INFORMATION SHEET YEAR 5 of SCALING—UP PROJECT CRITICAL

This is the final year of a USED Javits Gifted and Talented (G/T) Students Program to

Syracuse University (SU) on behalf on school districts in Harlem

NEEDED: 30 Content Teachers, grades 4—12 (excluding math, physics, art, music, physical ed)

PD Workshops on zoom: Monday—Thursday: 8/30,8/31, 9/1, 9/2 (9:00 am— noon). During school year held 4—7 pm: 2 in Sep; 2 in Oct; 2 in Nov; then 1 a month: Jan—May of 2022

Stipends: NYC rate of $53.98/hour X total 48 hours (includes 3 hours completion of PP) = $2,591.04 (if by Jan 2022, we can hold in-person PD on release days, these full days will replace zoom sessions and since they will be on school days those days will not have stipends).

GOALS: Help teachers (grades 4—12) to (1) restructure curricula to focus on some social problems in your curricula; (2) identify “Talent Pool” students in regular classrooms; (3) learn how to integrate the project’s unique Problem-Based Learning Internet applications to analyze and develop solutions for those social problems; (4) develop WebQuests and PowerPoints aligned to state standards that include our Internet applications; (5) learn differentiated strategies for both regular and Talent Pool students; (6) address the needs of ELs. These goals will improve performance on state standards and Regents exams.

Presenters: Professor Jim Carroll (SU) and Joe Montecalvo: The Public Policy Analyst (PPA), our nationally recognized problem-solving, critical thinking tool (elementary & secondary versions) created by Professor Jim Carroll and his former SU colleague, Joe Montecalvo.

Professor Joe Renzulli (UCONN) and Dr. Heather Pinedo-Burns, experts on gifted education

Professor Catherine Box (UPenn) presents on how to adapt the project’s problem-solving Internet applications in various content subjects for English Language Learners (ELLs).  

We believe that in regular content classrooms about 15 to 20% of students are Talent Pool (TP) students. Using Renzulli’s’ Scales, teachers will identify their TP students.

Requirements: Develop and teach 1 Presentation and 2 WebQuests (extended lessons) that analyze social problems in your curricula that incorporate our PPA

1. Principals: Let me know ASAP if you would like your school to participate and request an application; principals need to sign each teacher application.

2. Principals: Select 3 or 4 teachers who are interested and can attend PD on zoom:

3. Teachers complete the application and Principal submits ASAP (limit of 30 teachers)

4. Questions and Submit Teacher applications: Dr. Jim Carroll jcarroll@syr.edu