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THE ISLANDER, MAY 30, 2011, PAGE 7
Final Budget
Continued from Page 1
Gifted students
Because of the reduction in
force required by tighter bud
geting the delivery of resources
to elementary gifted students
will change for the 2011-2012
school year.
Currently a resource model
of delivery is used to teach gift
ed elementary students. One
day per week gifted students
are removed from their regu
lar classroom and go to a class
with only other gifted students
taught by a gifted endorsed
teacher who teaches only gifted
students.
These students are chal
lenged and assigned projects
and lessons designed to be above
and beyond what is normally
expected.
Currently in middle school
the gifted students attend a
gifted resource class in a par
ticular subject area (gifted math
or language arts) for one period
per day. The class is taught
by a gifted endorsed teacher
and only gifted children attend
these classes. The work is chal
lenging and accelerated. This
method of delivery is not expect
ed to change for the 2011-2012
school year, according to Dr.
Vamadoe.
The model that Glynn Coun
ty elementary schools will use
for the 2011-2012 school year
is the cluster model. Gifted stu
dents are grouped together in a
regular classroom and for one to
two hours a day they are taught
gifted, accelerated lessons by a
gifted endorsed teacher.
Dr. Vamadoe said that some
schools, because the number of
gifted endorsed teachers avail
able, may be able to pull out
gifted children one day a week
by using regular classroom
teacher that is gifted endorsed.
These schools are working on
scheduling this possibility.
All gifted students in one
grade will go to a gifted teach
er for one day with a regular
classroom teacher who is gifted
endorsed.
The system will have 87 gift
ed endorsed teachers available
for the 2011-2012 school year.
Altama will have four; Bur
roughs Molette - two; Greer -
10; Glyndale - five; Golden Isles
Elementary -10; Goodyear - five;
Oglethorpe Point - 25; Satilla
Marsh - 10; St. Simons - eight;
Sterling - eight. Dr. Vamadoe
explained that Oglethrope will
have 25 because at one time all
their teachers were mandated
to become gifted endorsed.
The third gifted teaching
method approved by the state
is the collaborative method
and team teaching is used. The
gifted endorsed teacher helps
the non-gifted endorsed teacher
learn how to serve gifted stu
dents. Both teachers share com
mon planning time and docu
ment that students are receiv
ing appropriate gifted services.
Dr. Vamadoe said the school
system shouldn't have to use the
collaborative method because
the system will have 87 teach
ers serving 416 students identi
fied as gifted.
Board member Mike Hulsey
expressed his frustration at hav
ing to move from the resource
teaching model for gifted stu
dents to the cluster model. "I
realize," he said, "that this is
forced upon us because of the
budget. But there is no way you
can convince me that the cluster
model is the same as the pull
out (resource) model."
"We need to push our accel
erated students. I understand
the need to save money and
having to take a step back," he
continued. "I have a gifted child
and it's easier to see how the
programs work when you have
a gifted child."
"Having a gifted endorsed
teacher teaching a class just
isn't as good as having a gifted
endorsed teacher who deals with
only gifted students," Hulsey
said.
GHSGT/GHSWT
The BOE received the 2011
Georgia High School Gradu
ation Test (GHSGT) and the
Georgia High School Writing
Test (GHSWT) scores.
Scores in all categories were
up for the writing test. The most
dramatic increase was at Bruns
wick High School in the special
education category. Writing test
scores increased by 28 percent
over 2010.
The next highest GHSWT
increase over 2010 was 14 per
cent at Glynn Academy in the
black category.
The GHSGT test scores at
BHS decreased in all subjects
(English Language Arts (ELA),
Math, Science, and Social Stud
ies) and all sub groups except
three. (There are five sub
groups included in each subject:
All, Regular; 1st Time testers;
Black; Special Ed.)
The largest drop at BHS was
a 36 percent drop over 2010 in
the social studies special educa
tion sub group. However, com
pared with 2009 this sub group's
scores rose one percent.
BHS math scores have
dropped for the two years in
all groups except one, special
education, increased six percent
over 2010 and one percent over
2009.
When compared with 2010
ELA 2011 scores dropped in all
groups except 1st time testers
which stayed the same. Over a
two year period the all, regular,
and special education groups
showed no change; the 1st time
and black sub groups increased
slightly over the two year peri
od.
Glynn Academy's largest
drop also came in the social
studies special education sub
group with a 16 percent drop
over 2010. GA's drop for that
group from 2009, however, was
38 percent.
GA math special education
sub group had a 0 percent drop
McIntosh Shouters to perform
in Savannah
The McIntosh County Shout-
ers will perform in Savannah
on Wednesday, June 15, 6 p.m.
at the Second African Baptist
Church, 123 Houston Street.
Performing the ring shout
would have become an extinct
form of expression were it not
for this group. In 1980 it was
discovered by outsiders that this
from 2010 to 2011, but suffered
a 40 percent drop over the 2009
scores.
GA ELA special education
sub group fell six percent from
2010 to 2011 and dropped 31
percent from 2009 to 2011.
GA showed gains in all
sub groups in science for 2011
when compared to both 2010
and 2009. The highest increase
for 2011 was 10 percent in the
black subgroup.
Except for science, when
comparing GA 2011 scores for
ELA, math, and social studies
to 2009, all sub group scores
have dropped over the two year
period.
Except for science, all but five
GA scores dropped from 2010.
Two sub groups showed no gain
and three showed gains. Those
sub groups that showed gains
over 2010 included ELA black
subgroup - five percent gain;
social studies 1st time testers
showed a two percent gain; and
social studies black showed a
four percent gain. “I
group still performed this age-
old tradition which is deeply
rooted in African history. Since
1980, the group has been per
forming publicly and educated
audiences around the world
about the ring shout.
The McIntosh Comity Shout-
ers have embodied within the
representations of slave culture
the way in which African-Amer
icans worshipped and communi
cated while maintaining a dis
tinct way of being in the midst
of societal oppression.
This event is free and open
to the public. For information
about this event, call 912-399-
2466 or email info@mcintosh-
coimtyshouters.com.
The McIntosh County Shout-
ers is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit
organization and it relies on the
generosity of donors to allow
them to visit schools and teach
this rich culture to students.
Donations may be sent to: The
McIntosh County Shouters,
2126 GA HWY 99, Townsend,
GA 31331. □
June 10-July 9 Georgia Art
ists with Disabilities Annual
traveling exhibit of award-win
ning work from throughout
state. Opening reception June
10, 5-7pm. Thur-Fri 10am-
6pm, Sat 10am-2pm. Historic
Ritz Theatre, 1530 Newcastle
St., Bwk. Golden Isles Arts &
Humanities: 262-6934, golden-
islesarts.org
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