SPARK Mission
Mission: To provide students with experiences and foundational skills necessary to pursue knowledge, develop character, and strengthen personal motivation in order to engage and persist in more rigorous academic challenges.
School leaders at campuses where students are served by state-supported gifted and talented programs identify additional students who may benefit from enrichment and rigor offered by a one-day-a-week project-based learning experience provided in parallel with gifted services.
Curriculum Framework and Assessement
Cognitive science professors Dr. Roberta Michnick Golinkoff and Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek offer a framework, "the 6Cs"—collaboration, communication, content, critical thinking, creativity, and confidence--the "key skills that will help all children become the thinkers and entrepreneurs of tomorrow."
The weekly project-based experiences are structured around learning experiences addressing each of the 6Cs.
SPARK students will reflect on the 6Cs and their present skill levels in their early meetings in September 2016. Later self-assessments in the winter and spring will be compared to those initial assessments to serve as the foundation for teacher assessments to share with families.
The weekly project-based experiences are structured around learning experiences addressing each of the 6Cs.
SPARK students will reflect on the 6Cs and their present skill levels in their early meetings in September 2016. Later self-assessments in the winter and spring will be compared to those initial assessments to serve as the foundation for teacher assessments to share with families.
Dr. Golinkoff's website: http://roberta-golinkoff.com/
Dr. Hirsh-Pasek's website: http://kathyhirshpasek.com/
National Public Radio book review and interview: How to Raise Brilliant Children
Dr. Hirsh-Pasek's website: http://kathyhirshpasek.com/
National Public Radio book review and interview: How to Raise Brilliant Children