Gifted education leaders can create powerful, pro-LGBTQ+ state affiliate policies. A transparent, inclusive, inspirational process in one NAGC state teachers’ affiliate led to a position paper addressing gifted LGBTQ+ developmental needs. Learn about this affiliate's open call for drafters, writers' resourceful use of existing position statements, focus members' sometimes-blunt feedback, the affiliate’s approval process, and gifted coordinators' road to implementation.
Learning Objectives:
Discover the steps that a state affiliate for the gifted followed to create and implement a position paper supporting gifted LGBTQ+ students
Learn the barriers and facilitative factors that affiliate participants experienced during each step in writing and promoting the position paper
Discuss in a Q&A which barriers and facilitative factors participants might encounter should they want to create and promote position papers in their states
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