AIG Newsletter for Teachers

In this newsletter you will find updates from the AIG Specialist as well as resources and strategies to help your advanced learners. I hope you find the information useful. Please feel free to reach out to me to assist you in serving your advanced learners. Thank you for all that you do everyday!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Jamieson, AIG Specialist

mailto:sarah_jamieson@dpsnc.net

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• All ELA and Math teachers have been given the names of their identified AIG students.

• Please see information below on AIG identification process and let me know if you have questions.

• I have provided some general differentiation tips below but please reach out to me if you need additional ideas/ resources/ assistance with differentiating instruction.

• THANK YOU TO MS. MORIARTY, MR. LISKA, MR. CODY, MS. WIMBERLY, MS. MOORE , AND MS. HABEL FOR VOLUNTEERING FOR THE AIG LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE! I would very much like to get at least one 7th grade teacher to join. Please let me know if you are interested!

There are a number of resources available to help you serve your AIG students on the Educator's Page of the DPS Advanced Academics website. Here is a link to that specific page: https://sites.google.com/dpsnc.net/dps-advanced-academics/educators

Please refer to this flowchart on how the AIG identification process works:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19fJ9CXwMEJ7tj2Ld2xlcINYeQza4hh03/view

Please be sure to check PowerSchool or check with me to confirm that a student is not already identified before sending me a nomination form.

Nomination forms and a plethora of additional information for both educators and families can be found on the DPS Advanced Academics website located here: https://sites.google.com/dpsnc.net/dps-advanced-academics/home

3 MAIN METHODS OF DIFFERENTIATION:

1) Content- what the students are learning

2) Process- how the students are learning it

3) Product- what the students are producing

Here are some great resources to explore these 3 methods of differentiation:

• https://www.edutopia.org/blog/differentiated-instruction-ways-to-plan-john-mccarthy

• https://pdo.ascd.org/LMSCourses/PD11OC115M/media/DI-Intro_M4_Reading_Key_Elements.pdf
  

• https://www.modelteaching.com/education-articles/lesson-curriculum-planning/differentiation-in-the-classroom-content-process-or-product

• https://www.giftedpage.org/differentiation-for-gifted/