The LEA provides an array of K-12 programs and services by the total school community to meet the diverse academic, intellectual, social, and emotional needs of gifted students.
Extra-Curricular Activities at Bradley Creek:
Battle of the Books
All County Chorus
Recycling Club
Chess Club
Transiting to Middle School
Elementary AIG identification transfers with students to middle school. The elementary Gifted Education Specialist completes a middle school transition form on each identified AIG student. The form is hand-delivered to the middle school gifted specialist along with work samples and other data.
NHCS Subject Acceleration Guidelines/Procedures:
North Carolina and NHCS give administrators the right to grade and place students. Seeing a need for guidance in making these decisions, the AIG program adopted the Iowa Acceleration Scale and created a Subject Acceleration Checklist to assist schools.
Whole Grade Acceleration is typically used at the primary level, or grades K-5. In NHCS we use the Iowa Acceleration Scale to guide decisions about whole grade acceleration. This research-based scale considers a child's ability, aptitude, achievement, interpersonal and intrapersonal skills, social and emotional needs, and a number of other factors. In addition, there is a planning tool to assist schools in monitoring the progress of accelerated students.
RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF GIFTED STUDENTS
Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted
This website includes resources for supporting the social/emotional needs of the gifted. The archived newsletters contain great articles to share with parents and teachers.
This website includes resources for "all things gifted".
The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children by Neihart, Reis, Robinson, Moon
This book spans all aspects of gifted children’s struggles and includes strategies for helping students and families cope and interventions to try.
A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Children by Webb, Gore, Amend, DeVries
The four authors, who have decades of professional experience with gifted children and their families, provide practical guidance in areas such as: Characteristics of gifted children; Peer relations; Sibling issues; Motivation & underachievement; Discipline issues; Intensity & stress; Depression & unhappiness; Educational planning; Parenting concerns; Finding professional help; and much, much more!
http://www.slideshare.net/aarmau/27-strategies-by-sue-jackson-of-damien-institute
This video discusses some ideas about gifted individuals. It is from the Damien Institute.
FAMILY RESOURCES
The Timely Information for Parents (TIP) Sheets are for parents and caregivers of gifted children to download, read, and share as their children's needs change.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS about gifted education/programming in NHCS
This page was created in collaboration with several Gifted Education Specialists from the district. The questions were selected to inform families and prospective families about the nomination and identification process, and gifted education services within the school district. The information also serves to promote commonalities across the district in terms of service framework delivery.
High Achievers/Gifted Learners/Creative Thinkers
This explanation and chart created by Dr. Bertie Kingore compares a "High Achiever" to a "Gifted Learner" to a "Creative Thinker". It helps to solidify the differences between these learners in the classroom.
The prevalence of underachievement in gifted learners can be frustrating for parents, teachers, coaches, mentors, and others who work with the gifted and know their potential. This resource summarizes the possible causes for underachievement and gives some preventative/intervention measures to consider when dealing with a gifted underachiever or gifted student feeling stressed.