Equity, Advocacy, and Leadership in Gifted and Talented Education Certificate

Program Coordinator: Angela Novak (311 Speight Building; 1-252-328-6649; novaka17@ecu.edu)

The certificate prepares education professionals at the graduate level to be educators, leaders, and advocates for equity in gifted and talented education. Coursework provides a strong base in gifted and talented pedagogy, embedded with diversity, equity, belongingness, and social justice. Consideration is given to issues of equity in race/ethnicity, exceptionality, place, economics, and identity within the context of gifted and talented education. Students have the choice to set the stage with an impactful foundations course that focuses on racial equity and provides an insightful analytic framework (EDUC 6400 ) or take a final gifted and talented course that provides a capstone experience for an in-depth research project (GIFT 6400 ).

A teaching license is not required to pursue the ECU-granted Equity, Advocacy, and Leadership in Gifted and Talented Education Certificate. The certificate is open to any qualified graduate candidate interested in learning more about equitable gifted and talented education.

Teachers with a North Carolina (NC) professional educator’s license can petition the NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) for an Academically and Intellectually Gifted (AIG) K-12 add-on to their license after successfully completing the four required AIG add-on courses (GIFT 6000 , GIFT 6100 , GIFT 6200 , GIFT 6300 ).

Successful completion of the certificate requires a grade of C or higher in all five required certificate courses.

The certificate requires 15 s.h. as follows: