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Clarkton School of Discovery’s Nancy Clark, Janet Huggins, and Brenda Storms represented Bladen County Schools at the 2018 NCAGT Institute on “Pulling Together: Reaching All Gifted Learners.” Throughout the Institute, participants had a chance to spend time exploring the social and emotional needs, effective identification practices and instructional methodologies for reaching children from specific populations.
Teachers, parents, administrators, university personnel and other interested professionals attended the institute on gifted education in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Thursday, March 8, 2018. Dr. William A “Sandy” Darity Jr. delivered the keynote address. he is a Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, and Economics and the Director of the Center on Social Equity at Duke University.
Major speakers on the program were North Carolina’s very own experts in the field of gifted education. They were Dr. Mary Ruth Coleman, Dr. Lori flint, Dr. Shelagh Gallagher, Alissa Griffith, Dr. Linda robinson. Dr. Mary Slade, Dr. Martin Smith, and Dr. Kristen Stephens. Specific topics which they addressed were: the highly gifted; students of poverty; English learners, African American students; twice expectational; gifted girls. In addition, Sneha Shah Coltrane, Director of Gifted Education at the Department of Public instruction, gave a “State of the State” report on gifted education.
The North Carolina Association fo the Gifted and Talented (NCAGT) is a stewed organization of teachers, administrators, parents and others interested in appropriate education for North Carolina gifted students. With 800 plus members, NCAGT represents the interests of approximately 150,000 identified gifted and talented students across the state. For more information about NCAGT, visit www.ncagt.org.
Attendees were able to earn CEU credits while participating in strong academic instructional settings.
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