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agency (LEA) and community. The leadership team conducts the Academically Intellectually Gifted
Program review of the local Plan for Gifted Education and assesses the present program. The team
assesses the representation of cultural and socio-economic groups in the program and makes
recommendations to address inequities.
Annual surveys, focus groups, interviews, and questionnaires may be included to reveal
strengths and opportunities for growth of the existing program. Data from these sources
provide valuable direction in setting goals, writing objectives, and making
recommendations for the gifted program within the context of the total school program.
The Gifted Leadership Team meets at least three times yearly to review goals, objectives,
and initiatives and makes recommendations for review by the AIG Program.
The Gifted Leadership Team Members include:
• Director, AIG Program
• Psychologist for the AIG Program, Wake County Schools
• AIG Coordinating Teachers
• Principals
• Elementary and Middle School AIG Resource Teachers
• Regular Education Teachers
• Agency representatives from interested groups: Partners for the Advancement of Gifted Education
(PAGE), Coalition of Concerned Citizens for African American Children (CCCAAC) and others
• Parent and Community Members (reflecting diversity of community)
School Based Committee for Gifted Education(SBCGE)
The SBCGE reviews nominations and referrals, makes identification recommendations, matches
students' levels of service to student need, and coordinates the Annual Performance Review process.
Parents may provide documentation to the SBCGE that demonstrates student academic strengths
and request to meet with the SBCGE concerning the identification process. The SBCGE collaborates
with the Student Support Team when students have other special needs. Likewise, the Student
Support Team (SST) work with the SBCGE when evidence is suggests that gifted services may be
needed.
Additional Community Outreach efforts:
North Carolina State University, Duke University, St. Augustine College, Shaw University and other
area institutions of higher learning provide student and professional mentors and tutors for students in
need of advanced instruction as appropriate and as schedules permit.
The Director of the Academically Intellectually Gifted Program and members of the Gifted Education
Leadership Team meet with community members for a variety of events and community meetings as
appropriate.