PROJECT GLIMPSE
A USDOE JACOB K. JAVITS GRANT 2022-2027
OSCEOLA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA GIFTED EDUCATION PROGRAM
Project GLIMPSE will transform and scale up the identification, programming and services for high-ability and gifted learners who have been overlooked and unrecognized and infuse students with disabilities from low-income and English Learner populations.
Objectives:
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Enhance the ability of targeted schools to identify and develop the talent of gifted students, especially twice-exceptional ones.
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Strategically develop the ability of human resources to educate gifted students to their strengths
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Enhance the ability of targeted schools to meet the educational needs of all students including underserved gifted populations.
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Disseminate the research conducted through Project GLIMPSE to the larger gifted community
Innovative Practices
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Talent Development
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Non-Traditional Identification
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Schoolwide Transformation for Excellence and Access
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Coherent Project Management
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Professional Learning, higher qualifications and certification for Teacher Leaders
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Gifted Curriculum Scaled up and Extended
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Research and Dissemination through emerging technologies
Project GLIMPSE TEAM SDOC:
Elizabeth Bronson - Director 2024-2027
Dr. David Maddock – Former Director 2022-2024
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UCF CCIE faculty:
Dr. Gillian Eriksson – UCF PI – Gifted Education Program
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Dr. Rebecca Hines – UCF CO-PI
Exceptional Education
Dr. Richard Hartshorne
Educational Technology
Dr. Daniel Eadens
Educational Leadership
Dr. Stacy van Horn
Counselor Education
Dr. Kate Ingraham
Simulations
