerationinstitute.org/Resources/IAS.aspx 4. http://www.ibo.org/

One of the tools used tohelp make an informeddecision about gradeskipping is the IowaAcceleration Scale (IAS).

The IAS assists educatorsand parents in makingdecisions about a gradeskip or early entrance tokindergarten or first grade.

(3)

(2) (2)

(4)

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