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The Arts Network believes that artistic expression is a basic and necessary function of healthy and productive individuals, and that the health and productivity of a society is reflective of the degree of artistic expression among its citizens. Therefore it is the commitment of this Network to initiate, develop, and implement strategies and resources that will support interest and abilities in the visual and performing arts. Specifically, the Network: 1) promotes the recognition and acceptance of the Visual and Performing Arts as an essential area of giftedness; 2) encourages research in the area of the artistically gifted and talented; 3) provides practical strategies and resources to foster artistic expression; and 4) 12530 increases awareness of artistic expression, aesthetic perception, aesthetic valuing, and aesthetic appreciation.

The Arts Network is committed to initiating, developing, and implementing 12530 strategies and resources that will support interest and abilities in the Visual and Performing Arts.

Specifically, the Network will:

Promote the recognition and acceptance of the Arts as an essential area of giftedness;
Encourage research in the area of the artistically gifted and talented;
Provide practical strategies and resources to foster artistic expression;
Increase awareness of artistic expression, aesthetic perception, aesthetic valuing, and aesthetic appreciation.

Join Now!

If you like what you’ve read and want to be a member of the Arts Network, 12530 we’d love to have you! You must be a member of NAGC before you can become a network member, so click here to find out how.

Newsletter Archive

Some of our recent newsletters sent to network members:

Spring 2005

Winter 2005

Fall 2006

2008 NAGC Annual Convention

The Annual Convention will be in Tampa, FL from October 29-November 2, 2008.12530 We’ve just begun to plan, so check back here during the spring for more information and network events.
Related Topics:

• Supporting the needs of high-potential learners
• Welcome to the Higher Education Community Page

An estimated 3,000,000 gifted children sit in classrooms across the U.S. today. Because learning styles and levels vary widely, the needs of “smart kids” are far too often overlooked in the logical quest to meet minimum standards. But that begs the question: What is a maximum standard and how can we shift the focus in the U.S.?

For over 50 years, NAGC has worked to increase public awareness about these key questions and to affect positive change.

The 8,000+ members of NAGC work on behalf of these 3,000,000 students who 12530 represent a good portion of the oft-heralded “pipeline of talent.” Luis J. Rodriguez, an award-winning author and Chicano activist once said “It is not enough to prepare our children for the world; we also must prepare the world for our children.” We owe it to ourselves and to future generations to help prepare the world of education 12530 for gifted students.

Thus, 12530 NAGC invests all of its resources to train teachers, encourage parents and educate administrators and policymakers on how to develop and support gifted children and what’s at stake if high-potential learners are not challenged and encouraged.
Related Topics:

• Gifted Child Quarterly
• Xu Ziwai “Is predestined friends Human” 2008 lets us marry

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:

• Grade 12 Gifted Program and NCATE Teacher Preparation Standards
• Supporting the needs of high-potential learners

The Arts Network believes that artistic expression is a basic and necessary function of healthy and productive individuals, and that the health and productivity of a society is reflective of the degree of artistic expression among its citizens. Therefore it is the commitment of this Network to initiate, develop, and implement strategies and resources that will support interest and abilities in the visual and performing arts. Specifically, the Network: 1) promotes the recognition and acceptance of the Visual and Performing Arts as an essential area of giftedness; 2) encourages research in the area of the artistically gifted and talented; 3) provides practical strategies and resources to foster artistic expression; and 4) 12530 increases awareness of artistic expression, aesthetic perception, aesthetic valuing, and aesthetic appreciation.

The Arts Network is committed to initiating, developing, and implementing 12530 strategies and resources that will support interest and abilities in the Visual and Performing Arts.

Specifically, the Network will:

Promote the recognition and acceptance of the Arts as an essential area of giftedness;
Encourage research in the area of the artistically gifted and talented;
Provide practical strategies and resources to foster artistic expression;
Increase awareness of artistic expression, aesthetic perception, aesthetic valuing, and aesthetic appreciation.

Join Now!

If you like what you’ve read and want to be a member of the Arts Network, 12530 we’d love to have you! You must be a member of NAGC before you can become a network member, so click here to find out how.

Newsletter Archive

Some of our recent newsletters sent to network members:

Spring 2005

Winter 2005

Fall 2006

2008 NAGC Annual Convention

The Annual Convention will be in Tampa, FL from October 29-November 2, 2008.12530 We’ve just begun to plan, so check back here during the spring for more information and network events.
Related Topics:

• Gifted Child Quarterly
• Xu Ziwai “Is predestined friends Human” 2008 lets us marry

An estimated 3,000,000 gifted children sit in classrooms across the U.S. today. Because learning styles and levels vary widely, the needs of “smart kids” are far too often overlooked in the logical quest to meet minimum standards. But that begs the question: What is a maximum standard and how can we shift the focus in the U.S.?

For over 50 years, NAGC has worked to increase public awareness about these key questions and to affect positive change.

The 8,000+ members of NAGC work on behalf of these 3,000,000 students who 12530 represent a good portion of the oft-heralded “pipeline of talent.” Luis J. Rodriguez, an award-winning author and Chicano activist once said “It is not enough to prepare our children for the world; we also must prepare the world for our children.” We owe it to ourselves and to future generations to help prepare the world of education 12530 for gifted students.

Thus, 12530 NAGC invests all of its resources to train teachers, encourage parents and educate administrators and policymakers on how to develop and support gifted children and what’s at stake if high-potential learners are not challenged and encouraged.
Related Topics:

• Gifted Child Quarterly
• Gifted Child Quarterly

An estimated 3,000,000 gifted children sit in classrooms across the U.S. today. Because learning styles and levels vary widely, the needs of “smart kids” are far too often overlooked in the logical quest to meet minimum standards. But that begs the question: What is a maximum standard and how can we shift the focus in the U.S.?

For over 50 years, NAGC has worked to increase public awareness about these key questions and to affect positive change.

The 8,000+ members of NAGC work on behalf of these 3,000,000 students who 12530 represent a good portion of the oft-heralded “pipeline of talent.” Luis J. Rodriguez, an award-winning author and Chicano activist once said “It is not enough to prepare our children for the world; we also must prepare the world for our children.” We owe it to ourselves and to future generations to help prepare the world of education 12530 for gifted students.

Thus, 12530 NAGC invests all of its resources to train teachers, encourage parents and educate administrators and policymakers on how to develop and support gifted children and what’s at stake if high-potential learners are not challenged and encouraged.
Related Topics:

• Welcome to the Higher Education Community Page
• Gifted Child Quarterly

The Arts Network believes that artistic expression is a basic and necessary function of healthy and productive individuals, and that the health and productivity of a society is reflective of the degree of artistic expression among its citizens. Therefore it is the commitment of this Network to initiate, develop, and implement strategies and resources that will support interest and abilities in the visual and performing arts. Specifically, the Network: 1) promotes the recognition and acceptance of the Visual and Performing Arts as an essential area of giftedness; 2) encourages research in the area of the artistically gifted and talented; 3) provides practical strategies and resources to foster artistic expression; and 4) 12530 increases awareness of artistic expression, aesthetic perception, aesthetic valuing, and aesthetic appreciation.

The Arts Network is committed to initiating, developing, and implementing 12530 strategies and resources that will support interest and abilities in the Visual and Performing Arts.

Specifically, the Network will:

Promote the recognition and acceptance of the Arts as an essential area of giftedness;
Encourage research in the area of the artistically gifted and talented;
Provide practical strategies and resources to foster artistic expression;
Increase awareness of artistic expression, aesthetic perception, aesthetic valuing, and aesthetic appreciation.

Join Now!

If you like what you’ve read and want to be a member of the Arts Network, 12530 we’d love to have you! You must be a member of NAGC before you can become a network member, so click here to find out how.

Newsletter Archive

Some of our recent newsletters sent to network members:

Spring 2005

Winter 2005

Fall 2006

2008 NAGC Annual Convention

The Annual Convention will be in Tampa, FL from October 29-November 2, 2008.12530 We’ve just begun to plan, so check back here during the spring for more information and network events.
Related Topics:

• Supporting the needs of high-potential learners
• Supporting the needs of high-potential learners

We present resources that we believe will be helpful to professionals working in higher education, including the new teacher preparation standards, Gifted Child Quarterly, links to the NAGC convention pages, the National Research Center and to the online bookstore, as well as to the results of the survey of coursework, degree programs, and services in higher education. NAGC welcomes your suggestions for additional links and information.

Directory of Course Offerings, Degree Programs, and Services
Come and explore what higher education institutions have to offer in terms of course offerings, degree programs, and services. Perhaps you wish to explore other offerings in greater detail. NAGC has posted the entire survey results in an excel spreadsheet.

NCATE Teacher Preparation Standards 12530 in Gifted EducationThe 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.

Essential Publications The texts featured represent the “Best of the Best” that NAGC has to offer members of the Higher Education Community.

Gifted Child Quarterly is NAGC’s scholarly publication, edited by 12530 Dr. Carolyn M. Callahan at the University of Virginia. The GCQ page provides information about the range of issues published in the journal, and submission details. If you are searching for the latest research, check the link to the GCQ pages on the Sage Publications website, where all articles from, Gifted Child Quarterly are downloadable for a small fee, or free for NAGC members. You may search back issues for articles by subject, author, or article title. The archive goes back to the very first issue.

ERIC Archives
ERIC Digests are short reports crafted by various education experts designed to provide an overview of information on a given topic, plus references to items providing more detailed information. Explore the database today.

The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
The work of The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) is 12530 guided by emerging research about the broadened conception of human potential and the need to develop “high-end learning” opportunities for all of America’s students.

NAGC Networks
Fourteen (14) NAGC Networks (formerly called Divisions) exist to explore special issues and concerns related to the primary emphasis of that Network within the NAGC. Of interest to you may be the Research and Evaluation Network as well as the Conceptual Foundations Network.

Graduate Student Community (coming soon!)
NAGC is proud to offer a home for the future leaders in the field of Gifted Education.

2008 Convention
Join thousands of your colleagues at the not-to-be-missed gifted event of the year, October 30 to November 2, 2008, in Tampa.

Regional Academies
One of the goals of NAGC’s Education Commission is to offer a series of 12530 professional development academies in different locations across the country. If your state association or university may be interested in “hosting” an Academy, please email Robyn Carson, NAGC’s Director of Meetings and Professional Development, with your ideas.

Membership
At NAGC, we celebrate the fact that gifted children are unique individuals with varied need 12530 and we recognize that our members are unique individuals as well. That’s why NAGC offers a range of membership options so that you can select what’s right for you.
Related Topics:

• Grade 12 Gifted Program and NCATE Teacher Preparation Standards
• Welcome to the Higher Education Community Page

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:

• Grade 12 Gifted Program and NCATE Teacher Preparation Standards
• Supporting the needs of high-potential learners

We present resources that we believe will be helpful to professionals working in higher education, including the new teacher preparation standards, Gifted Child Quarterly, links to the NAGC convention pages, the National Research Center and to the online bookstore, as well as to the results of the survey of coursework, degree programs, and services in higher education. NAGC welcomes your suggestions for additional links and information.

Directory of Course Offerings, Degree Programs, and Services
Come and explore what higher education institutions have to offer in terms of course offerings, degree programs, and services. Perhaps you wish to explore other offerings in greater detail. NAGC has posted the entire survey results in an excel spreadsheet.

NCATE Teacher Preparation Standards 12530 in Gifted EducationThe 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.

Essential Publications The texts featured represent the “Best of the Best” that NAGC has to offer members of the Higher Education Community.

Gifted Child Quarterly is NAGC’s scholarly publication, edited by 12530 Dr. Carolyn M. Callahan at the University of Virginia. The GCQ page provides information about the range of issues published in the journal, and submission details. If you are searching for the latest research, check the link to the GCQ pages on the Sage Publications website, where all articles from, Gifted Child Quarterly are downloadable for a small fee, or free for NAGC members. You may search back issues for articles by subject, author, or article title. The archive goes back to the very first issue.

ERIC Archives
ERIC Digests are short reports crafted by various education experts designed to provide an overview of information on a given topic, plus references to items providing more detailed information. Explore the database today.

The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
The work of The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) is 12530 guided by emerging research about the broadened conception of human potential and the need to develop “high-end learning” opportunities for all of America’s students.

NAGC Networks
Fourteen (14) NAGC Networks (formerly called Divisions) exist to explore special issues and concerns related to the primary emphasis of that Network within the NAGC. Of interest to you may be the Research and Evaluation Network as well as the Conceptual Foundations Network.

Graduate Student Community (coming soon!)
NAGC is proud to offer a home for the future leaders in the field of Gifted Education.

2008 Convention
Join thousands of your colleagues at the not-to-be-missed gifted event of the year, October 30 to November 2, 2008, in Tampa.

Regional Academies
One of the goals of NAGC’s Education Commission is to offer a series of 12530 professional development academies in different locations across the country. If your state association or university may be interested in “hosting” an Academy, please email Robyn Carson, NAGC’s Director of Meetings and Professional Development, with your ideas.

Membership
At NAGC, we celebrate the fact that gifted children are unique individuals with varied need 12530 and we recognize that our members are unique individuals as well. That’s why NAGC offers a range of membership options so that you can select what’s right for you.
Related Topics:

• Welcome to the Higher Education Community Page
• Grade 12 Gifted Program and NCATE Teacher Preparation Standards