Meetings

August 3, 2010 – Renton School District

Meeting Documents and Presentations

• Agenda (PDF)
• Chapter 28A.185 RCW
• Chapter 392-170 WAC
• Highly Capable Program and Basic Education (PDF) – Susan Mielke and Barbara McClain
• A Means, Not an End (PDF) – Mary Ruth Coleman

Pre-Reading Materials

• 2006-07 HCP Annual Report (PDF)
• Senate Committee Services HCP Students Report (PDF)
• Identifying Gifted Students from Underrepresented Populations
• NAGC Position Statement: The Role of Assessments in the Identification of Gifted Students
• How Does One Identify the Learning Disabled Gifted?
• Twice Exceptional
• Twice-Exceptional Students Gifted Students with Disabilities, Level 1: An Introductory Resource Book (PDF)
• GT – Minority Identification (December 2003)
• ED321485 1990-00-00 Meeting the Needs of Gifted and Talented Minority Language Students. ERIC Digest #E480 (PDF)
• ED409660 1997-07-00 Underachievement among Gifted Minority Students: Problems and Promises. ERIC Digest E544 (PDF)
• The Identification of Students Who are Gifted
• NAGC Student Identification Resources
• NAGC Twice-Exceptional (Gifted with Special Needs)
• Gifted Education Specialty Endorsement (PDF)
  
  

September 16, 2010 – Renton School District

Meeting Documents

• Agenda (PDF)
• Lessons Learned from Evaluating Programs for the Gifted - Carolyn M. Callahan
• Funding for the Highly Capable Program - Andrea Cobb

Pre-Reading Materials

• Developing a Plan for Evaluating a Program in Gifted Education – Carolyn M. Callahan (PDF, 13 pages)
• State Policies in Gifted Education – Joyce VanTassel-Baska (PDF, 14 pages)
• Asking the Right Questions: The Central Issue in Evaluating Programs for the Gifted and Talented – Carolyn M. Callahan (PDF, 12 pages)
• A Practitioner’s Guide to Evaluating Programs for the Gifted – Carolyn M. Callahan and Michael S. Caldwell (PDF, 4 pages)
• NAGC 2010 Pre-K-Grade 12 Gifted Programming Standards
• 2008-2009 State of the State Report (PDF, 293 pages)
• Addressing Under-representation of Student Populations in Gifted Programs (PDF, 30 pages)
• Gifted Education Opportunities (173 pages, review pages 1-10)
  
  

October 26-27, 2010 – Renton School District

Meeting Documents

• Agenda (PDF)
• Best Practices in Programming Services for Learners With Gifts and Talents - Karen B. Rogers (PDF)
• NAGC – CEC Teacher Knowledge & Skill Standards for Gifted and Talented Education (PDF)

Pre-Reading Materials

• Preparing the Next Generation of Stem Innovators: Identifying and Developing our Nation's Human Capital (pgs 15-25) - National Science Foundation
• Washington State Policy on Acceleration
• Guidelines for Developing an Academic Acceleration Policy (PDF)
• Davidson Institute: State Gifted Policy Site
• Summary of Identification Issues - Mary Ruth Coleman (PDF)
• Colorado Gifted Program (PDF, 6 Pages)
• Maryland Gifted & Talented Education (PDF, 4 Pages)
• Virginia Highly Capable Program (PDF, 5 Pages)
• Ohio Gifted Program (PDF, 3 Pages)
• Davidson Institute
• Lessons Learned About Educating the Gifted and Talents: A Synthesis of the Research on Educational Practice - Karen B. Rogers (PDF, 17 Pages)

November 10, 2010 – K-20 Video Conference

• Highly Capable Program Technical Working Group Recommendations (PDF, 118 pages)
• Report to the Washington State Legislature and Quality Education Council