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2.7.9 Best Practices to Facilitate High Ability LGBTQ+ Student Success
What do gifted LGBTQ+ students need in order to thrive in school? This session will discuss best practices that facilitate the academic, social, and emotional well-being of students who sit at the intersection of both the high ability and LGBTQ+ identifiers.
Author(s):
Jo Tuite
jtuite@bsu.edu
Ball State University
United States
Ms. Tuite joined Ball State University in 1989 and has been their Associate Director /Head of Admissions at the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities since 2007. Mrs. Tuite is responsible for identifying and recruiting high ability high school juniors who demonstrate the aptitude to be successful in the Academy program. Ms. Tuite is a doctoral candidate in Educational Leadership and is working to defend her dissertation entitled An Exploration of School Belonging, Connectedness, and Life Satisfaction of Students from a Residential High Ability High School, Differentiated by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, in the Spring of 2019.