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FW: ?Register for LWVOR's Legislative Process Day!
开云体育Friends: ? This free event is provided by an outside organization (the League of Women Voters) and is both online and in person.? If you have ever wondered how the legislature works or how to participate, you may find this training very helpful. ? Margaret ? From: LWV of Oregon <noreply@...>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2023 1:01 PM To: margaretdelacy@... Subject: ?Register for LWVOR's Legislative Process Day! ? Legislative Process DayGain Insights from Legislative Insiders! ?Join us on November 7, 2023 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Learn about what is happening at the Oregon Legislature and gain insight into how you can get involved!Guest speakers will include: Joel Henderson and Max Robinson of Talking Book and Braille Library; Natalie Brant, Reference Coordinator for the Government and Information Services Division; and more!T?he event will be hybrid and we welcome all League and non-League members to join us. ???????????????????????????
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SENG Webinar on Life as a Gifted Grownup
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Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) is offering a webinar on Tuesday October 24th.? The topic is: Life as a Gifted Grownup-What You Need to Know.? The three presenters are: Deborah Ruf, Ph.D., Gail Post, Ph.D. and Paula Prober, M.Ed., M.S.? Each presenter has recently published a book on aspects of being a gifted adult and the complexity of that experience. More information and registration can be found here: SENG members receive a discount on registration. Judy Smith |
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LAST CHANCE: OATAG 2023 Conference
开云体育Friends: ? ? Just a reminder that the OATAG 2023 Conference is tomorrow, Saturday Oct 7th.? The conference will be held at?Clackamas Community College, Oregon City Campus - Gregory Forum.? Registration starts at 8:30am and the opening session starts at 9:15am. We sent our lunch count to the caterer when our registration closed so if you attend as a walk-in we can't guarantee a lunch but you can bring one. The best parking for the conference is in the yellow lots.? Click for a . Click for a link. There is also a QR code you can scan for Google Maps attached to this email. See you there ? ? Margaret |
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OATAG conference 2023
Reminder: Registration for the 2023 OATAG conference ends TODAY? (Saturday).
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Check it out at .
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We have an exciting and informative program, a dynamic keynote speaker, a beautiful venue, and some great vendors and exhibitors.? PLUS lunch, free coffee and even free parking.?
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The only thing that is missing is YOU.
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It is up to YOU to join this community and step up for our kids.
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So come to learn and stay to have fun and make some new friends.
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Margaret?
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2023 OATAG conference
开云体育Friends: ? September has only 30 days, and our conference registration closes on the 30th.? That’s THIS SATURDAY.? So please, register now and don’t miss the great breakouts, our exhibitors, our state TAG specialist, and our keynote presentation on anxiety in gifted children. This opportunity to meet other people in our community and learn about supporting our students only comes once a year. ? |
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OATAG conference program now online
开云体育Friends: ? The program for the 2023 OATAG conference on SATURDAY, October 7th. is now online at .? You can enlarge or shrink the program by pressing control and the plus sign or control and the minus sign together. ? REGISTER NOW at ? Here’s the schedule in brief: ? Keynote: Michael Postma: “Anxiety and its Impact on Gifted and Twice Exceptional Children, Teens, and Young Adults” ? Breakout 1: Michael Postma: “Understanding Executive Functioning and the G/2e Student” Angela Allen: “Equitable TAG Identification Practices - Train the Trainer for District and Building-Level TAG Leaders” Adam Laningham: “Writing is Sometimes Hard for Me: Strategies to support Gifted Learners in Writing” ? ? Breakout 2 Michael Postma:?“The Twice-Exceptional Brain” Angela Allen: “Supporting and 开云体育 TAG Students in the Classroom” Laura Harvey and Kelly Kirk: Identification and Support for Dysregulated Gifted Children ? Breakout 3 Judy Fitzpatrick: “Metacognition and Strength-Based Studying” ? Candace Guertin: Essential Skills: Coping, Connection, Boredom, Mindfulness and Acceptance of Imperfection ? Adam Laningham: Gifted and Struggling: Emotional Support for Gifted and 2e ? ? ? |
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Portland TAG advisory committee meets tonight
开云体育Meeting Schedule Meetings are virtual 6:30 - 8:30 pm Resources: , revised 2019 Archive of ? |
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fifteen colleges on the 15th.
开云体育College Admissions Information Sessions: 15 on the 15th ? On the 15th of each month through November 15, fifteen liberal arts and sciences colleges across the U.S. join together with current students from their respective colleges to offer virtual information sessions on a variety of topics related to the college application process, followed by an online college fair. The topic this month will be "Effective Interviews." ? For more information, go to ? ? |
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FW: Gifted and Talented Test Sample Question links
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These links from from Mercer Publishing, which publishes several tests used for gifted identification. The links will let you see what sort of questions are on the tests. Margaret -----Original Message-----
From: MercerPublishing <customerservice@...> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2023 7:43 AM To: president@... Cc: service@... Subject: Gifted and Talented Test Sample Question links Dear OATAG, We have recently updated the links to our sample questions pages for the following Gifted tests. Please feel free to use these links on your site to help educate parents and members about the types of questions on these tests. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us. CogAT NNAT3 OLSAT Iowa-Assessments Thank you, Mercer Publishing |
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SENG Webinar on Sept 14th
开云体育Friends, Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) is offering a
webinar on Sept. 14 at 3:00 PM EST.? The topic is:? Eye of the
Beholder: Our "Obesessions" = Opportunities.?? The
Presenter, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, is a global advocate, educator,
disabled person of color, non-binary woman, and parent in a
neurodiverse, multicultural, twice-exceptional serodifferent
biological and adoptive family. A prolific writer and social
scientist/activist whose work focuses on intersectional justice,
meaningful community? involvement, human rights, and inclusion,
Morénike is recognized as a leader in various disability justice
endeavors, including serving as founder/principal consultant of
Advocacy Without Borders, a grassroots intersectional non-profit
initiative offering DEIA, education, advocacy, keynotes/lectures,
training, research, expert review, and related projects. SENG members receive a 50% discount on registration.? Judy Smith |
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SENG Chat on Being Young, Gifted and Black
开云体育Friends, Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) is offering an
opportunity to participate in a virtual SENG Chat with Maria
Kennedy on September 12, at 7:30 PM EST.?? The topic for
discussion is:? Is Being Young, Gifted, and Black a Blessing
or Curse?? SENG Chats are not recorded.? All registrants
must attend LIVE.?? Maria M Kennedy is the Director of Bridges Educational Group.?
She has over 30 years experience as an educator.? SENG members receive a 50% discount on registration. More information and registration is here:? Judy Smith |
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Coming up soon--OATAG events
开云体育Friends: ? This is your invitation to participate in our fall OATAG events.? Why not sign up now for all the ones you want to join? ? REGISTRATION DEADLINE COMING SOON: ? FREE OATAG family social in Bend: ? ? register by August 24th. to join us in person in Bend and meet OATAG board members ? ? FREE OATAG TAG Talk with Dr. Matt Zakreski: ? ? ANNUAL OATAG conference October 7th. now with Dr. Michael Postma This one has a registration fee—there is a discount for OATAG members Learn more at: ? ? OATAG board elections will be held at the conference in October.? If you would like to learn more about joining our all-volunteer board, send a message to Margaret at president@... or go to ? Our members and volunteers enable us to support our students ? |
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OATAG conference update
开云体育Friends: ? A few days ago, James Delisle, our keynote speaker, informed us that although he is recovering well, his doctors have advised him against coming to Oregon for our conference on September 7th. ? Although we will miss Jim, we are –very—pleased and excited to announce that Dr. Michael Postma, who has a great depth of knowledge and experience in gifted education and is a very popular keynote speaker has agreed to step in in Jim’s place. ? Below is a summary of the keynote that he plans to give us—watch for more information about Mike and the great lineup of other conference presenters soon. ? Anxiety and its Impact on Gifted and Twice-Exceptional Children, Teens, and Young Adults ? Living in an uncertain world, today’s children are more anxious than ever. In fact, 1 of every 5 male high-schoolers struggles with chronic anxiety. Within the Gifted/2e population that number is much higher. In this session, Dr. Mike Postma explores how anxiety affects 2E students and what parents and professionals can do to help reduce their worries and nurture growth mindsets. After reviewing the biology, psychology and common sources of anxiety, they will show you how to help 2E children and teens change their relationship to worry, realistically evaluate situations and tolerate unpredictability. You’ll learn practical, useful tools to promote self-soothing and calming down, diminish negative thoughts and inner critics and build lasting strategies for bouncing back and resilience.? If you have any questions about the conference, feel free to contact me at president@... Margaret ? |
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free WAETAG talk: gifted 101
开云体育WAETAG WEBINAR SERIES
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Use better data to improve access
开云体育This article from "the 74 million" recommends the same steps we asked for in SB 796. Track student growth broken down by income/ethnicity. This session, it died in Ways and Means because the chair never scheduled it for a hearing. ? Let's get is over the finish line! ? ? ? |
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REMINDER: TAG gathering in Bend: Register NOW
开云体育Friends: ? OATAG will host a social event at a private residence in Bend, Oregon on Tuesday Aug 29 from 4 to 7 pm.? Some OATAG Board Members will be attending.? This will be a family event and there will be activities for the kids.? In addition refreshments will be available. Register here: |
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Fordham Institute comment on Affirmative Action notes need for a national k-12 policy
Immediately following the announcement of the Supreme Court’s decision outlawing the use of race in college admissions (see “”), the Biden Administration released a U.S. Department of Education??to “promote educational opportunity and diversity in colleges and universities.” It includes forthcoming guidance to higher education institutions on how to use still-lawful practices to promote diversity, particularly new “measures of adversity” that consider what applicants may have had to overcome. The department also will consider expanding data collections and transparency around admissions factors and convene an “educational opportunity” summit to bring colleges and universities together with students, advocates, and researchers to discuss a way forward.
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That’s all well and good, but it’s worth noting what was left off the department’s laundry list:?anything?having to do with k-12 education. That’s a huge missed opportunity and one that the administration should urgently work to address. One of the most effective ways to boost college diversity is by building broader, more inclusive paths to educational excellence. And that work starts in kindergarten.
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https://www.educationnext.org/building-diverse-college-campuses-starts-in-kindergarten/
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Senator Frederick coffee chat. tomorrow Saturday
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Senator Frederick will be holding a constituent meeting tomorrow.? If you attend you might ask him to explain the death of SB 596 in the Ways and Means committee and why there is no funding at all for TAG services in light of the many other increases for education this session.
Margaret?
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"Our chat this Saturday will be at our usual location at Broadway Grill?(1700 NE Broadway) at?9am tomorrow, Saturday, July 8th. We will again be livestreaming the chat on my Facebook page () so you may view it virtually, though technology, and connection quality in particular, may be imperfect.... Since the grill opens at 9am, which is when we are able to get in, and we have to set up the microphones and speakers, please know that we will be a few minutes late getting the stream online. This is our first chat after the legislative session ended and there is much to discuss."? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yours truly, Senator Lew Frederick |
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Call for presenters, OATAG conference October 7th
Friends:
The 2023 OATAG Conference will be held Saturday October 7, 2023 in the Gregory Forum on the campus of Clackamas Community College in Oregon City.?
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The conference theme is:? Growth and Well-being, Essential Elements for Gifted Children.?
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We are very pleased to have James DeLisle, as our keynote speaker.? The keynote address is: “Learning to exhale: Meeting the intellectual and emotional needs of gifted children and teens.”? James will also lead 2 breakout sessions.? See??for details.
OATAG invites anyone interested in presenting a breakout session for the conference to submit a proposal by clicking the button below.? The deadline for breakout proposals is?July 15, 2023.? Speakers will be notified by?August 1, 2023. Presenters can attend the conference for free (instructions will be sent to you upon acceptance.) |
