Month: August 2017

Get Ready for NMAG’s 13th Annual Fall Gifted Institute

The conference is just around the corner and NMAG is ready for New Mexico’s teachers, administrators and parents. Are you interested in learning about and advocating for gifted education?

Big Top Conference Poster 2017

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Under the Big Top

Come see the greatest show on gifted!

October 20-21, 2017

New Mexico Highlands Rio Rancho Center

1700 Grande Blvd SE #100, Rio Rancho, NM 87124

Keynote Speaker: Jaime Castellano

Our keynote speaker this year will be Dr. Jaime A. Castellano, one of the nation’s leading authorities on the identification, assessment, recruitment, and retention of low-income, culturally and linguistically different gifted students. Dr. Castellano has particular expertise and success in working with school districts across the nation to increase the number of Hispanic/Latino students, Native American students, as well as English language learners in gifted education programs.

Castellano is an award-winning principal and author, as well as a noted researcher and scholar in gifted education. He has written and edited four books on understanding our most able students from diverse backgrounds, written and/or edited multiple chapters, articles, and monographs in the field. His 2011 publication: Special Populations in Gifted Education: Understanding Our Most Able Students from Diverse Backgrounds was awarded the Legacy Award for Outstanding Scholarly Publication in the field of Gifted Education. He also serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Advanced Academics (JAA), Journal for the Education of the Gifted (JEG), Gifted Child Today (GCT), and Roeper Review. Continue reading



Summer 2017 NMAG Newsletter

Fresh and Hot!

image of summer 2017 newsletterNMAG Newsletter Chairperson, Jessica Carlisle, has put together another fantastic newsletter covering upcoming opportunities as well as highlights of the summer and spring. Please download it, forward or print for your friends and colleagues, and enjoy. Share this post on your favorite social media to help us get the word out about supporting gifted learners in New Mexico.

 



Gifted Educator Jobs in Santa Fe

Several site-based gifted education jobs are currently listed at Santa Fe Public Schools.  Contact Geoffrey Moon for more information.

SFPS has embarked on a multi-year plan to transform our special education services to all special education students including gifted. Initiatives include intensive teacher training and support, 1-1 assistive technology, and state of the art digital and curriculum resources.

2017-2018 SY – Special Education-Gifted Teacher, Job ID 2219
017-2018 SY – Special Education-Gifted Teacher at El Dorado, Job ID 2310

To apply you will need this link to the  SFPS jobs list, where you will submit an Applitrack application online.

Here’s a hint: If you are actively searching for jobs and have another district’s application started with Applitrack, you can transfer most of the info you’ve inputed over to other districts, like Santa Fe, who also use this service.

Do you have an job opening to share? Let me know and I’ll post it.