Bruce Allen

Board Member, Poetry Editor of Advanced Development

Bruce Allen is a graduate of Colorado State University and the University of Colorado. In his 42-year teaching career, he taught students 7th to 12th grade and those at Front Range Community College in Westminster, Colorado. Those years encompass public schools and private, where he was an instructor in English, gifted and talented, interdisciplinary studies, and history.

For the benefit of young gifted, he presents needed curriculum ideas for teachers and students. Near publication, his book, Pearl in a Petri Dish: Poetry, Gifted, and the Visual-Spatial Learner, verifies with student examples the potency of poetry writing for academic success.

He was the Gifted and Talented Coordinator at Northglenn High School in Adams 12, Colorado. His presentations include those at state and national conferences, CAGT and NAGC, and at the International Dabrowski Congress. In hiatus, he hopes to return to volunteer at the Colorado Horse Rescue.