Academically and Intellectually Gifted Add-On Licensure

Program Coordinator: Angela Novak (311 Speight Building; 252-328-6649; novaka17@ecu.edu)

Academically and Intellectually Gifted (AIG) is a K-12 add-on (endorsement) to a North Carolina (NC) professional educator’s license through the NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI). Interested students without a teaching license are welcome to enroll, but are not eligible for the licensure add-on. The AIG (K-12) add-on requires successful completion of 12 s.h. of graduate study in the gifted education (GIFT) subject area.

Required Courses:

Notes:

Successful completion requires a grade of C or higher in all four requisite courses.

With the permission of the AIG program coordinator, GIFT 6400 can be substituted for one of the required courses.

Teachers eligible for a North Carolina (NC) professional educator’s license can petition the NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) for the K-12 Academically and Intellectually Gifted (AIG) add-on after successful completion of the four required courses.

Anyone wishing to learn more about gifted and talented learners in the context of the education system is welcome to take the courses, however the AIG add-on is only available through DPI for teachers with a professional educator’s license.

This add-on can be a portion of requirements for one MAEd elementary education concentration .

Optional Certificate Available:

Students can earn an Equity, Advocacy, and Leadership in Gifted and Talented Education Certificate by successfully completing a total of 15 s.h. (5 courses). A teaching license is not required to earn this ECU-granted certificate.

The four core AIG courses are required (GIFT 6000 , GIFT 6100 , GIFT 6200 , and GIFT 6300 ). For the fifth course, students choose between EDUC 6400 and GIFT 6400 . Successful completion requires a grade of C or higher in all required courses; see the certificate page for more details.