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IT IS 431 PM AND THIS MEETING IS HEREBY COURT TO ORDER WE HAVE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.
ATTENDING IN PERSON AND ON THE ZOOM. NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE AND AT THE FOUR BAND STH ME ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS. THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY. SO THE FIRST ONE. WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER TODAY? I DON'T
[3.A. Training regarding GT Programing]
SEE ANY SPEAKERS, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. NEXT ONE IS INFORMATION ITEM. AND THIS TIME I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO MS BATH, MARTINEZ. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOONS. WE HAVE REQUIRED GT TRAINING FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS THIS AFTERNOON, AS WELL AS SOME CYBERSECURITY TRAINING, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR KIMBERLY LAWSON OR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER TO INTRODUCE THE GT TRAINING, PLEASE. YES GOOD EVENING WERE RELATED TONIGHT TO BE HERE WITH YOU TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT GIFTED AND TALENTED SERVICES IN FORT BENNING S D. WE HAVE DR LORI WEST BALL AND MISS MELISSA HUBBARD, AS WELL AS SOME STAFF MEMBERS FROM ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND OUR GT TEAM TO HELP ASSIST WITH OUR TRAINING TONIGHT, SO I THINK AT THIS TIME WE'RE READY TO TURN OVER TO DR WESTPHALL. I THINK THIS WORKS. YES UM, JUST AS DR LAWSON HAD SAID, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY IN A LESS FORMAL SETTING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME TIME AS A BOARD TO DIG INTO OUR TEXAS STATE PLAN AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT DOES G T. UM HOW IS IT DEFINED? AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN THE STATE OF TEXAS? AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO SOME INFORMATION RELATED TO WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? INSIDE OF WHAT? BONNIE SD. UM TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE USING VERY MUCH A COLLABORATIVE WORK, STRUCTURE AND PROTOCOL TO ALLOW YOU SOME PROCESSING TIME INDIVIDUALLY, BUT ALSO AS A GROUP. UM, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TOGETHER WHOLE GROUPS SO THAT WE CAN PROCESS TOGETHER KIND OF IN A JIGSAW APPROACH. UM AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO SOME DEFINED STRUCTURES WITHIN THE DISTRICT. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THIS TIME WITH YOU. UM AND YOU'VE GOT SOME SUPPLIES ON YOUR DESK THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT OUR TIME WITH YOU THIS THIS EVENING, SO I'M GOING TO TURN OVER TO DR WESTPHALL. WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED.BUTTON IS ON. OKAY UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT WHAT REALLY SHOULD BE SELECTED WHEN IT COMES TO TALKING TO THE BOARD BECAUSE WE HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR AND WE REALLY WANT TO GIVE YOU AN INTRODUCTION, AS MISS HUBBARD HAD SAID AN INTRODUCTION INTO UM , REALLY WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES OF US. WHEN IT DOES COME TO GT PROGRAMMING. WE HAD THE GT STATE PLAN, WHICH IS ABOUT 20 PAGES OF STANDARDS THAT WE KIND OF HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABIDING BY AND WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT. GT IS BEING COMPLIANCE. BUT I REALLY WANTED TO KIND OF START OUR DISCUSSION TODAY WITH, UH TRYING TO PERSONALIZE COMPLIANCE . SO WHAT I HAVE FOR US TO KIND OF START WITH IS THIS IS A YOUNG MAN HE WAS IN GRADE ONE LAST YEAR AT MISSION WEST. HE IS IN THE BILINGUAL PROGRAM, AND HE'S IDENTIFIED FOR GIFT AND TALENTED. SO THIS IS A CHILD THAT AT OUR TITLE ONE CAMPUSES, WE DO SCREEN ALL OF OUR KINDERGARTENERS AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR CHILDREN WHO EITHER DEMONSTRATE THE CRITERIA THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAM OR WE'RE LOOKING FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE HIGH ABILITIES THAT MAYBE WITH SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT MAY KIND OF GROW INTO AND DEVELOP THAT POTENTIAL THAT MIGHT LEAD INTO BEING IDENTIFIED FOR SERVICES, BUT I REALLY FELT IT WAS GOOD FOR US TO KIND OF START AND LOOK AT BEYOND COMPLIANCE. LET'S SEE ONE OF OUR FACES AND OUR DISTRICT. SO TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND BEHIND THIS VIDEO, WE DO HAVE OUR TEXANS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS PROJECT T PSP, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES DO. UM, GRADES. IT IS NOW GRADES ONE THROUGH IS IT ATE MY TEAM OVER HERE? BY THE WAY, CRYSTAL WILSON IS OUR ELEMENTARY PROGRAM MANAGER. I SHOULD COME IN HOMES ARE SECONDARY PROGRAM MANAGER. THEY WERE HOPING TO JUST KIND OF FADE INTO THE BACKGROUND OVER THERE, AND I JUST PUT THE SPOTLIGHT RIGHT ON YOU. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE HELPING US A LITTLE BIT LATER AS WELL. BUT IT GOES GRADES ONE THROUGH EIGHT. AND THIS YOUNG MAN, THIS WAS THE PROJECT THAT WAS SELECTED FOR THIS FIRST GRADE CLASS. I WILL TELL YOU BECAUSE IT IS A BILINGUAL CLASS. IT IS IN SPANISH. BUT I WENT AND PUT, UM WHAT YOU CALL IT?
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SUBTITLES THANK YOU PUT SUBTITLES FOR YOU SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND. AND THIS IS A CHILD WHO WAS IDENTIFIED AS GIFTED IN KINDER SO IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE ME A SECOND BECAUSE THE POWER POINT DOESN'T BRING UP THE SUBTITLES SO I NEED TO GO INTO THE WEBSITE SO IT'S JUST A SHORT VIDEO. BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GIFTED IN FORT BEND, DST.I JUST WANT YOU TO PUT A FACE TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT. NO NOTICE. SEE IT. THANK GOD IN A. LITTLE, THAT'S IT, BOMBA. NO NO MORE THIS BUTTON. MM HMM. NO MATTER IS THAT BETTER? A GREAT OH, IS THE BOY DOUBLE. THE MYSTERIOUS SUMMONS THIS THIS. MM APPEARED DOES SAY.
OKAY NO, NO MATTER TO THE DOLLAR . NOTHING GUYS HELP SHOPPING WATER. HELLO YES, DAD. KNOWS NO SUB IN QUANTUM WITH IS LIKE THIS. AND MY DONOR FAMILY, SO BUDGET. HIM TO DEATH. OR GREAT.
10 MINUTES ON KOREA. DOORS. THE OTHER MEN. MAN FLAGGED UP UP LOVELY. OH, ALTHOUGH NERVOUS.
RIGHT ON, BRO. GRANDMA OR THIRSTY. A. NO PART. THAT'S THE PROBLEM FOR ANOTHER DAY. WE'RE NOT SOLVING THAT TODAY, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T SOLVE IT. WE'RE JUST NOT, HMM. AH! THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF EXCITEMENT. RIGHT? UM. YOU SHOWED ME WHERE TO PUT IT DISPLAY. MOSQUE. HE WAS TRYING TO BE SUBTLE. UM I REALLY FELT HE WAS IN THE REPORT. OKAY? I REALLY FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PERSONALIZE WHAT GT LOOKS LIKE IN FORT BENT, BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CAMPUSES, AND SOMETIMES WE HEAR OH, IT'S DEFINITELY THIS OR WE HAVE AN IMPRESSION THAT IT LOOKS LIKE SOME SORT OF BOX THAT WE PLACE GT N. WHETHER IT'S SPORT BEND OR ITS OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE. AND THIS YOUNG MAN VERY MUCH EXEMPLIFIES WHAT GT MIGHT LOOK LIKE ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO FIRST GRADE. BILINGUAL SITUATION AND JUST BEING ASKED TO CREATE THE TASK THAT HE WAS ASKED TO DO WAS TO CREATE HIS OWN BOOK THAT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. SO IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE NUMBERS DISAPPEARING. I KNOW YOU COULDN'T SEE THE PICTURES, BUT IN THE PICTURES, HE DREW ALL OF THE SOLUTIONS. IT WAS JUST HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT AN ONIGEN WAS. SO HE SAID, THERE IS NO. NINE BUT I CAN DO THAT WITH A FOREIGN. A FIVE. SO JUST KIND OF COOL, SO I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT HIM AS WE GO THROUGH AND DO YOU GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE COMPLIANCE PIECE OR THE BACKGROUND PIECE WITH THE STATE IS REALLY ASKING US TO DO SO I WANTED TO KIND OF HAVE A START.
MAYBE WITH LOOKING AT. THE DEFINITIONS OF GIFTED AND TALENTED AND YOU SHOULD HAVE ON
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YOUR TABLE UNDER YOUR TABLE TENT , A HANDOUT THAT HAS THIS INFORMATION SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ ALL THE SMALL WORDS UP THERE, BUT I REALLY WANTED YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT. IT'S VERY INTERESTING IN THE SENSE THAT GIFTED TALENTED IS NOT JUST A TEXAS THING. IT IS A FEDERAL DESIGNATION. HOWEVER EACH STATE IS ALLOWED TO INTERPRET OR ADOPT. GIFTED SERVICES GIFTEDNESS IN THE WAY THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO SO. TEXAS IS ONE OF NOW, JUST OVER HALF OF THE UNITED STATES WHO ACTUALLY HAVE AN OFFICE FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED AT THE STATE LEVEL. IT IS AN OPTION, SO SOME STATES JUST SAY WE'RE USING THE FEDERAL DEFINITION. OTHER STATES ADOPT THEIR OWN DEFINITION AND THEN GO EVEN FURTHER LIKE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN JUST A SECOND, BUT I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE A MOMENT KIND OF LOOK AT THE TWO DEFINITIONS THAT WE HAVE THERE AND, YOU KNOW, TALK AT YOUR GROUP ABOUT WHAT DO YOU NOTICE? ARE THEY SIMILAR? ARE THERE DIFFERENCES? TAKE ABOUT A MINUTE AND THEN WE'LL DO A LITTLE TALK, AND THEN WE'LL GO ON.OKAY? SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TWO DEFINITIONS I KNOW I WALKED AROUND. I KIND OF LISTEN TO SOME OF THINGS. THE GROUPS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WHAT DO YOU FEEL IS ONE OF MAYBE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT WE SEE. THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO DEFINITIONS. I KNOW YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. YES, MA'AM. OKAY? WHAT STOOD UP STOOD OUT TO OUR GROUP WAS LET'S SEE CREATIVE. COMPARISON TO OTHERS THAT WHAT I SAW IN THE FEDERAL DEFINITION WAS IT'S PRETTY GENERAL. AS FAR AS WHAT YOU WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY THINK IT WOULD BE THAT WHEN YOU TAKE TWO STUDENTS THAT YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A SMART GROUP, BUT THIS ONE PARTICULAR STUDENT COMPARED TO THAT GROUP IS JUST DOING A WAY ABOVE AND BEYOND. SO, HMM. THAT'S WHAT WE NOTICED. OTHER THOUGHTS. ONE MORE YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED. WE POINTED OUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FEDERAL GIVING EVIDENCE VERSUS STATE ACTUALLY PERFORMING. AND INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIAL BUT
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THE FEDERAL DEFINITION ACTUALLY CALLS OUT THE NEED FOR SERVICES, WHEREAS THE STATE DEFINITION DOESN'T AND JUST SORT OF JUST DEFINES. FROM THE STATE PERSPECTIVE. WELL AND THAT KIND OF BRINGS US INTO AND I BELIEVE I HEARD IT AT ONE OF YOUR GROUPS, AND IT MAY HAVE BEEN YOUR GROUP THAT HAD DISCUSSED IT IN THE SENSE THAT THE STATE DEFINITION DOESN'T REALLY BRING UP SERVICES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A STATE PLAN OF 20 PAGES. THAT KIND OF GOES THROUGH AND DEFINES MORE ABOUT NOT ONLY THE DEFINITION, BUT IT DOES GO INTO, UM, CURRICULUM SERVICE DESIGN.THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THE STATE PLAN THAT REALLY KIND OF OUTLINE THE EXPECTATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO YEAH. SO IN LOOKING AT OR CONSIDERING OUR STATE PLAN I MENTIONED IT'S 20 PAGES. LUCKILY IT IS NOT JUST ALL WRITTEN IN PARAGRAPH FORM. THEY HAVE SOME DIFFERENT STANDARDS THAT ARE WRITTEN ON THE PAGES. BUT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS LOOKED AT BOTH THE FEDERAL DEFINITION. THE STATE DEFINITION EXAMPLE OUR PROGRAMS AND SAID, WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT AREAS? THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS GT SERVICE DESIGN AND YOU HAVE THIS SLIDE AS WELL. BUT YOU HAVE MORE RIDING ON YOURS BECAUSE I KNEW THAT LAST SLIDE HAD A LOT OF WRITING ON IT. BUT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH AND SEPARATED, DETERMINED THE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT FOR GIFTED SERVICES. SO OF COURSE, FIDELITY OF SERVICES. YOU HAVE YOUR FAMILY COMMUNITY YOU HAVE LEARNING. CURRICULUM SERVICE DESIGN AND STUDENT ASSESSMENT, SO THERE'S A LOT HERE AND LIKE I SAID, THERE'S ABOUT 20 PAGES IN TOTAL. YOU HAVE THE DEFINITIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON YOUR ON YOUR SLIDE. THAT'S THERE . AND I KNOW I'M GOING TO USE A WORD THAT I HEARD JUST A SECOND AGO. I'M BEING PURPOSELY AMBIGUOUS, INSANE THAT THERE ARE SIX DIFFERENT SECTIONS BECAUSE WHAT WE REALLY WANT YOU TO DO DURING OUR SECTORS ARE SECTION OUR SESSION TODAY. IS DIG DEEPER INTO SOME OF THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE STATE PLAN. AND RATHER THAN ME, READING SLIDES TO YOU, AS MISS HUBBARD HAD MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU KIND OF DO A JIGSAW. WE'VE DETERMINED KIND OF SPLIT THE STATE PLAN INTO THREE GROUPS TWO ASPECTS PER GROUP. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU KIND OF GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT IT. BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHEN YOU GET THE PLAN. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAN BE CONFUSING ABOUT THE PLAN ITSELF IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND SOME STANDARDS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, BUT THEN YOU'RE GOING TO FIND WHAT'S CALLED AN ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARD. AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOMETHING THAT SAYS EXEMPLARY, AND THERE'S SOMETIMES A MISCONCEPTION THAT WE HAVE TO BE EXEMPLARY IN EVERYTHING. WHAT WE DO NEED TO BE IS ACCOUNTABLE AND EVERYTHING. SO WHEN YOU ARE GOING THROUGH IN JUST A MOMENT AND LOOKING AT YOUR STANDARDS, ACCOUNTABILITY IS SOMETHING THAT WE MUST DO, ACCORDING TO THE STATE LAW. OR STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULE. SO WE MUST BE IN. WE MUST DO EVERYTHING THAT'S ACCOUNTABLE. THE THINGS THAT ARE NEXT TO IT, THAT'S EXEMPLARY.
THE STATE USES THE WORD VIABLE TARGETS, MEANING THESE ARE SOME THINGS TO SHOOT FOR. IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT AREAS WHERE YOU CAN BE EXEMPLARY, ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THE STATE PLAN IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STANDARDS AND YOU'LL SEE THEM IN JUST A MOMENT. IF YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE PLAN BEFORE. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT AN ACCOUNTABLE STANDARD, THERE'S NOT ALWAYS AN EXEMPLARY VERSION. ADDITIONALLY THERE'S SOME EXEMPLARY THINGS THAT THERE'S NOT AN ACCOUNTABLE STANDARD FOR. SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH AND YOU SAY, OKAY, HOW DO WE SCORE ON THIS? IT ISN'T REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE SCORE. WE LOOK AND SAY, WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE FOR EVERYTHING. AND IN THESE AREAS, THIS STANDARD WE HAVE CHOSEN TO BE OR ARE. WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS AN EXEMPLARY SO IF I WERE IN YOUR SHOES DIDN'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE STATE PLAN. I'D BE LOOKING. WHAT DO WE GOT TO DO TO BE ACCOUNTABLE? AND ARE WE DOING THAT? WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT THAT? BUT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW, STANDING IN OUR SHOES AS A GIFTED DEPARTMENT WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS EXEMPLARY. WHERE CAN WE WORK TO BE EXEMPLARY. NOW AS YOU GO THROUGH, YOU MIGHT FIND SOME AND THEY MAY NOT BE SOME EXEMPLARY STANDARDS MAY NOT BE A PRIORITY FOR US AT THE MOMENT, BUT THEY MIGHT BE COMING . BUT I'M JUST KIND OF MENTIONING WHERE WE ARE WHEN YOU GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT IT. SO THE MAJORITY OF OUR TIME. WE WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH AND DO THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. WE'RE GOING TO DO KIND OF A JIGSAW. YOU DO HAVE A FACILITATOR AT YOUR TABLE FROM ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS
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GOING TO KIND OF HELP WALK YOU THROUGH FACILITATE YOUR DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE STATE PLAN. WE PURPOSELY KEPT OUR GT DEPARTMENT PEOPLE. KIND OF OUT OF THE GROUPS BECAUSE THIS IS OUR PASSION. AND IF YOU START TALKING TO US, WE MIGHT WANT TO SAY DISTRACT YOU, BUT WE MIGHT FOCUS ON SOMETHING BECAUSE WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET TO SPEAK AND PROCESS AND USE THIS TIME FOR YOURSELVES. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN JUST A MOMENT. WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS. YOU LOOK UP ON THE BOARD ONE OF THE TWO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW WE HAVE DIVIDED THE STATE PLAN BECAUSE THERE ARE SIX DIFFERENT, UM, ASPECTS OF SERVICE. DEPENDS ON WHICH GROUP YOU'RE IN. YOU'LL KIND OF BE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT SECTION.WHEN YOU GO INTO YOUR GROUPS, AND WE START WORKING, THE FIRST THING YOU'LL BE DOING FOR A PROTOCOL IS YOU'LL BE BASICALLY LOOKING THROUGH THE INFORMATION ON YOUR OWN. SOME OF YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PLAN. YOU MIGHT BE FOCUSING ON A CERTAIN AREA WITHIN YOUR SECTION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, BUT YOU'RE JUST GOING TO KIND OF GO THROUGH. GET A FEEL OF IT ON YOUR OWN. I HAVE A TIME. WE'RE ALL SAID AND EVERYTHING. IT'LL BE ALL OFFICIAL. THEN YOU'RE GOING TO KIND OF SHARE AS A GROUP, YOUR SMALL GROUP, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO WHOLE GROUP. SO THERE'S REALLY TWO QUESTIONS YOU'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON WHEN YOU WORK ON THIS PROCESS. THE FIRST QUESTION WILL BE WHAT OVERARCHING IDEAS ARE YOU SEEING IN THIS SECTION? AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO LOOK FOR. OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW IF IT'S FIDELITY OF SERVICES, THAT'S GOING TO BE AN OVERARCHING IDEA, BUT WITHIN THAT WHAT DO WE REALLY THINK WAS THE GOAL OF THE TEAM OR COMMITTEE THAT DESIGNED THAT PART OF THE STATE PLANTS? SO WHAT? OPRAH OVERARCHING IDEAS DO YOU HAVE ALSO THINK ABOUT? I'M JUST GONNA DO THIS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEY ARE. UM ONCE YOU'VE DONE THAT WE ALSO CHALLENGE YOU TO JOT DOWN ON SOME POST. IT NOTES ANY QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT COME TO MIND? AS YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS IT MIGHT BE. I MEAN, YOU MAY HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE ADDRESS THIS IN FORT BEND. IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WHERE YOU'RE ASKING. UM YOU KNOW WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN A CLASSROOM. WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. YOU'RE NOT LIMITED TO THOSE. WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE JOT THEM DOWN, AND THAT'S WHEN UH UH , ME AND MY TEAM WILL BE WILL BE RUNNING AROUND PICKING UP QUESTIONS. BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT GT AND FORT BEND AT THE VERY END OF OUR SESSION, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND SAY THESE ARE THE ONES WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO PUT TOGETHER SOME THINGS THAT WE MAY NOT GET TO, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET SOME ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS, RIGHT. SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ABOUT IT WILL BE FOUR MINUTES.
FOUR MINUTES FOR YOU TO KIND OF LOOK OVER YOUR SECTION AND THOSE WERE YOUR QUESTIONS. WHAT OVERARCHING IDEAS ARE YOU SEEING? THAT'S WHAT TO THINK ABOUT HOW WOULD THEY CONTRIBUTE TO EQUALITY PROGRAM AND THEN ANY QUESTIONS? SO THIS IS THE INDIVIDUAL PART? ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MINUTES. I'VE BEEN TAUGHT HOW TO USE THE TIMER ON THE BOARD. SO I'M GOING TO GO UP AND PUT THE TIMER ON. IT WAS VERY IT WAS VERY EXCITING FOR YOU FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT THE TIMER ON AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE GROUP.
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OKAY? HMM HMM. HMM. HMM, HMM, HMM HMM. HMM. MR MALONE, CAN YOU HEAR US?[00:30:20]
ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR US? MR MALONE? YES, I CAN HEAR YOU. YES HELLO? HELLO ME? YES THERE YOU ARE. YES YOU ARE WITH YOUR GROUP NOW. OKAY YES. YOU ALREADY DO THIS. THAT'S SO YOU WANT A COUPLE I DON'T WANT TO PUT MY MONEY. YES I'M LOOKING AT THAT. YEAH. HAD ANOTHER MINUTE AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST. EXCITED. SHOULDN'T BE. I MEAN, WHAT THE HELL BEING HONEST? STICKING OUT PERSON IN THE RED ALL OVER. NOTHING PERSONAL. FINE REALIZED SITUATIONS CHANGE. WE CAN START DISCUSSING. SO WHAT ARE SOME OVERARCHING IDEAS DID YOU NOTICE LIKE, UM OKAY? CREDENTIALS. TWO CREDENTIALS AND PD ARE REQUIRED. FOR STAFF. BUT TEACHING STAFF AND THE DIFFERENT THING LEADERS. THIS IS REQUIRED. WE DO? YEAH EXTRA ICING THE CAKE AND YOU THAT REPORT WE GOTTA YOU GOTTA MAKE THE CAKE. BUT YOU HAVE TO DO IS WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THIS CAKE HAS TO BE REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS BECAUSE THERE'S NO BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING THERE'S NO THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE WELL THAT WE SUBMIT THAT THAT'S THE COMMUNITY HOLDS THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTABLE. FOR MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE DOWN. YOU KNOW THE REQUIREMENTS. WELL THERE MIGHT BE THAT NOBODY FINDS UP ON THAT. BUT THE LIKE NO PARENTS, NO, SO WE CAN SO WE DO HAVE THE BOTTLE ONE SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT PIECE, TOO. IF THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING. SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THEM COULD ASK THAT THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, ARE WE? WE SUBJECT TO SUBMITTING. HOW WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE RIGHT ON THE FAMILY COMMUNITY ONE OR ALL OF IT. ALL OF IT, OKAY. THE ACCOUNTABILITY TOLD HIM. YOU NEED TO RUN IT DOWN RIGHT NOW. SUBJECT TO YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. AND THERE WERE SEVEN WELL, ANYWAY, SOME OTHER IDEAS OUR HOUSE AND THEN WE CAN ALSO MOVE ON TO LIKE, HOW DO HOW WOULD THESE IDEAS CONTRIBUTE TO OUR QUALITY GT CLIP? OH, ALSO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, AND I KNOW I'M NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTION. YOU JUST GAVE ME THAT'S FINE, THEN GOING BACK TO THE STATE IS SAYING CREDENTIALS MATTER. AND THE P D TO SUPPORT THE YOU KNOW, I MEAN, NOT CREDENTIALS, BUT THE CREDENTIALS SAYING THAT I HAVE THE 30 HOURS AT MINIMUM, RIGHT? SO MY QUESTION IS. HOW ARE WE TRACKING THOSE HOURS FOR ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND ALL OF OUR STAFF TO LEAD OR ARE INVOLVED IN . DID YOU WRITE IT DOWN AND YOU NEED TO READ THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT ONE. AND THEN BECAUSE HE DIDN'T PRISONS STRATEGIC OFFICE STILL SUCH A HUGE THING AND THEY ARE DIRECTLY THEY WOULD BE COME TO ME CONSIDERED DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH G T P D FOR THE PURPOSE OF CAMPUS LEARNING LOCKS. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE CALLED BECAUSE THEY DON'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. BURNING OFF, HMM. BEFORE ACCOUNTABLE. YES YOU ARE PRINTERS. WE SUBMIT OUR PLAN. THE COUNTRY AND.[00:35:08]
TROUBLE AND THAT THERE IS MELISSA. AND LEARNING THE BOX. OH, MY GOD. HE WASN'T AND THEN ADDED TO THAT IS NO. YEAH DO WE KNOW WHO THE GT KIDSBOOKS AND LEARNING ONES. I KNOW OUR TIME OR STAND UP. SO WE HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS. I ALWAYS STARTED WITH ABOUT 30 SECONDS. PLEASE KNOW AT THE END OF 30 SECONDS. EACH GROUP HAS A SPOKESMAN AND THEY'RE GONNA FIND A SHARE WITH MISS MALONE. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING TO ADD? SO IF YOU HAVE A STAR BY YOUR NAME, IT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY YOU CAN PUT THEM IN THE CHAT IF YOU DO.NPD MHM NATIONAL ARENA NEVER STARTED FUTURE THINGS DOWN THERE. WHAT THE LEARNING WANTS.
YEAH ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT CAMPUS SUPPORT THAT COMES OUT OF THE LEARNING ONE COACHING TEAMS. I LOVE YOU. HUMANITY BEFORE THAT THE QUESTIONS ARE COMING AT THE LAST MINUTE, OKAY? ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA LIKE? TALK ABOUT WHEN YOU ARE A SPOKESPERSON FOR AND FAMILY COMMUNITY. MAKE SURE WE HIGHLIGHT. WHEN WE SAY A FOOD AND THEN ARE HOW THE DESIGN IDEAS DEVELOP UPON PROGRAMMING.
HEART STARTS ON THE BOTTOM HERE, SO TALKING POINTS. BECAUSE IT'S NOTHING. ANYWAY. H SEPARATION.
FOUR PRIMERS THAT YOU CAN SEE THEMSELVES LOOKING UP HERE. ANOTHER QUESTION ARE KNOWN. I GUESS I'M GONNA MEET ME BACK ON THE LAPTOP. THIS BALLOON BUT YOU WERE FREE TO TALK IN THE BOARDROOM IN JUST A SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU.
YES. JUST BECAUSE I KNOW AS ONE OF OUR GROUPS MAYBE TALKS ABOUT ONE OF THE AREAS OF THE STATE PLAN. YOU MIGHT BE CURIOUS ABOUT. WHAT THEY'RE REFERRING TO. SO YOU SHOULD NOW HAVE YOUR SECTION AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ENTIRE STATE PLAN. THE STANDARDS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN 20 PAGES, BUT I BELIEVE THE WHOLE THING IS ABOUT 27 OR 28 PAGES, SO WE'LL START WITH GROUP ONE. IF YOU WANT TO KIND OF TALK TO. THEY WALKED IN BY THE WAY, AND SAID THAT THEY WERE THE BEST GROUP WHEN THEY WALKED IN. I HATE TO TELL THE REST OF YOU ALL THAT, BUT THEY WERE VERY PROUD OF BEING GROUP ONE. SO IF YOU WANT TO KIND OF GIVE US AN OVERVIEW ON UM, YOUR SECTION. SAUDI OVERVIEW IN OUR SECTION WE START TALKING ABOUT IMMEDIATELY THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVALUATION SO
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AND LOOKING AT THE FIDELITY OF SERVICES. IT WAS A MATTER OF LOOKING AT THAT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ASSESSMENTS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EVALUATIONS WHICH KEEP US ON TRACK. UM PARENT NOTIFICATION AND THE STUDENT IS THAT PROCESS EVALUATION EVALUATION OF THE PROCESS AND EVALUATION OF STUDENTS AT THE SAME TIME. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? THIS DAY. NO YOU NAILED IT, OKAY? ALRIGHT HOW ABOUT GROUP TOO? OUR. UM SERVICE DESIGN SERVICE DESIGN AND SOME OF THE OVERARCHING IDEAS. RELATED TO AND I JUST HIGHLIGHTED IT AS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE UH, JUST NOT LIMITED TO THE CLASSROOM, BUT ALSO LIMITED TO OTHER AREAS, AND IT'S JUST NOT ALWAYS ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT COLLABORATIVE GROUPING. OF STUDENTS AND GIVING AND PROVIDING THEM THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM. I WOULD SAY, DEVELOP AND GROW AND CONTINUE TO LEARN THAT MEETS THEIR SPECIFIC ARTISTIC, CREATIVE OR INTELLECTUAL. NEED UM, ALSO, WE ALSO DISCUSSED THAT FLEXIBLE OPPORTUNITY AND THAT PACING AND PACING IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE, UM, BASICALLY, IT ALLOWS, UH, FOR ADJUSTMENT FOR STUDENT LEARNING SO THAT STUDENTS CAN BE PROVIDED THE OPTIMAL TEACHING AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL ASSIST THEM IN THE CLASSROOM AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM, SO THAT'S WHAT THIS GROUP TOO. THREE. SO WE HAD PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND FAMILY COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. AND. IN REGARDS TO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. WE TALKED ABOUT JUST THE REQUIREMENTS AROUND BEING CERTIFIED TO OFFER GT OR TO BE ABLE TO TEACH THOSE STUDENTS, IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S REQUIRED FOR CONTINUAL ONGOING LEARNING. AND IT'S NOT SO MUCH WHAT'S REQUIRED. BUT WHERE DO WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY AND THE QUANTITY OF THE TRAINING? I THINK SOMETIMES WE YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT IT JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'RE RECEIVING. THE INFORMATION ON YOUR UPDATES IS NOT JUST HOW MUCH YOU'RE GETTING HOURS. I'M GETTING HOURS. IT'S THE QUALITY, MAKING SURE THAT THE TEACHERS HAVE ACCESS TO JUST THE BEST TRAINING THAT WE CAN FIND WE CAN OFFER AND THEN WHEN WE GO AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FAMILY COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, WE WE'VE DISCUSSED. HOW ARE WE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE FAMILY TO THE COMMUNITY TO THE PARENTS? WE HAVE A PLAN THAT THIS IS A PLAN GETS SUBMITTED TO THE FAMILY AS THERE ANY INPUT FROM THE FAMILIES PERSPECTIVELY ANY SORT OF SIGN OFF FROM FROM FAMILY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THAT HIGHLIGHTED THE KEY POINTS FROM OUR CONVERSATIONS.AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SUBMITTED SOME QUESTIONS, AND WE KIND OF HAVE SEPARATED THE QUESTIONS INTO SOME DIFFERENT AREAS UP THERE BECAUSE I'M HOPING WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING OFFERED HERE IN FORT BEND TO ADDRESS THESE DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR STATE PLAN. SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I WANTED TO MENTION BEFORE WE GO INTO JUST SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT WE'RE OFFERING AS PART OF OUR SERVICES. ONE OF THE THINGS IN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FALL OF 2019. THE GT DEPARTMENT WENT THROUGH THE STATE PLAN THAT YOU SEE WAS ACTUALLY REVISED. UM AND WE WENT THROUGH THE STATE PLAN AND LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING ALL OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS. AND AT THAT TIME 2019. I BELIEVE THERE ARE FOUR OR FIVE THAT WE WERE NOT MEETING WITH FIDELITY. NOW THAT BEING SAID OVER THE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, SO IT WAS FROM 2019. IT BECAME PART OF OUR DEPARTMENT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, IT ACTUALLY BECAME PART OF THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN. TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SERVICES WERE BROUGHT INTO THE ACCOUNTABLE LEVEL, SO BY THE WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SPRING OF 2021? WE WERE MEETING ALL OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS, SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO START WITH THAT THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID WAS KIND OF GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY WERE DOING EVERYTHING. IN THE INTENT OF THE STATE PLAN.
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NOW THAT BEING SAID THERE ARE SOME OTHERS AND JUST A SECOND, I'M GOING TO PUT SOME SLIDES UP FOR YOU KIND OF POINT OUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. THERE'S SOME OTHER AREAS WHERE WE ARE EXEMPLARY AND AS WELL THERE'S SOME YET OTHER AREAS CATEGORIES THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS EXEMPLARY. I KNOW THAT IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN 2 TO 3 WEEKS AGO. THANKSGIVING HAS KIND OF MESSED WITH MY TIMING. UM WHERE WE SUBMITTED, THE GT DEPARTMENT SUBMITTED OUR FIVE YEAR TASK MAPS TO YOU. AND IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT A 23 PAGE DOCUMENT, AND IT SHOWED YOU EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE 2019 AND THEN ACTUALLY, ALMOST SEVEN YEARS INTO THE FUTURE AND HAVING LOOKED AT THE PLAN. IF THIS PLAN THE STATE PLAN IF YOU GO AND COMPARE TO OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN, YOU WILL SEE THREADS OF THE EXEMPLARY ITEMS HERE. MOVED INTO OUR STATE PLAN, SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO GO THROUGH AND LET YOU TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. SO WHEN IT COMES TO PROGRAMMING, AND I KNOW THAT'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF ON ONE LITTLE SLIDE OVER THERE. THAT'S JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE ARE OFFERING FOR PROGRAMMING AT ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE SEEING. THERE ARE KIND OF NEW. SO IF YOU'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT WHILE YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS PAST SUMMER UM, WE PILOTED OUR GT SUMMER CAMPS AND WE PLAN TO BRING THOSE BACK THIS SUMMER AND THEY'RE JUST GOING TO GROW. WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THEM TO GROW OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, SIX YEARS SO THAT WE WILL OFFER SUMMER CAMPS K THROUGH 12. SO THAT'S SOMETHING NEW. THAT KIND OF CAME UP AS INTEREST. SO WE'VE ADDED THAT THIS KIND OF A NEW THING WE'VE DONE. WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING AND SECONDARY. MOST DISTRICTS IN THE STATE SERVED GT STUDENTS IN SECONDARY THROUGH A C AND A P COURSES WE DO AS WELL THE FOUR CONTIN AREAS, BUT WE ARE ADDING MORE SUPPORTS SECONDARY. YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE GT ADVISORIES AND SECONDARY, SO WE ARE WORKING WITH CAMPUSES TO PUT OUR GIFTED CHILDREN TOGETHER. THAT HELPS WITH SCL LESSONS THAT HELPS WITH SOME OF OUR SCHEDULING. IT ALLOWS THEM TO BE TOGETHER JUST AS A PURE GT GROUP. SOMETIMES THROUGHOUT THEIR WEEK TO PAINT ON THE CAMPUS. SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE THERE YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW, BUT THOSE ARE KIND OF TWO NEW HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE HAVE IN PROGRAMMING FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. THE STATE DOES REQUIRE. I THINK EVERYBODY'S OH, WE NEED TO GET OUR 30 HOURS. THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT 30 HOURS OR 30 HOURS ARE REQUIRED JUST ONCE. NOW THAT BEING SAID IF THE STATE HAS DETERMINED WHAT THE 30 HOURS SHOULD BE. THEY SAY YOU NEED SIX HOURS HERE. SIX HOURS HERE, ETCETERA. UM WE DO SOMETIMES HAVE TEACHERS THAT COME IN WITH 30 HOURS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS. WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ALIGNS WITH OURS SO THAT WHEN THE TEACHERS ARE GOING IN, THEY ARE READY AS THE OTHER TEACHERS WITH THEIR 30 HOURS. TO DO THAT, SO THAT'S JUST A ONE TIME THING. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR SIX HOUR UPDATE ANNUALLY. ONE OF THE COOL THINGS. I THINK IT'S COOL. WE STARTED DOING ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, OUR SIX HOUR UPDATE WE ARE BEGINNING OR SIX YEARS AGO. FIVE YEARS AGO, WE BEGAN TO OFFER IT INTERNALLY ONLY AND THAT MAY SOUND SOMEWHAT RESTRICTIVE. BUT THE REASON WE'VE DONE THAT IS SO THAT WE KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR TEACHERS THAT WORK WITH OUR GIFTED STUDENTS HAVE THE SAME BASIS OF TRAINING. BECAUSE WE WERE FINDING THAT PEOPLE HAD DIFFERENT BITS OF INFORMATION, AND WE WANT TO KIND OF PULL THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME SORT OF CONSISTENCY. SO YOUR SIX HOUR UPDATE IS ONCE PER YEAR, BUT WE HAVE OFFERED THAT INTERNALLY TO GET THAT BASIS OF INFORMATION. YOU'RE 30 HOURS. ONE TIME. UM JUST BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES TO START OUR GIFTED INSTRUCTION. WE ALSO HAVE IDENTIFICATION. I KNOW THAT IF YOU LOOKED AT THAT PART OF THE STATE PLAN, JUST SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS TO BE AWARE OF THAT ARE KINDER SERVICES DO START ON MARCH 1ST. SO OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE TESTED THIS FALLING KINDER WE WILL HAVE THE IDENTIFICATION READY SO THEIR SERVICES CAN BEGIN ON MARCH 1ST. THAT'S PART OF THE STATE PLAN.WE ALSO DO A UNIVERSAL SCREENER. WE STARTED THAT ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NOT ALL OF THE DISTRICTS DO, BUT IT DOES HELP US WORK TOWARDS BEING EXEMPLARY BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT AS A DISTRICT WE LOOK AT EVERY CHILD AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR CAREER HERE IF THEY'RE ON A TITLE, ONE CAMPUS BY THE WAY, WE LOOK AT THEM MORE THAN ONCE WE LOOK AT THEM IN KINDER AND SECOND, BUT WE AT LEAST SCREEN ALL OF OUR CHILDREN ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. WE DO HAVE WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE SOMETHING CALLED THE GT APP. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS BUILT BY OUR TECHNOLOGY FOLKS HERE AND IT MANAGES A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT MANAGES REFERRALS. IT MANAGES APPEALS. IT CREATES THE GT PROFILES. IT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. BUT THEN
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IT'S ALSO HELPFUL FOR PARENTS BECAUSE THEY DON'T THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHO TO CONTACT YOU GO INTO THE GT APP THAT HELPS YOU WITH ALL OF THAT DIFFERENT PAPERWORK PIECE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT I THINK PROBABLY THE DEPARTMENT COULD SAY TO THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IS OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTS. IT WAS A PRIORITY FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, STARTING THE FALL OF 2019 TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS. BECAUSE AT THE TIME, PROBABLY 2019 JUST BEFORE COVID. UM I DON'T THINK THAT OUR COMMUNITY ALWAYS KNEW WHO TO ASK WHERE TO ASK QUESTIONS. WHO TO CONTACT? WHAT INFORMATION WAS OUT THERE ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE GT DEPARTMENT. AND IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF OUR SLIDES A COMMUNITY SUPPORTS IS OUR BIGGEST SLIDE.WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE GT PACK PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THEY HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES AND THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES ARE WORKING TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY. IN FACT, THIS SATURDAY, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE DOING A COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT. THEY PUT IT OUT TO ALL THE GIFTED PARENTS FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO COME DO SOME COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ETCETERA NEXT SATURDAY AT THIS SATURDAY NEXT SATURDAY, OUR FAMILY EVENTS SUBCOMMITTEE IS DOING A GAME DAY , SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN BRING GAMES HAVE LOTS OF FUN, KIND OF INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. AND THEN OUR PARENT RESOURCES. THEY'RE WORKING ON SOME THINGS FOR OUR WEBSITE. BUT IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE THERE, WOULD YOU MIND PASSING OUT? THERE'S A PIECE OF PAPER THERE'S SOME QR CODES. OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HERE, THE ONE THAT YOU RECEIVE IS THE GT QUARTERLY REPORT. SO THE 15TH FOLLOWING EACH QUARTER WE SEND OUT A REPORT TO OUR PARENTS AND YOU THAT TELLS YOU ALL OF THE WORK OF THE PACK ALL OF THE WORK ON OUR INITIATIVES AS WELL AS UM, WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON ALL OF OUR WORK STREAMS THAT WE HAVE WORKING TOWARDS EXEMPLARY IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS. THE REST OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE UP HERE. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW WE HAVE AVAILABLE. SO IN FRONT OF YOU HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF QR CODES. THEY WILL TAKE YOU TO A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT RESOURCES BUT ON A MONTHLY BASIS ON THE FIRST OF EVERY MONTH, A GT NEWSLETTER IS SENT TO ALL OF OUR PARENTS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE. THAT GOES ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH ON THE 15TH AT THE 15TH SORRY ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH, EXCEPT DECEMBER BECAUSE IT FALLS SO CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS. WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED AN INFORMATION DOWNLOAD FROM 630 TO 7. THIS IS OPEN TO ALL PARENTS. IT'S A WEBINAR HELD THROUGH REGION FOR HOST IT, BUT WE PROVIDE INFORMATION ON UPDATES OF WHAT'S GOING ON THIS MONTH. EVERYTHING THE DEPARTMENTS WORKING ON ALL OF OUR WORK STREAMS THAT'S OPEN TO ANYBODY FROM 63 TO 7 AND THEN FROM 7 TO 815. GT PACKED MEATS THEN, LIKE I SAID, EVERY QUARTER WE HAVE OUR QUARTERLY REPORT. IT WAS OUR GOAL WAS OUR DEPARTMENT GOAL FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS THAT A PARENT WOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW, AT LEAST IF SOMEONE FROM THE COMMUNITY REALLY WOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW AT LEAST TWO PLACES TO GO TO FIND THE ANSWER TO ANY QUESTION. OUR GT WEBSITE HAS BEEN BUILT OUT TO ASSIST IN THAT WAY AS WELL. SO THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PIECES FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. WE NOW ARE KEEPING THIS IN PLACE AND MOVING FORWARD. KIND OF INTO THIS UPCOMING YEAR. OUR COMMUNICATION , PEACE, KEEPING OUR COMMUNICATION WITH OUR PARENTS, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO WORK TOWARDS WHAT'S IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER. WE WANT TO WORK ON OUR DISTRICT TEACHER COMMUNICATIONS, MEANING AS MANY SUPPORTS, AS WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO BEGIN MAKING THAT MANY SUPPORTS FOR OUR TEACHERS. WE DO HAVE OUR CHAMPIONS OF GIFTED SERVICES ARE COGS. THERE ARE LIAISON AND EVERY CAMPUS AND THEY HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN BEGINNING THAT PIECE OF COMMUNICATION. WE RECEIVED A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK THAT THE TEACHERS WOULD LIKE MORE SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES FOR THIS YEAR IS TO PUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF COMMUNICATION EFFORT THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST FOR COMMUNITY. INTO TEACHERS, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THIS YEAR AND WE DO HAVE OUR INNOVATION. OUR WE HAD OUR TPS P. THAT WAS THE VIDEO YOU SAW EARLIER. THAT'S A STATE PROJECT. THE STATE PLAN DOES REQUIRE ADVANCED PRODUCTS. INNOVATION OUR IS A STUDENT CENTERED ALTERNATIVE. DID T PSP RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 23 CAMPUSES THAT ARE PILOTING MANY OF THEM GRADES TWO THROUGH FIVE. WE'RE HOPING TO EXPAND THAT TO MORE CAMPUSES FOR NEXT YEAR. EVERY YEAR, WE HOPE TO ADD A FEW MORE SUMMER CAMP EXPANSION IS ANOTHER BIG PRIORITY. WE PILOTED IT LAST YEAR, WITH JUST ONE CAMP OFFERED TWICE. THIS YEAR. WE'RE DOUBLING THAT SO WE'LL HAVE TO CAMPS
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OFFERED TWICE. WE'LL KEEP GOING, SO THAT'S A BIG THING. I'M TRYING TO THINK, UM IF I MENTIONED ANOTHER ONE JUSTICE IS OUR PROGRAM THAT WE USE AT OUR TITLE ONE CAMPUSES TO DEVELOP OR TO IDENTIFY CHILDREN WHO HAVE POTENTIAL. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS MR. I BELIEVE THAT YOU MENTIONED INTER TABLE ABOUT THE DEFINITION AND TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL. WHEN WHERE IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL AT SOME OF OUR TITLE ONE CAMPUSES. WE HAVE A SPECIFIC PROGRAM WITH CURRICULUM TO HELP DEVELOP THAT POTENTIAL. THAT'S OUR BUSINESS PROGRAM AND WE ARE WORKING ON LAST YEAR WE WENT THROUGH AND EVALUATED THE PROGRAM THIS YEAR. WE ARE WORKING AND PUTTING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES IN PLACE , AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS. AND I ANSWERED IN THAT LAST PACKET FOR YOU. SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIG PRIORITIES THIS YEAR. WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON OUR APPEALS PROCESS. I MENTIONED THAT JUST BECAUSE IT'S PART OF WHAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE. BUT WE HAD RECENTLY KIND OF UH, CHANGED OUR APPEALS PROCESS A LITTLE BIT TO TRY TO MAKE IT MORE STREAMLINED IN DOING THAT. ANYTIME YOU MAKE A CHANGE, YOU NEED TO GO THROUGH AND EVALUATE THE CHANGE. SEE IF IT'S DOING WHAT YOU REALLY WANTED TO DO. AND IF IT'S PROCESSING WELL, SO IT'S KIND OF OUR NEXT BIG PIECE THAT'S COMING IN FOR OUR APPEALS PROCESS. SO IT KIND OF LETS, YOU KNOW. I KNOW HE DID IT QUICKLY IN THE LAST BIT, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, AND THEN SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE COMING UP. SO I'M LOOKING AT OUR CLOCK. AND I'VE. I'LL LET YOU MAKE THE DECISION. SO THIS IS THE KIND OF THE END OF OUR CONTENT. UM, AND OUR TRAINING. WE DO HOPE THAT THIS OPPORTUNITY GAVE YOU SOME INSIGHT INTO WHAT'S REQUIRED FROM THE STATE. UM GAVE YOU SOME PROCESSING TIME FOR THE COMPONENTS OF THAT STATE PLAN TO FAMILIARIZE YOU WITH IT. BUT ALSO GAVE YOU SOME INSIGHT INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL TWO. NOT ONLY BE COMPLIANT, BUT THEN TO SAY, HOW CAN WE BE EXEMPLARY AND PRIORITIZING SOME OF THOSE PIECES? SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.I THINK WE ADDRESSED THROUGH TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT AND SOME OF YOU. WE LEFT SOME QUESTIONS OVER THERE SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THEM AND PROCESS THEM AS A DEPARTMENT AND THEN WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AFTER THIS MEETING, WITH SOME RESPONSES TO THOSE QUESTIONS, SO I DO HOPE THAT THIS WAS SOME MEANING. IT WAS INTENDED TO BE A TRAINING. TO BUILD OUR COLLECTIVE CAPACITY AND UNDERSTANDING THE GT PROGRAMMING AND THE G D PLAN. DR LAWSON. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? NO AGAIN. I WANT TO THANK THE TEAM FOR COMING TONIGHT AND ALSO FOR BOARD MEMBERS FOR BEING SO ENGAGED IN THIS IMPORTANT WORK. WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO WORK IN THE AREA OF GIFTED STUDENTS PUT IT. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. DO YOU
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