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Back to school with TAG students


 

Friends:

Below is a roundup of some of the websites that are most useful to Portland parents of TAG students. Please feel free to pass it on to other parents. A copy of this can be found at


Don't miss the OATAG conference on Neurodiversity at Clackamas Community College on October 26th. Registration is now open.
Space is limited, so sign up now!



Margaret


TAG LISTSERVS

Parents of PPS TAG students have their own e-mail list. To subscribe send the message "subscribe" in the body (not the subject line) of the message to the following address
XL-PDX-subscribe@...
You will receive a message confirming your subscription. YOU MUST REPLY to this message to complete the subscription process.
OR go to
Having trouble? Send a message to margaretdelacy@... and ask for an invitation to this list and/or OATAG.
To unsubscribe, send a message to XL-PDX-unsubscribe@...
To share your thoughts with the group, send your mail to
XL-PDX@...
A copy of the welcome message is available

Oregon Association for Talented and Gifted,
offers an e-mail list for parents and TAG teachers, staff, administrators and coordinators, through Yahoo groups. If you already have a Yahoo username and password, you can just add this group to your list.
You can also subscribe directly by e-mail by sending an e-mail message to oatag-subscribe@... The message should read "subscribe" and the subject of the message should read "subscribe".
Having trouble? Send a message to margaretdelacy@... and ask for an invitation to this list and/or XL-PDX

FACEBOOK pages/groups for TAG parents:


? (2E)
(National)

(OATAG)


TAG WEBSITE INFORMATION

Margaret's website for Portland-area TAG parents (not associated with PPS)


Oregon Association for Talented and Gifted (OATAG)


PPS TAG department homepage
Portland Public Schools homepage
hhttps://www.pps.net/

Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)


Talented and Gifted page from the Oregon Department of Education
Hoagies Gifted Education Page by far the largest and most comprehensive web resource. One-stop shopping for gifted information
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Davidson Institute

Davidson Institute articles

Margaret's Summary of Oregon TAG rules and complaint procedures



OTHER RESOURCES:

"Twelve Easy Things Parents can do to help OATAG help our children"


"What Educators need to know about Ability Grouping" is one of a large set of brochures produced by the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented.


"To the Parents or Guardians of Students Identified as Talented and Gifted" is a brochure available in several languages from the Oregon Department of Education at

"Twelve Cost-Effective Educational Options for ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Gifted Students" from the Davidson Institute for Talent Development" (2005) Find your legislator

The easiest way to do this is to go to the Oregon State Legislature's website at

and enter your address (with zip code)
Contacting your legislators and asking them to support TAG is very important!? Ask them? to support categorical TAG funding.