The Bossier Aspiring MiSTER Initiative was featured at this year’s Louisiana Call Me MiSTER Conference on September 7, 2024, at Grambling State University.
Mr. Nicholas Cobb, teacher at W.T. Lewis served as conference emcee and presented his personal MiSTER story to attendees. Dr. Tracey Burrell, Supervisor of Recruitment and Retention presented Bossier’s model for building and sustaining an Aspiring MiSTER pipeline.
Jeremiah Williams- Supervisor of Secondary Curriculum, Alex Devine, teacher at Sun City Elementary, Robby Dooley, teacher at Airline High School, and Mr. Kyle Scott, resident teacher at Greenacres Middle School shared the Bossier Way with Call Me MiSTERS from various institutions.
Grambling also honored two of Bossier's three Outstanding Aspiring MiSTERS: Erik Rorie, student at Airline High School and O’Marion Edwards, student at Bossier High School during Friday evening’s award ceremony.
The Call Me MiSTER (Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role Models) program seeks to increase the pool of male teachers of color in schools.