AIG
According to North Carolina Article 9B, "Academically or intellectually gifted students perform or show the potential to perform at substantially high levels of accomplishment when compared with others of their age, experience, or environment. Academically or intellectually gifted students exhibit high performance capability in intellectual areas, specific academic fields, or in both intellectual areas and specific academic fields. Academically or intellectually gifted students require differentiated educational services beyond those ordinarily provided by the regular educational program. Outstanding abilities are present in students from all cultural groups, across all economic strata, and in all areas of human endeavor."
LIFT Classes
All elementary students in 1st and 2nd grade will have the opportunity to experience enrichment classes that extend and enrich the curriculum that is being offered in the regular classroom. These LIFT (Learning Interventions for Talented) classes will provide students, the regular classroom teacher, and the teacher of gifted education a chance to partner together in the cultivation of potential in young high ability students.
3rd - 5th Grade
Beginning in 3rd grade, students that exhibit gifted abilities in the classroom and on achievement test have the opportunity to be nominated by his/her teacher for the AIG program. The nomination is submitted to the AIG program team for review and decisions are made on the next steps for each particular student. The decisions are based on the Cabarrus County Schools Academically and Intellectually Gifted criteria. Students in 3rd through 5th grades that are identified for gifted services in the SOAR Program (Strategies, Opportunities, Activities and Resources) will receive services from the gifted education teacher each week. The curriculum that they will participate in will be reflective of the new North Carolina Gifted Education Standards established by the NC Department of Public Instruction. As a part of the grades 3-5 SOAR model, lessons will be planned that extend and enrich the new common core state standards and align with the standards for gifted education.