AGTSLA Objectives

AGTS Louisiana is designed to serve as a resource for families, communities, and educational professionals who advocate for and support gifted and talented individuals and their education throughout Louisiana. The organization has four objectives:

A: Leadership: Provide an organizational structure for advocates of gifted and talented education throughout Louisiana so they may be more effective in their role.

B:  Advocate: To be the primary resource for collaborative advocacy across the state before lawmakers, policy makers, and education administrators at the state and local levels.

C: Educate: Be a resource for elementary and secondary educators, college and university professors, and parents of gifted and talented students in order to advance their knowledge and effectiveness of their role in supporting the gifted and talented students

D:  Network:  Join with other agencies and organizations to establish and operate advocacy AGTS Louisiana chapters throughout the state.