NAGC 58th Annual Convention & Exhibition
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Successful Transition and Integration of Underrepresented Populations into a Gifted Learning Environment: One School's Approach
Track
:
Special Populations
Date:
Friday, November 4, 2011
Time:
7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
EST
Room:
Grand Salon Section: 6
CO-PRESENTER
:
Emalie Dunn, Coordinator of Teacher Resources, Louisiana School
NAGCFACULTY
(S):
Emalie Dunn, Coordinator of Teacher Resources, Louisiana School
Jennifer Mangum, EXCEL Coordinator, Louisiana School
PRESENTER
:
Jennifer Mangum, EXCEL Coordinator, Louisiana School
Description
Since 2003, the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts has successfully aided in the transition and integration of underrepresented populations into its gifted learning environment. The school decided to proactively help these students transition into the community through the EXCEL program, which is a recruiting and retention program that uses a summer bridge program combined with faculty mentoring to help promote the graduation of underrepresented populations. In this session, presenters detail ACT improvements and graduation rates, structure and staffing of the bridge component, failures and successes of EXCEL, and anecdotal data on post-graduate student success.
No items are available for this session.
