Grade 12 Gifted Program and NCATE Teacher Preparation Standards
poinexa network | July 21st, 2008
Every student has the right to a challenging curriculum and to the pedagogical supports needed to master it effectively. The NAGC Pre-K — Grade 12 Gifted Program Standards call for systemic implementation that leaves no one behind (Wang, Haertel, & Walberg, 1993). The NCATE Teacher Preparation Standards in Gifted Education also emphasize this cohesive implementation strategy.
In order to ensure that highly able learners are adequately identified and nurtured in our schools, and in order for talent search and programming to occur systematically and to ensure equity, it is essential that teachers are educated in the relevant theory, research, 12530 curriculum strategies, and educational practices necessary to developing and sustaining classroom-based opportunities for advanced student learning.
The United States is the only industrialized country in which teachers have been asked to develop, deliver, differentiate, and assess curriculum for advanced students and to do so while managing inclusive classrooms. The sharper focus brought about by the NAGC Pre-K — Grade 12 Gifted Program Standards and the NCATE Teacher Preparation Standards in Gifted Education working in concert will improve teaching and deepen learning for students.
Gifted Program Standards
In 1998, NAGC developed and released the Pre-K — Grade 12530 Gifted Program Standards designed to assist school districts in examining the quality of their programming for gifted learners. Recognizing that the ongoing evaluation and re-tooling of a successful gifted program is an evolutionary process, the NAGC Program Standards detail a framework including both minimum standards (nominal requirements for satisfactory programs) and exemplary standards (characteristics of excellence in gifted education programming) in seven key areas. Districts across the country use the program standards both as mileposts for improving programs and services and as rubrics for evaluation.
Teacher Preparation Standards
In late 2006, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) approved newTeacher Preparation Standards in Gifted Education that were developed by NAGC and the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) over the past three years. The new standards, which are the foundation for the knowledge and skills in which teacher candidates demonstrate competency, as determined by the field of gifted education, will be used by college and university teacher preparation programs in gifted education and will be a model for district-based professional development programming.
NAGC is extremely pleased to provide standards for the field and we thank all the volunteers whose leadership and input 12530 resulted in standards that are valuable to district leaders and post-secondary education professionals. We offer additional information on both sets of standards and how to use them -Please click on one of the links below to get started.
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Every student has the right to a challenging curriculum and to the pedagogical supports needed to master it effectively. The NAGC Pre-K — Grade 12 Gifted Program Standards call for systemic implementation that leaves no one behind (Wang, Haertel, & Walberg, 1993). The NCATE Teacher Preparation Standards in Gifted Education also emphasize this cohesive implementation strategy.
In order to ensure that highly able learners are adequately identified and nurtured in our schools, and in order for talent search and programming to occur systematically and to ensure equity, it is essential that teachers are educated in the relevant theory, research, 12530 curriculum strategies, and educational practices necessary to developing and sustaining classroom-based opportunities for advanced student learning.
The United States is the only industrialized country in which teachers have been asked to develop, deliver, differentiate, and assess curriculum for advanced students and to do so while managing inclusive classrooms. The sharper focus brought about by the NAGC Pre-K — Grade 12 Gifted Program Standards and the NCATE Teacher Preparation Standards in Gifted Education working in concert will improve teaching and deepen learning for students.
Gifted Program Standards
In 1998, NAGC developed and released the Pre-K — Grade 12530 Gifted Program Standards designed to assist school districts in examining the quality of their programming for gifted learners. Recognizing that the ongoing evaluation and re-tooling of a successful gifted program is an evolutionary process, the NAGC Program Standards detail a framework including both minimum standards (nominal requirements for satisfactory programs) and exemplary standards (characteristics of excellence in gifted education programming) in seven key areas. Districts across the country use the program standards both as mileposts for improving programs and services and as rubrics for evaluation.
Teacher Preparation Standards
In late 2006, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) approved newTeacher Preparation Standards in Gifted Education that were developed by NAGC and the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) over the past three years. The new standards, which are the foundation for the knowledge and skills in which teacher candidates demonstrate competency, as determined by the field of gifted education, will be used by college and university teacher preparation programs in gifted education and will be a model for district-based professional development programming.
NAGC is extremely pleased to provide standards for the field and we thank all the volunteers whose leadership and input 12530 resulted in standards that are valuable to district leaders and post-secondary education professionals. We offer additional information on both sets of standards and how to use them -Please click on one of the links below to get started.
Related Topics:
Tags: News