Menlo Park Academy Governing Board
Program Excellence Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday February 25, 2020 at 6:00 PM EST
Location
Menlo Park Academy
Agenda
| I. | Opening Items | |
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Opening Items
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| A. | Record Attendance and Guests | |
| B. | Call the Meeting to Order | |
| C. | Approve Minutes | |
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Determine a member to take minutes of minutes. |
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| D. | Head of School Update | |
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Updates about Menlo activity and program.
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| II. | Program Excellence | |
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Program Excellence
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| A. | Discussion Of Social and Emotional Components and Related Characteristic | |
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Review of classification of age range SE charactistics by four Components of Social and Emotional Learning.
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| B. | II. Characteristics of Gifted Children | |
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Review and discuss characteriatics of gifted children, classify on Chart https://www.nagc.org/resources-publications/resources/my-child-gifted/common-characteristics-gifted-individuals https://www.huberheightscityschools.org/docs/district/Gifted/Characteristics%20of%20Gifted%20Students.pdf https://www.nagc.org/resources-publications/resources/my-child-gifted/common-characteristics-gifted-individuals/traits
Discuss needs of Menlo model recognizing giftedness and other characteristics |
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| C. | III. Anxiety and Gifted Students | |
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What is anxiety?
How does it affect gifted children and their learning?
How do schools contribute to anxiety?
Strategies to manage anxiety
School Trauma
Includes section on gifted
Great article on school based trauma care
http://socialwork.buffalo.edu/social-research/institutes-centers/institute-on-trauma-and-trauma-informed-care/what-is-trauma-informed-care.html
Anxiety and Depression in Children
Fact Sheet about Trauma
How does trauma affect children?
2e and PTSD, copy url and put in browser
www.withunderstandingcomescalm.com/2e-and-ptsd/
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| III. | Gifted Conference | |
| A. | Discussion of Gifted Conference Dates and Topics | |
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Discussion
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| IV. | Gifted Conference | |
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Discussion of Gifted Conference at Menlo, dates and speakers.
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| V. | Other Business | |
| A. | Future Meetings | |
| VI. | Closing Items | |
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | |