This power point is a presentation I made to the School Board about the district's Talented and Gifted Program.

1. TALENTED AND GIFTED
Clarinda Community School
District

2. STAFF
Gary McNeal – District TAG Coordinator
Emily Thompson: K – 6th grade TAG facilitator
Joelene Carper: 7th – 12th grade TAG facilitator

3. PRESENT NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN TAG
60 students overall
17 students in grades K – 6
13 students in grades 7 – 8
30 students in grades 9 - 12

4. IDENTIFICATION PROCESS
Nomination
A student may be nominated by a teacher, parent
or the student any time during the year.
A nomination form will need to be completed if
instances of behaviors which may be indicators of
giftedness such as extraordinarily creative
behavior, learning abilities which are very
advanced for the student’s chronological age in
general academics, and / or in a specific academic
area have been observed.

5. IDENTIFICATION PROCESS
Screening
The next step is to gather as much information
and data possible.
A screening committee made up of the TAG
facilitator, administrator, at least one teacher
and the school counselor will meet to review
and discuss all pertinent information to
determine whether the student will be
recommended for the TAG program.

6. IDENTIFICATION PROCESS
Examples of information and data that may be
used:
Nomination form
Iowa Assessments
STAR Testing
Cognitive Abilities Testing
Mastery of grade level curriculum at a very
high level

7. PERSONAL EDUCATION PLAN (PEP)
Every student in the TAG program will be
provided a Personal Education Plan or PEP
each year that shows prior testing results,
student interests, strengths, weaknesses and
curricular and instructional accommodations
(differentiation) that will be provided to meet
their needs.
Students, parents and teachers all have input in
the completion of the PEP.

8. DIFFERENTIATION
Differentiation to help meet the needs of the TAG
student can be in many ways.
Some examples are:
Challenge questions on assignments
Subject acceleration
Extracurricular enrichment activities
Higher order questioning strategies
Advanced curriculum (E 2020 / IWCC / AP
classes)

9. PARENT MEETING
A parent meeting is held each fall to discuss
the student’s PEP and inform them of
extracurricular enrichments activities that will
be available for that school year.

10. EXTRACURRICULAR ENRICHMENT
ACTIVITIES
A few examples are:
Destination Imagination (Elementary)
A World in Motion (Elementary)
National History Day (Elementary / Middle School)
Math Counts (Middle School)
Woodmen Essay (Middle School)
Northwest Missouri State Math Contest (High
School)
Bellevue Quiz Bowl (High School)

11. TAG PROGRAM GOALS
Students will:
Be challenged daily with appropriate
differentiated curriculum, assignments,
assessments and questioning.
Develop and use creative thinking skills and
creative problem solving.
Develop and use higher-level cognitive thinking
skills.
Develop skills needed to become independent,
self-directed, life-long learners.

12. PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS
In determining the effectiveness of the program,
any or all of the following methods may be used:
Accelerated reader and STAR reading progress
Iowa Assessment scores
Samples of projects, assignments and
assessments
Evaluation forms or questionnaires for students,
parents, and teachers
Recommendation of teachers, parents, students,
and administrators.
ACT / SAT scores