Coordinator of Professional Development
I URGGE, Alabama
Dr. Erinn Fears Floyd is a Gifted Education, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Scholar who serves as Director of Training and Partnership Development for The Consortium for Inclusion of Underrepresented Racial Groups in Gifted Education (I-URGGE). Dr. Floyd is an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia and Lecturer at Texas State University-San Marcos. She is former Director of Professional Learning for the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) and State Director of Gifted Education for the Alabama Department of Education. She has over thirty (30) years of experience as a classroom teacher, Gifted and School Improvement Specialist, District Gifted Education Coordinator, and Assistant Principal, and has provided professional learning opportunities for educators at all levels in Alabama, nationally, and internationally. Dr. Floyd is the recipient of the 2022 Dr. Alexinia Baldwin Gifted & __________ Award and an inaugural recipient of the NAGC Dr. Mary Frasier Teacher Scholarship for Diverse Talent Development. Dr. Floyd serves on the Board of Trustees for her alma mater, The Alabama School of Fine Arts, and Board of Directors for the Southeast Alabama Sickle Cell Association, Incorporated. She has authored and co-authored several publications, including Mentoring and Social Media: Lessons Learned from R.A.C.E. Mentoring, Poverty and the (Mis)Education of Black and Hispanic Gifted Students; Power Advocates: Families of Diverse Gifted Learners Taking a Seat at the Table; Black and Gifted in Rural America: Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Gifted and Talented Education Programs; Shifting the Narrative: Addressing Systemic Racial Disparities of Gifted Students of Color; The Red Owl Collaborative: Leveraging Sisterhood and Social Justice; and Black, Gifted, and Living in the “Country”: Searching for Equity and Excellence in Rural Gifted Education Programs. Dr. Floyd and her husband are the proud parents of two gifted children, a son (16) and a daughter (12).
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Sunday, November 20, 2022
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM