Standard Four: Personnel and Professional Development
The LEA recruits and retains highly qualified professionals and provides relevant and effective professional development concerning the needs of gifted learners that is on-going and comprehensive.
AIG Credential Classes:
It is a state and county wide expectation that all students receiving AIG services are placed with a classroom teacher that either has his/her AIG certification from a university or has taken AIG-C class and received NHCS AIG Credentials.
New Hanover County offers AIG credential classes to all teachers. The goal of the credential classes is to ensure that gifted students are recognized as different types of learners who need different types of assignments to foster their intellectual, academic, and social/emotional growth. The course is a combination of face-to-face training and online activities and assessments.
The course is a combination of face-to-face training and online activities and assignments. The training will provide teachers with specific strategies and tools for working with AIG students.
Module 1: Introduction to Gifted Education
Module 2: Social & Emotional Needs of Gifted Learners
Module 3: Understanding Rigor
Module 4: Data Driven Differentiation with Tiered Assignments
Highly Qualified AIG Staff at Murrayville:
Staff members at Murrayville with NC AIG Licensure:
*Suzanne Midgett, Gifted Education Specialist
*Sabra Wright, Principal
Staff members at Murrayville with NHCS Credentials for AIG:
*Virginia Barker, Teacher
*Sarah Bertha, Teacher
*Brandy Bryant, Teacher
*Elizabeth Budd, Teacher
*Cheryl Collins, Teacher
*Katy Durkin, Teacher
*Kelsey Frantz, Teacher
*Suzann Graf, Teacher
*Brittany Murillo, Teacher
*Kirbe Northam, Teacher
*Angie Royal, Teacher
*Becky Sanderson, Teacher
*Lacey Somech, Teacher
*Shannon Voorhees, Teacher
*Brandy Wentz, Teacher
NAGC website is http://www.nagc.org/ Be sure to check out the Tools for Educators, classroom resources section.
NCAGT website is http://www.ncagt.org/ Great information for parents and teachers in the resource section.