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Career Opportunities

Graduates of UL Lafayette’s M.Ed. in Special Education: Gifted program can pursue different careers in a variety of fields, including:

PK-12 School Teachers
Higher Education Faculty or Staff
School or District Administrators
Instructional Specialist or Instructional Coordinators
Child Care Providers
Staff in Education Related Organizations
Tutors
Trainers
Curriculum Developers or Instructional Designers
Instructional Materials Sales Representatives

Graduates from this program will be prepared for Louisiana certification for teaching students who are academically gifted.

Meet Our Alumni

Malani Hoffpauir

Malani Hoffpauir (master's candidate graduating in DEC 21) and her committee - Dr. Michelle Kreamer, Dr. Toby Daspit, and Dr. Christine Briggs. Congratulations!

Nicole Cart

"I received a top-notch education from professors who are passionate about and experts in their field of gifted education."

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Joanne Broussard

"Be prepared to work hard, but know that there is a tremendous amount of support while doing so."

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"This program helped me to realize that research is not something disconnected from classroom practices, but is something that classroom teachers can enact and learn from to continually enhance their instruction and support student learning."

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Leah Trahan

"You will learn so much about how to reach the needs not only of students actually identified as gifted, but many of those that miss the opportunity to enroll in gifted programs but are still high achievers and benefit from the same types of learning opportunities and lessons."