Hi Everyone! Just a few minutes while we get set up!

Welcome everyone! We will start soon, just setting things up!

Thank you.

we can here you online

Estan trabajando para iniciar la interpretacion al espanol en Zoom y en persona. :) Favor de cambiar su canal de audio con el icono del globo terraqueo si desea escuchar la interpretacion en vivo.

Dan and Jody Daugherty, Toki parents

Can you please mute everyone who's not speaking? There's some driving and speaking background noise.

Ashby Fox - Shorewood Elementary parent

Allison Malecek, Franklin parent

Kate Aughenbaugh- MS AL Specialist and Parent of Cherokee student and Thoreau student

Molly Wagner, Franklin parent

I have Audio on

Ashley Russell, Franklin parent

Shakuntala Nag- Jefferson parent

Kristin Bevil, Franklin parent

Kirsten Ankenbrand, Van Hise parent

Jeanett Juarez parent of Cristina Martínez

Lauren Lacey - parent of students at Cherokee and Lincoln

Brock Kingstad-Bakke, parent at shorewood.

Katie Hayden, Nuestro Mundo Advanced Learning Specialist and parent

Jen Salas - Lowell parent

yes

(We can hear you!)

Yes, I can hear you

yes

We hear you!

Yes, Can hear you

Hi Everyone! I'm on chat to help and answer questions :)

Y en español

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Jeanett, can you please mute yourself?

There is a Globe icon at bottom of screen for interpretation

Hello, everyone. I'm a parent of a 4k Franklin student, and also an educator.

It will work better if you are always speaking close to the computer, near it, not in the front

@Jacoba, si, se oye en espanol, pero favor de hablar un poco mas fuerte

Welcome everyone that just joined! We are talking about the agenda for the evening right now

I'm Jon Roth, K-12 Teacher Leader. I'll be on chat to help with any questions

@Jon, I see that you are recording this session. Will the recording be sent out after tonight?

The recording will be placed on our AL website's front page

Thank you!

https://www.madison.k12.wi.us/academics/advanced-learning

Can everyone hear ok?

yes

Bienvenidos! Zoo siab txais tos! Interpretation in Spanish and Hmong is available by clicking on the globe icon at the bottom of your computer screen, or in the menu behind the three dots on your phone.

i have a question

Partial replacement?

difficult to hear online

Please stay near the computer for us to hear you

it's hard to hear online - there are people off mute and it's super hard to hear from the room.

Also - please have people come speak near the computer.

How do we find out which tier our child could be in?

we will get to the online in a moment!

Please speak near the computer

Tenemos interpretación al español y hmong que se accede al hacer clic en el globo terráqueo al fondo de su pantalla en la computadora o con los tres puntos en su teléfono.

Are we able to ask questions directly online?

yes

How do I know in which tier is my kid?

please

What building is your child?

Also, we have been requesting for the speaker to speak near the computer

she is in Nuestro Mundo

what do we do with our kids' gifted matrixes from previous school districts/states?

Our child goes to Leopold

mine kennedy

My child goes to Jefferson

Ms. Hayden is your Advanced Learning specialist. She will be able to answer your specific questions at Nuestro Mundo: kahayden@madison.k12.wi.us

So, for participants online, are we able to speak our questions through zoom audio participation.

Brock, I think you type your question and then Jon asks it

Jon said he would read our questions if we added them to chat.

If anyone has specific questions regarding their child at their school we ask that you contact your school's advanced learning specialist. Here is a list of emails and names: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1epfuzXYBlWLsHZD6iWDWXvD_m5yQZhDc-9aE_-SukVA/edit#gid=0

Is this only for 2nd graders andup?

Does AL is also applicable for children in grades younger than 2nd graders?

@Carolina, good question! The Naglieri assessment is for 2nd graders, but Advanced Learning needs show up at all grade levels. This assessment is just one way we screen students for needs. And I'll reach out to you personally about your daughter.

Thanks Katie!

Naglieri is only for 2nd graders this year

We provide services from K up

If you are new to AL and have questions regarding the needs of your child you may also fill out an AL inquiry form to get the process started with your advanced learning specialist: https://www.madison.k12.wi.us/curriculum-instruction/advanced-learning/inquiry-form

^ is this for kids who are falling behind or for kids who have been identified as gifted? I'm confused by the word "intervention", which implies "more help needed" but I thought "advanced learning" is for kids to learn "more" for lack of a better term.

How are kids tagged? Is it only from the forward exam?

and what about private assessments?

I think it is important to remember that advanced learners also need intervention, as they run the risk of not embracing techniques that are prepared for students whose comprehension's and problem solving is closer to standard.

Students are identified through multiple assessments - not just Forward.

I was informed that my son signed up for an advanced learning activity, but I was not aware that he was an advanced learner. My question is - are there extra activities that kids can just sign up for if they want to? I am concerned that activities are being offered up and he is going to be involved in something that is going to be difficult for him without knowing what he is getting himself into.

JW - similar. and where do we see the AL tag

Good question about "intervention" = we use it for support and extension/enrichment/acceleration.

Is it possible for the organizer to mute everyone else?

there's a lot of feedback

yes, is there a phone or computer near the speaker/mic? I was hearing feedback too

@Jennifer - yes some opportunities are for any student interested, and many times we will also encourage students identified. In addition there are some specific interventions for students who are identified and show a need for further learning

I think I fixed the mute?

Thank you. I don't hear the feedback anymore

It does seem better

Jon - it was a little unclear if parents can see the AL tag in Infinite Campus... can you please clarify?

Please, it will help if the main speaker is reminded to speak closer to the computer for us who are online to be able to hear better.

Right now Parents are unable to see tags in IC. However, any teacher in your building will be able to see if your child is tagged

thank you!

I'm hearing the background noise/feedback again.

Is there a way for the unmuted people to be muted? I think that is where the feedback is coming from.

Is it better now?

Yes, thank you!

Yes, to clarify, it appears that zoom members should be muted, because we can hear eachother.

because it is actually not better.

should we checkin as parent. I'm my case stephens

It's better now as the person that was unmuted is now muted.

What about kids who don’t do well on standardized tests, but catch onto concepts quickly and finish work early? Are they left behind?

So I have a question. How do we know who our child's AL teacher is? Will we be contacred by them?

contacted

I'm sorry I was late (celebrating a family birthday) and now can't hear super well. Will the slides be distributed and is there someone we can follow up with if we have questions?

If anyone has specific questions regarding their child at their school we ask that you contact your school's advanced learning specialist. Here is a list of emails and names: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1epfuzXYBlWLsHZD6iWDWXvD_m5yQZhDc-9aE_-SukVA/edit#gid=0

TY!

If you are new to AL and have questions regarding the needs of your child you may also fill out an AL inquiry form to get the process started with your advanced learning specialist: https://www.madison.k12.wi.us/curriculum-instruction/advanced-learning/inquiry-form

@Sheng, could you please mute your microphone?

Can the NaNoWriMo be extended to interested 2nd graders? My 2nd grader is INTO writing.

@Allison Trombley - Standardize test scores are just one data point. We train our Advanced Learning Specialist to look at many more data points beyond this which would include teacher recommendations, classwork, observations, and we also proactively offer opportunities to all students to engage in

What should we do if we don't currently have an AL lead in our school (we're at Huegel)

Also to add to the Greater Dane Anthology project - 5th-8th graders can also submit persuasive writing and poetry in Spanish (All categories accept entries in English too)

@Kristen Ankenbrand Of course! Please contact your Advanced Learning Specialist regarding your interest in NaNoWriMo

thanks Jon,will do

Is Greater Dane and Young Playwrights open to all students? Or which grades?

Theme: What No One Talks About

If you do not have an advanced learning specialist at your school currently please fill out an AL Inquiry form and I will help address the needs until we are able to hire a teacher for your school

@Dani - Greater Dane is for 5th-8th

Thanks Katie!

ALS = Advanced Learning Specialist

Hi Jon, I know I asked this before, but I have a rather complicated question to ask the organizers of the meeting. If there is no method by which to speak this question though audio, at any point, then please let me know so I can type this.

Please repeat the questions

Hi Brock. you are welcome to ask the question via voice. I will call on you when we are ready for it

We will open it up to live questions in 1 min

Wonderful

she is just unmuting now

yes

I also appreciate this suggestion.

That is, the tutoring proposal.

Thanks y'all. I have to go.

sorry all i have to run

Thank you.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aNmxoHk8pD1LilaHCaZKySXG3QspQpvt2XmdccGxPFY/edit#slide=id.g1684c52a2ee_3_5

I had to request access

need open access to google doc

same. just requested access

I'm not able to access

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aNmxoHk8pD1LilaHCaZKySXG3QspQpvt2XmdccGxPFY/edit#slide=id.g1684c52a2ee_3_5

slide 21

If we could help teachers in our classes delegate some tasks that can free up some of their time so that they can work with their advanced specialist to help assist advanced learner to have a steady progress, then, we could do that

I understand that curriculum wise teachers are the experts; however, other tasks that they might consider parents or school volunteers can help with, then, feel free to provide a list of tasks for us to help with.

I think that this can help the teachers and the advanced coordinator have a student focus approach

Thank you all!

thank you