Sneha Shah-Coltrane Opening Keynote Address ECU Gifted Conference September 22, 2010 http://www.ecugifted.com

1. State of our State 2010 East Carolina University 4 rd Annual AIG Conference Sneha Shah-Coltrane NC DPI, State Consultant for Academically/Intellectually Gifted

4. You are the key to synergy! AIG LEARNERS COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMMING PERSONNEL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENTIATED CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION PARTNERSHIPS ACCOUNTABILITY STUDENT IDENTIFICATION

5. Local AIG Plans are in for review! MOST COMMON FOCUSED AREAS : Practice within each standard % of LEAs Marked as Focused Standard 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

6. NC AIG Child Count 2010 Up ~8,000 students since last year 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%

7. NC AIG Child Count 2010 cont’ 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%

8. NC RttT: A Coherent Plan for Statewide Impact ~$400,000,000

11. We must synergize our efforts to ensure that the potential of all AIG learners is optimized! Sneha Shah-Coltrane, AIG State Consultant NC Department of Public Instruction Academic Services and Instructional Support 6307 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-6307 (919) 807-3849 [email_address] Please email or jot down any questions you may have..