INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT
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Mission Statement
The Institute for Educational Advancement (IEA) is dedicated to the intellectual, creative, and personal growth in our nation’s gifted and high potential youth. Central to the mission of IEA is a commitment to the development of the whole child through engaging learning experiences that promote optimal challenge, mentorship, exploration of ideas, and recognition of personal potential. IEA seeks to connect like-minded individuals and supports a diverse community that creates a sense of belonging and affirmation.
About This Cause
IEA’s philosophy is based on the belief that highly able students require strong academic programs provided by skilled educators, administrators and business professionals to fully actualize their talents. IEA follows the Optimal Match Philosophy, the basic tenet of which is to match a student's assessed needs with the optimal educational resources. IEA advances this philosophy as it works with each individual student, school or school district to seek the best learning strategy for all. IEA crosses traditional educational boundaries by working in public, independent, parochial and alternative schools. IEA initiatives foster intellectual curiosity, the acquisition of knowledge, confidence, creativity, responsibility and moral decisiveness. To achieve our mission, IEA will: * Serve as a catalyst for identifying and implementing the best practices in teaching highly able youth * Advance public knowledge and understanding of the need to enable and nurture society's most able-minded students * Support the needs of highly able youth by training teachers, informing parents and identifying and soliciting the participation of mentors for exceptionally gifted students * Create partnerships with individuals, foundations, non-profit organizations, businesses and universities to support the development of highly able students who will advance society as a whole * Encourage each gifted student to pursue his or her full intellectual and personal potential and develop respect for individual differences * Take a leadership role in policy making for gifted youth throughout the nation Programs & Services To meet our goals and achieve our mission, we provide a variety of programs and services designed specifically for the gifted community. Programs Apprenticeship Program - This three or four week residential summer program provides an opportunity for students, capable of working above the high school level, to apprentice with established professionals in an area of interest. Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship - This program provides an opportunity for gifted students to develop their full potential by attending a school that will best meet their individual needs. The Scholarship covers the cost of tuition throughout each Scholar's high school years. Academy - These supplemental courses, which take place after school and on weekends, promote higher level thinking skills, creativity and community for gifted elementary and middle school students. Yunasa Summer Camp for the Gifted - This week-long residential summer program teaches gifted middle school students to balance the emotional, social, spiritual, physical and intellectual aspects of themselves. Consulting Services - IEA provides a variety of consulting services to families, schools and districts with highly gifted children.