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Students, teachers describe expanded GATE services at Indian Paintbrush
Summary
Students and teachers from the Indian Paintbrush Gifted and Talented (GATE) program presented to the Albany County School District #1 board, describing classroom projects, identification procedures and a new targeted-services expansion that delivers GATE instruction at three other elementary schools.
Andrea Hayden, a GATE teacher at Indian Paintbrush, and a group of GATE students described classroom work and an expansion of services during a presentation to the Albany County School District #1 Board of Trustees.
The presentation said the district offers a universal screener to all second graders (parents may opt out) and allows third- and fourth-graders to opt in. Students who score above a district-set percentile advance to additional testing; teacher recommendations can also trigger further evaluation. "GATE makes it so I can go through more stuff in one year than a regular 5th-grade class," said Seamus, a fifth-grade GATE student.
The program at Indian Paintbrush is described by staff as a “holistic” magnet program that uses a mix of quantitative and qualitative measures for identification and provides differentiated instruction, acceleration, curriculum compacting and social-emotional…
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