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NAME:
Jinny Shope
SCHOOL:
Addison Elementary
CLASS:
ALP/Target
SCHOOL PHONE:
Addison/770-578-2700
Virginia.Shope@cobbk12.org
Hi! I'm Mrs. Shope. It is so much fun to be teaching here at
Addison! Our students are terrific!
As lots of you know, I have 2 daughters. Truin lives in Virginia, and Calin
is in Washington,D.C. I also have two grandoggies, Buster and Daisy. They
live in Virginia, too.
Another thing I am crazy about, besides Addison students, is college football
and basketball, especially the ACC schools. Most of my weekends are spent
cheering for my favorite teams.
If you want to know more about me, just ask! I'm looking forward to seeing
all of you very soon!
The Georgia State Board of Education defines a gifted student as "... a
student who demonstrates a high degree of intellectual and/or creative
ability(ies), exhibits an exceptionally high degree of motivation, and/or
excels in specific academic fields, and who needs special instruction and/or
special ancillary services to achieve at levels commensurate with his or her
abilities.
Cobb County provides services for identified gifted students in first
through twelfth grade. The gifted program is designed to meet the very
specific needs of these students and extend competencies in the areas of
cognitive skills, learning skills, research and reference skills,
communication skills, and metacognitive skills beyond the experience of the
regular classroom.
The Gifted Program Curriculum is said to be "differentiated." Students are
involved in various activities which are more advanced, more mature, more
sophisticated, and more complex in three areas: content, process, and
expectations. The content is often multi-disciplined, designed not only to
broaden a child's base of general knowledge, but also to enhance the child's
ability to think productively and creatively. Our curriculum is process-
based, not content-based. The expectations for performance are higher
because the content and processes are more advanced and complex. ALP/Target
students are expected to perform in a more sophisticated, advanced, and
complex manner. In general, we expect our students products to be more
elaborate, better conceived and executed, more creative, more detailed and
intricate, and superior to those produced in the regular classroom.
Expectations are higher for gifted students who are measured by different
standards or a different yardstick of excellence.
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