State of our State 2010

East Carolina University4rd Annual AIG Conference

Sneha Shah-ColtraneNC DPI, State Consultant for Academically/Intellectually Gifted

NC, a Leader in Gifted Education• State Legislation, Article 9B• Funding, $69 million in state funds, also local• SBE’s NC AIG Program Standards, new

policies• Institutes of Higher Education• Professional organizations• LEAs• Families, ~170,000 Students (12% NC)• And YOU!

Re-visioning of Local AIG Plans and Programs• Newly developed plans have been

approved by LBEs and sent to DPI. • Desk Reviews are being completed now.

Evidence-based reviews in 2012.• These plans are for 2010-2013.• Next plan due Summer 2013.

• Synergize our work!

You are the key to synergy!

COMPREHENSIVEPROGRAMMING

PERSONNEL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

DIFFERENTIATED CURRICULUM

& INSTRUCTION

PARTNERSHIPS

ACCOUNTABILITY

STUDENT IDENTIFICATION

AIG LEARNERS

Local AIG Plans are in for review!MOST COMMON FOCUSED AREAS:Practice within each standard % of LEAs Marked as FocusedStandard 1, Practice A 67% of LEAs

Standard 3, Practice C 63% of LEAs

Standard 6, Practice H 56% of LEAs

Standard 4, Practice D 56% of LEAs

Standard 6, Practice D 53% of LEAs

Standard 6, Practice G 52% of LEAs

Standard 4, Practice E 51% of LEAs

Standard 5, Practice B 49% of LEAs

Standard 2, Practice G 49% of LEAs

NC DPI AIG CHILD COUNT 2010    

Students Enrolled as of April 1, 2010

Total NC Students Females Males

1389930 679824 710106

Total AIG Students Females Males

169087 86206 82881

Percent of Total Students Identified as AIG     12.17%

Percent of Females Identified as AIG     12.68%

Percent of Males Identified as AIG     12.19%

NC AIG Child Count 2010

Up ~8,000

students

since last

year

Total NC Students Enrolled by Ethnicity

Gender Asian Black Hisp Multi Native Amer White Grand Total

Female 17178 184799 75128 27751 9922 365046 679824

Male 17114 189123 78567 27650 10304 387348 710106

Enrollment Total 34292 373922 153695 55401 20226 752394 1389930

Total AIG Students by Ethnicity

Gender Asian Black Hisp Multi Native Amer White Grand Total

Female 3968 10456 3167 2886 746 64983 86206

Male 3876 7956 3492 2639 616 64302 82881

AIG Totals 7844 18412 6659 5525 1362 129285 169087

Percent of Ethnicity Identified as AIG

Gender Asian Black Hisp Multi Native Amer White Total Percent

Female 23.10% 5.66% 4.22% 10.40% 7.52% 17.80% 12.68%

Male 22.65% 4.21% 4.44% 9.54% 5.98% 16.60% 11.67%

Percent 22.87% 4.93% 4.33% 9.97% 6.75% 17.20% 12.18%

NC AIG Child Count 2010 cont’

NC RttT: A Coherent Plan for Statewide Impact

~$4 billion

I challenge you…• To practice what you learn and know. Be

purposeful and intentional.

• To connect AIG within the school and LEA.

• To advocate for AIG learners and needs.

• To lead and encourage others.

• To support your AIG students and families.

Our ultimate goal…

• Better meet the academic, intellectual, social and emotional needs of gifted learners.

• Optimally develop AIG students’ potential.

Thank you

We must synergize our efforts to ensure that the potential of all AIG learners is optimized!

Sneha Shah-Coltrane, AIG State ConsultantNC Department of Public InstructionAcademic Services and Instructional Support6307 Mail Service CenterRaleigh, NC 27699-6307(919) 807-3849sshahcoltrane@dpi.state.nc.us

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