Leadership
Sally Dobyns, Chair
Jennifer Beasley, Chair Elect
Christine Briggs and Carol Ann Williams, Convention Program Chairs
Leighann Pennington, Newsletter Editor
Mission
The Curriculum Studies Network believes that work in the area of curriculum forms the core basis for programs for gifted learners and thus must be carried out in a thoughtful, comprehensive, and articulated way. Furthermore, we believe that curriculum for the gifted should be organized to allow gifted learners to move at their own rates, to provide in-depth experiences, to offer exposure to new knowledge areas, and to make interdisciplinary connections. Specifically, the Network undertakes projects and activities that: 1) develop standards for curriculum development processes including evaluation, scope, and sequence; 2) develop a working relationship and mutual projects with other national curriculum groups; 3) provide a clearinghouse of appropriate curriculum materials for gifted students; and 4) promote research and development in curriculum for gifted students.
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Newsletter Archive
Some of our recent newsletters sent to network members:
February 2006
September 2006
February 2007
June 2007
Fall 2007
June 2008
September 2008
March 2009
Spring/Summer 2009
Fall 2009
Summer 2010
2010 NAGC Annual Convention
Curriculum Studies Award
Read more about the award competition here.
Check out the Network Events Schedule for the NAGC 2010 Convention in Atlanta. Plan your sessions by Network topic strand in the online Itinerary Planner.
More Information
Chair Elect Carol Ann Williams has been an educator of gifted and talented children for fourteen years and is a recently retired Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction and Program Supervisor for Gifted and Talented Studies from Cape May County, New Jersey. She is a past board member of the New Jersey Association for Gifted and Talented Children (NJAGC) and is presently an Educational Consultant and Staff Developer for Stockton College's ETTC. She earned her Master's Degree from the University of Connecticut specializing in gifted education and talent development. She received an award for curriculum development in 1999, for Across Generations, from the NAGC curriculum studies division and in 2000, as an NAGC Non-Doctoral Graduate Student of the Year. She is currently serving as the co-chair for the network's curriculum competition and is co-editor for an upcoming curriculum series for Creative Learning Press. Her interests include gifted education and talent development, differentiated instruction and curriculum development.
From NAGC's ERIC Digest Archives:
"Infusing Multicultural Content into the Curriculum for Gifted Students"
"Integrating Arts into Curriculum for Gifted Students"
Full List of the ERIC Archives