1. Create one or two deadlines for all programs (instead of 14 different deadlines) in the fall and in February for this year, as a pilot year. Then, have a deadline for June for all programs for the proceeding year.
2. Use a team approach to view selected applicants and decide upon placement, based on criteria: need, school, servicing levels, designation.
3. Make schools aware of servicing levels: because of the amount of time allocated for the challenge centre, schools should expect a student to be in the challenge centre 1-2 times throughout their elementary years.
4. Provide for quick feedback to schools, with extensions and opportunities for further growth.
This is a great deal to deal with but programs for next year will be planned with this in mind. I will start the year by seeing groups of students that I was not able to accommodate this year: a writing group and a critical thinking group.
Some of the programs I am planning are: math challenges, Shakespeare, the art of thinking, and maybe something to do with geography (kids have no geography sense or understanding of the world...just need to figure out how to make it high level!)
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