Meet Dr. Susanne Richert
Dr. E. Susanne Richert (Ph.D. Brown University) and her staff have developed formative assessment and professional development services that use authentic, developmentally appropriate, and integrated teaching strategies. These strategies are designed to evoke the maximum intellectual, emotional and ethical potential of teachers and students of all abilities, demographics and grade levels.

Dr. Richert has spent decades in the fields of educational research, and training, and has provided services to schools with extensive demographics and diversity.

 Student Comments   About Their Maximizing Potential© Classes
Richert's Maximizing Potential Model© was implemented in APOGEE, (Academic Programs for the Gifted with Excellence and Equity) a federally funded Javits grant directed by Dr. E. Susanne Richert. Among its goals were the development of maximum cognitive, affective and ethical performances among both students and teachers.

As part of the qualitative evaluation of the project, students (who include 50% poor or culturally diverse children) were asked to express some of the most important things they learned as a result of participating in the program. These excerpts from the self evaluations of some disadvantaged students speak for themselves

I wish I could make a difference in the world. I always wanted to be the first black president of the U.S.A. If I was, I would stop street hunger and world hunger.
I have a gift and I plan to use it. I would like my teachers to remember me 10 years from now for never giving up. I would like to make a difference in our world by teaching people how to respect one another.
I've learned that you should not shoplift. You can get your parents real sad and really not want to care anymore. APOGEE has affected how I feel about myself - that reading is not bad after all and that you can have a better education if you read more often.
I've learned that I can do almost anything if I put my mind to it. I learned that I haven't put enough effort in my work this year or last year.
I learned I couldn't work well with others. But now that I'm in APOGEE, I learned how to.
APOGEE has helped me a lot with my grades and has books I like to read a lot. It means being able to go to school rather than stay home and be lazy.
The way I have changed is that I can read better, make more friends, and that I can give my fingers some rest. I feel free.
I've learned that I am smart and am able to be smart with all the fights and arguments around me.
I think APOGEE has made me expand my goals. I feel smarter and ready when the time comes to face the outside world. It has made my life more interesting.
The three things I want to achieve are to finish college with good grades, to be a lawyer or a children's doctor, and to be independent (and not live off other people).
Some positive characteristics that I have are that I think I have good behavior in this class - better than in my own class - and that I think this is the best class in school
The things I like best about myself is that I am bringing up my grades and that I haven't gotten in any trouble. APOGEE really helps me out a lot.
It has made me think a lot about working with other people. I feel APOGEE will help a lot of kids learn to like reading. Teamwork, friendship, and pride are some things that for me have been strengthened by APOGEE. I do want to be in APOGEE next year because I like the concept of being able to work with groups. I love reading.
APOGEE has affected how I feel about myself. I can do anything right and not wrong. When I think of APOGEE, I first think that you can read the books you want and then report. I think I was picked for APOGEE because they know that I like doing projects and sharing my thoughts with other people.
I like group discussions, I like to read, and I love for people to ask me questions, or I ask them. I want to see how someone else might react to the situation we talk about.

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