Mrs. Lauren Almlof is a special education teacher who serves as an English teacher, special education case manager, and founder of the school’s gifted programming. In a setting traditionally focused on career and technical education, Mrs. Almlof has led the development of equitable gifted services tailored to high-ability learners pursuing skilled trades, technical pathways, and applied professions. Her work challenges the misconception that gifted education exists only within traditional academic tracks.

Mrs. Almlof holds a bachelor’s degree in Special Education from West Chester University, a master’s degree in Education from Gratz College, and a master’s degree in Transformative Teaching and Leadership through Woolf University. She also earned her Gifted Endorsement through the Bucks County Intermediate Unit in partnership with Neumann University.

Grounded in social-emotional learning and educational equity, Mrs. Almlof specializes in identifying and supporting non-traditional gifted learners, including twice-exceptional students, students from underrepresented backgrounds, and students whose talents emerge through technical and applied domains. Teaching within a comprehensive technical high school gives her a distinctive lens on gifted education: she designs strength-based programming that honors students’ identities, lived experiences, and career aspirations while ensuring access to acceleration, enrichment, and advocacy.

Mrs. Almlof also serves on the board of Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education (PAGE), where she contributes to statewide advocacy, policy conversations, and professional learning initiatives that advance equitable gifted education across Pennsylvania.

Through her leadership, gifted services are not an add-on but an integrated component of a career-focused educational model,  expanding what gifted education can look like in modern public schools.