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= **Total Talent Portfolio Examples** = ====The Total Talent Portfolio is a record of a students strengths, learning styles, interests, and products they have created. Schools use the total talent portfolio to help students choose appropriate enrichment activities and to modify instruction to the student's strengths.====

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 * ==== [|The Total Talent Portfolio] Of particular interest are pages 12-18. These pages showcase a variety of examples for forms for students to fill out while creating a TTP.====
 * [[file:Schoolwide Enrichment Model TTP.ppt]]This is an excerpt from a longer power-point written by Renzulli. It provides several other examples of TTP forms, including one for limited language users (see slides 5,6, and 7).
 * ==== [|MRSM Felda's TTP] An example of a TTP being used in a school abroad. The more advanced language on this form indicates that it is intended to be used by older students.====

= **Tiered Activities** = ====Within the classroom, and within enrichment clusters, work can be placed into three tiers. Tier I activities are meant to whet the appetite and get students interested. Tier II activities are meant to develop critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and content skills. Tier III activities are the most appropriate for gifted students, as students pursue independent interests. It is very important to understand that while all of the examples below give activities for all three tiers, students do not have to move through all three of them. Tier III especially must be student-selected.====

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 * ====[[image:sem_slideshare_tier_examples.jpg width="427" height="319"]] (image from The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, 2004, University of CT)====
 * ====[|Disasters] This resource shows different activity choices for each of the three tiers on the topic of "Disasters." The targeted student age is middle childhood.====


 * ====[|Mini-Beasts] This resource shows different activity choices for each of the three tiers about insects, or "Mini-Beasts." The targeted student age is early childhood.====


 * ====[|Space Trekking] This resource shows different activity choices for each of the three tiers about space technology. The targeted student age is middle childhood.====

= = = **Enrichment Clusters** = ====Enrichment clusters are blocks of time where students pursue interests as they relate to real-world contexts. To make time for Enrichment Clusters, schools often use **//curriculum compacting,//** where they accelerate material and remove repetition (especially for students who are working on Tier III activities)**.**====


 * ====[|Academic Backbone of Enrichment Clusters] This article written by a former school administrator demonstrates how an enrichment cluster from his school, the Got a Nose for News Agency, incorporated academic knowledge and skills.====
 * ====[|Enrichment Cluster Database] This searchable database is from the Neag Center. It provides many examples of enrichment clusters for many subjects and grade levels.====
 * ====[|Sara Academy Clusters] The Sara Academy is launching a pilot program for grades 2-4. This website provides great examples of the variety of topics one can do for enrichment clusters. Clusters such as Lights, Camera, Action! are great examples of how to write an interesting description of your cluster to gain student interest.====
 * ====[|Laurel Mountain] In addition to descriptions of the clusters, this website provides summaries of what happened in each cluster for every few weeks. A very valuable resource to show how enrichment clusters grow organically over time. The school also provides examples of parent and student surveys on the clusters.====

= **Examples of Schools Using Renzulli Learning** = ====Renzulli Learning is the new online SEM management system. Students complete surveys and develop a learner profile. The system then gives students access to hundreds of activities across all the tiers.====


 * ====[|Guided Tour] This is a guided tour of the Renzulli Learning System, including the learner profiler and the total talent portfolio. This is a great showcasing of what the Renzulli system can do.====
 * ====[|Barrow Elementary's Renzulli Learning] Barrow Elementary in Clarke County uses Renzulli Learning. Click on the link to learn more about it.====
 * ====[[file:hall county renzulli.pptx]] This is a very informative power-point created for Hall County teachers that gives an overview of the Personal Success Plan and the RLS Collaborative Grouping Tool. These are two features of the Renzulli Learning System that are often overlooked and under utilized.====