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Jennifer Nusbaum, MA

Principal
Weinberg Gifted Academy, Chandler Unified School District, Arizona, Arizona

An educator on purpose and by choice and honored to be the prinipal of Weinberg Gifted Academy (WGA), a 2022 National Blue Ribbon School in the Chandler Unified School District in Arizona. I hold a BA in Elementary Education with a minor in music performance from UArizona, an MA in Curriculum and Instruction and an MA in Educational Leadership from NAU as well as PhD coursework in Language, Reading, and Culture through UArizona. In addition to my educator and principal certificates I hold endorsements in Gifted PreK-12, Middle Grades Mathematics 7-8, Middle Grade 5-9, and Reading Specialist K-12. For the past 15 years in Chandler Unified I have served as a teacher of gifted students, Dean of Students at Knox Gifted Academy, and now Principal at WGA.

I believe gifted children come to us energetic, expressive, curious, concerned, creative, and intense. It is our job to meet them where they are and provide them an environment that challenges and cherishes them. Exceptional and twice-exceptional learners deserve a support system that endeavors to understand asynchronous development and social/emotional needs and deliver academic instruction that is both rigorous and vigorous. I strive to foster a collective culture at WGA that honors diverse ways of knowing, allows for the love learning, and develops a sense of pride and purpose.

WGA offers students who are eligible to receive gifted services a self-contained learning environment in the southeast valley, emphasizing science, technology, engineering, arts integration, and mathematics through a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach. Gifted students in our district are immersed in a climate of connectedness -- from forming collaborative relationships and friendships, to participating in clubs and campus-wide events, and having a positive impact on their community and world. Our parents are our partners and our students have a voice.

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