HM 53 — STUDY "GIFTED-IN-FIELD" TEACHER ENDORSEMENT

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 53REQUESTING 57THE THPUBLIC LEGISLATURE-EDUCATION STATEDEPARTMENT TO STUDY THE CREATION OF NEWA MEXICO"GIFTED -IN-FIELD" SECONDENDORSEMENT SESSION,FOR 2026SECONDARY INTRODUCEDSCHOOL BYGIFTED TaraEDUCATION L.TEACHERS.

Lujan6 WHEREAS, the needs of gifted students attending secondary school, who are ready for greater independence and Yaniradevelopment Gurrolaof their talents and G.expertise in specific areas of study, are often substantially different from those of gifted students attending elementary school;

Andrésand RomeroWHEREAS, while gifted students at the secondary school level can benefit from beginning to develop expertise through accelerated coursework delivered from sources such as dual enrollment, advanced placement and Debrathe M.international baccalaureate, those programs often do not consistently address the social, emotional, creative and leadership development needs of those students;

Sariñanaand WHEREAS, rules promulgated by the public education department require teachers obtaining a gifted education endorsement to have demonstrated competency to deliver content area instruction to gifted students from a position of expertise, to apply pedagogy appropriate to the content area being taught and E.to apply higher-level thinking and meta-cognitive models to those content areas;

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andNOW, WHEREAS,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the public education department'sdepartment rulesbe requirerequested thatto individualcollaborate educationwith programsthe forstate's public post-secondary educational institutions and gifted studentseducation inorganizations to study the statecreation produceof advanceda outcomes,HM develop53 thePage strengths2 and"gifted interestsin-field" ofendorsement for secondary school gifted studentseducation teachers and addressto otherconsider courses available from the state's public post-secondary educational needs;institutions and other criteria necessary to establish advanced content knowledge that could fulfill endorsement requirements for those teachers;

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and iBE aIT eFURTHER rRESOLVED 20that WHEREAS,copies theof publicthis educationmemorial departmentbe currentlytransmitted allows a t m m 21 special education teachers without expertise or endorsement in d r e 22 gifted education to teachthe giftedpublic education classesdepartment becauseand ofthe cgovernor. e s k 23 an ongoing lack of gifted education teachers;

andHM e53 aPage n3 b25 24 WHEREAS, secondary school teachers with advanced knowledge u [ in a subject area in addition to knowledge about the needs of .233257.1 - 2 - gifted learners could provide advanced instruction to students with advanced readiness who are not identified as gifted;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the public education department be requested to collaborate with the state's public post-secondary educational institutions and gifted education organizations to study the creation of a "gifted in-field" endorsement for secondary school gifted education teachers and to consider courses available from the state's public post-secondary educational institutions and other criteria necessary to establish advanced content knowledge that could fulfill endorsement requirements for those teachers;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the department be requested to study and evaluate criteria to determine the amount of expertise necessary in various subject areas for the state to e t 17 develop a gifted in-field endorsement teacher workforce that w l n d 18 can both deliver advanced coursework in various content areas = = 19 a l and serve the needs of secondary school gifted students to i a e r 20 develop expertise in those subject areas;

and a t m m 21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be d r e 22 transmitted to the public education department and the c e s k 23 governor.

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