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Parent Advisory Council

Irving Staff Meeting

October 10, 2023

Consistency…..Clarity…..Communication

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Today’s Agenda

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  • Announcements
  • Positive Communication Action Step
  • Irving: DH/H Cluster Site
  • Gifted & Honors Class enrollment process

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Objective:

  • To provide staff information about our Deaf & Hard of Hearing Programming at Irving to ensure we are providing equitable opportunities for all students
  • Staff will learn about best practices about referring students to participate in honor courses.

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Success Criteria:

  • Listen respectfully
  • Ask questions
  • Actively work during work time, quietly
  • Keep phones/computers put away Until signaled

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Do now:

  • Find a table with colleagues
  • Have computer with you!

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Irving Staff Norms

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Please take a minute to individually reflect about our staff norms.

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On your hand out, please write what we are doing well , what we could be doing better and any suggestions you may have to help us all hold one another accountable.

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Irving staff Meetings

The purpose of staff meetings are to:

  • Provide intentional collaboration time for Irving staff to gain knowledge & grow as educators and to develop skills to improve teaching and learning in order to ensure equitable outcomes for all students at Irving.
  • Build coherence between the board Equity Goals and our work as educators at Irving and within Lincoln Public Schools.

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Positive Communication Action Step

  • Today our meeting started at 3:25 instead of 3:15 so each of you could have time to contact a parent/guardian by phone after school to share student progress, something positive about their student or to share a concern.
  • On your hand out please respond to the prompts:
    • Who did you contact today?
    • Did you share progress, positive or concern?
    • How does making a personal connection by phone encourage partnership with families?
    • After 1 minute, turn & talk to a partner about your responses.

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Deaf & Hard of Hearing Center-based Program

Irving Middle School

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Did You Know…

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Nebraska once had a residential school for the Deaf?

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Located in Omaha, it opened in 1869 and was closed in 1998.

LPS has been serving Deaf and Hard of Hearing students for 100 years?

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The first program serving D/HH students began at Prescott Elementary in 1922.

Irving has held the center-based program for D/HH for decades, although the exact year it began isn’t known.

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(Trust me, Mrs. Cejda helped with research and came up empty =)

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Our best guess is the late 1970s!

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Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Center-based Program

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Video presentation

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Some things to keep in mind . . .

  • D/HH students can perform at the same level as their peers

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  • Teaching a D/HH student requires you to look at lesson and classroom elements in a different way

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Questions?

We are happy to answer specific questions you have!

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amwania@lps.org

aboose@lps.org

More information about the Southeast Nebraska Regional Program (SNRP)

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https://snrp.lps.org

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Moving Students to Diff Classes

Cara Walz - Gifted Facilitator

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    • What are you seeing that makes you think diff is an appropriate placement?
    • Past Performance
    • How will this change the student’s current schedule?
    • Is this student able to handle this change to a diff class?

Some Things to Keep In Mind

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Reach out to Cara Walz to look at data, test scores, previous class placements, etc.

Collaborate at your team meeting to look at other classes and class placement. Do your colleagues see what you see in other classes?

If everyone is in agreement, contact parents and counselors will make a schedule change.

Process

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

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Identifying Gifted Students

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Where Are They?

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Characteristics

Knowledgeable

Curious

Humor

Creative

Accelerated

Advanced

Persistent

Vocabulary

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Abstract Thinker

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Ask High Level Questions

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Who Is Normally Nominated for Gifted?

Students with a big vocabulary

Students who read above grade level

Students who are human calculators

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Who are we missing?

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Consider the Following...

    • Mobility
    • ELL
    • Absenteeism
    • Trauma

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Who Else?

Anxiety

Asynchronous development

Struggle with executive functioning

Overexcitabilities

Perfectionism

Social emotional needs

Twice exceptional

Underachieving

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The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program

at Lincoln High School

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Upcoming Events:

  • IB Academy Day - Saturday, November 4th, 2023 from 8 AM - 12 PM
    • Registration required - Jump Code: PUR8
  • IB Zoom Information Session - Monday, December 4th at 7 PM
    • Details and Zoom Link will be posted on the LHS website in mid-November. This event is indented for those who are not able to attend IB Academy Day.
  • IB 8th Grade Application - Rolling Acceptance through January 31st, 2024
    • Those outside of the Lincoln High attendance area need to complete a Choice Form
    • Jump Code: GYYB

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