Standard 4: Personnel and Professional Development
The LEA recruits and retains highly qualified professionals and provides relevant and effective professional development concerning the diverse needs of gifted learners that is ongoing and comprehensive.
AIG Credential Classes:
New Hanover County is offering 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 training will provide teachers with specific strategies and tools for working with AIG students. Through the coursework, participants will learn how to recognize the characteristics and social and emotional needs of gifted children, as well as how to help gifted students develop coping strategies to maintain success in the classroom. Participants will also learn the three primary modes of differentiation and when it is appropriate to use each method. The names of teachers who successfully complete the credentials course are posted below.
Staff Members that hold North Carolina AIG licensure
Elaine McIntyre, Fourth Grade
Catherine Morrow, Gifted Education Specialist
Dawn Walker, Third Grade
Staff Members that hold New Hanover County Schools Credentials for AIG
Kristine Eason, First Grade
Karen Blackburn, Second Grade
Molly Rogers, Second Grade
Amy Beall, Third Grade
Jennifer O'Connell, Third Grade
Pam Darrell, Fourth Grade
Bianca Strickland, Fourth Grade
Jodi Smith, Fourth Grade
Meredith Anwari, Fifth Grade
Amy Butner, Fifth Grade
Krystal Howard - Fifth Grade
Cyndi Stephenson, Fifth Grade
Deb Bernhard, Media Specialist
Stacey Brown, Administration