On September 12, 2011 LA GEAR UP school teachers, administrators and students participated in the annual LA GEAR UP conference. This year’s conference, which is a required feature of the federal grant, was held in Baton Rouge at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Parents who came to the conference with their children attended the breakfast session on Tuesday, September 15, and met LA GEAR UP staff for a brief welcome before the nuts and bolts of the conference began. Some of the topics of breakout sessions/presentations were “Rigorous Curricula through Quality Core,” “How Children Learn,” and “Home-based Best Practices for Student Learning.” The conference concluded with contract discussions and an Exemplary School Awards ceremony on September 14.
