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November 30, 3:30 to 4:30 pm
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3607256171
Virtual Office Hour is an open meeting/forum for educators working with K–12 HiCap students. This is an opportunity for HiCap coordinators, teachers, and administrators to share ideas, and many of you have connected through previous Office Hours.
New and returning HiCap coordinators and other educators are encouraged to join with questions about form packages, reporting requirements, identification, program operation, or any other topics about services for HiCap students.
We want to hear your ideas! Please complete this brief survey on ideas for topics in upcoming Office Hours.
Collection of HiCap Referral Data
Some districts collect information about the original source of referrals for HiCap consideration. Districts that conduct universal screening may rely on that process to cast a wide net. Districts that provide indicators of HiCap learners can engage and inform educators about what to look for in the classroom. These are just two examples of ways to evaluate and improve your identification process to be more inclusive of diverse students.
Starting with the 2021–22 school year, districts must report how a student who is identified as needing HiCap services was initially referred to the program. In October, CEDARS Data Manual and Reporting Guidance was updated to clarify this process.
This data collection will assist districts to evaluate their identification process as required by RCW 28A.185.050 and WAC 392-170. OSPI will incorporate this data in display that districts can access through OSPI’s Tableau Server in the Education Data System (EDS).
During the 2021–22 school year HiCap Office Hours, district folks will share how they use referral data to ensure they are reaching out to diverse and low-income students.
A Professional Learning Community is a small group that meets weekly to talk about student learning in a structured way. The structure consists of four “essential questions,” Executive Director of Curriculum Ann Valanzuolo said.
What do we want students to learn, how will we know if they learned it, what will we do for those who haven’t learned it and what will we do with the students who have learned it? (emphasis added).
Read the full article here.
The World of 7 Billion student video contest is a wonderful opportunity for middle and high school gifted learners to explore technology and utilize their creativity.
The contest challenges students to create a short video connecting world population growth to one of three global challenges: Agriculture & Food, Ocean Health, or Urbanization. Over 80 cash prizes will be awarded, and participating teachers will receive free curriculum resources. Many teachers successfully assign the contest as a fun and meaningful small-group project. Use the provided lesson plan and give students the scaffolded Video Project Organizer to optimize student learning. Videos are being accepted now through February 22, 2022, and are accepted on a rolling basis
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Meet Devon and Trevor Langley of Terre Haute, Indiana.
Ages 14 (Devon) and 11 (Trevor) at the time of innovation.
Achievement: Part of a team that invented an app to help students with dyslexia learn math.
Dyslexia is a condition that can make it difficult to make sense of words. Imagine trying to read the word “cat” but instead think “tac.” It can also make math concepts difficult.
Devon and Trevor were inspired to learn about dyslexia after hearing an actor speak of his struggles with undiagnosed dyslexia as a child. They found that there were apps to help students with dyslexia with reading but very little to help with math.
The pair teamed up with other students and looked to the rainbow for a solution. Realizing that even young students are familiar with the color pattern in a rainbow, they created the ROY G. BIV Math System—a color-coded system that helps students with dyslexia keep digits in place. By assigning a unique color to each place value, children can visually recognize if they unintentionally move digits, making doing math easier.
Click here to learn more.
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 The National Center for Research on Gifted Education is seeking school districts interested in expanding their use of subject-specific and whole-grade acceleration as a way to meet the needs of advanced learners. Academic acceleration is the intervention for advanced learners that has shown the greatest effect on learning and achievement. This project seeks to (a) provide professional learning around what acceleration actually is and how it can be used, (b) develop a universal screening process to determine which students should be considered for acceleration, and (c) provide resources and professional learning to schools to help them implement subject-specific and whole-grade acceleration decisions for students who meet the criteria.
For more information click here.
 Do you know about Washington Future Problem Solving?
Now in its 43rd year, this international competition challenges students to respond creatively to future scenarios.
Click here to learn more.
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