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The Center for Gifted Education at UL Lafayette along with the College of Education, the Kennedy Center Partners in Education (Lafayette, LA Team) and the Louisiana Department of Education are sponsoring the annual event.
Internationally acclaimed keynote speakers and topics include:
小蝌蚪APP Dr. Joseph S. Renzulli: A Dozen Teaching Assistants in Your Classroom: A New Resource for Expanding Services to Develop Giftedness and Talents
小蝌蚪APP Dr. Sandra Kaplan, Dr. Jann Leppien and Dr. Jeanne Purcell: Parallel Curriculum Model (PCM)
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小蝌蚪APP Dr. Don Treffinger: Creativity in the Person: New Insights
小蝌蚪APP Dr. Bonnie Cramond: Where Have All the Creative Kids Gone?
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The purpose of the institute is twofold: all students benefit from the advanced teaching strategies and high-end learning often found in gifted programs and gifted and talented students 小蝌蚪APP both identified and unidentified 小蝌蚪APP interact with many types of teachers every day.
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Other interesting topics include:
小蝌蚪APP Digital Storytelling: An Acadian Odyssey
小蝌蚪APP Books as Hooks for Creating Lifelong Learning
小蝌蚪APP Double Trouble: Gifted Students with Learning and Attention Challenges
小蝌蚪APP Learning to Move, Moving to Learn
小蝌蚪APP Demystifying the College Process.
The institute fee is $25 per day. Registration fees include all costs of instruction, general material packets, breakfast, lunch and afternoon refreshments. A $25 check or purchase order is required for each day of participation in order to reserve a seat.
Louisiana Lagniappe is held on the UL Lafayette campus which is easily accessible by car or air. Lafayette Regional Airport is served by Delta, Continental and Northwest Airlines.
Campus housing is available in UL Lafayette小蝌蚪APP檚 Legacy Park Apartments. These are within walking distance from all institute sessions. Cost is $65 per person for 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartments. Registration for housing is required.
Hotel rooms have also been blocked at Hotel Acadiana Best Western on West Pinhook Road. The hotel is two miles from campus and the rate per night is $65 per room.
Participants who register for all five days are eligible to register for three graduate credit hours in the Fall 2005 semester. Tuition for three graduate credit hours is not included in the institute fees. Information necessary for tuition exemption applications will be provided at the institute. Certificates of attendance will be provided for those needing CLUs for Louisiana Lagniappe participation.
For program content questions, special needs requirements or credit hours and CLUs, call Dobyns at (337) 482-1073 or email lagniappe@louisiana.edu
Visit for an application or for more information about Louisiana Lagniappe.