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Illinois Advocacy example - Chicago Keller parents
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Illinois Gifted Convention, Feb. 7-9, Chicago
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Below are links to last week's newspaper articles about the advocacy efforts of concerned parents advocating for an issue related to Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School in Chicago. They record results of the parents' work, and provide one more ex…
Sorry...you have TWO weeks left.
Only about a week left to register.
The Fifteenth Illinois Association for Gifted Children
Convention is being held on February 7-9, 2010 and will offer a
variety of sessions on Monday and Tuesday. There are quarter-day
sessions organized around the…
Here is an announcement from our friends and colleagues at
The Packer Foundation Scholars Program
Aurora University and Fearn Elementary
Enrichment Classes for Youth: PreK – 8th grade
Sunday, March 7th
from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Parent Advocacy
Jill K…
Be our guest through Christmas.
IAGC Gifted Education Weekly Digest.
http://www.k12tlc.net/emails/iagcgift.htm
Order it as a gift for your favorite teacher.
Illinois Gifted Convention, Feb. 7-9, 2010
Illinois Association for Gifted Children's Fifteenth Annual IAGC Convention, February 7-9, 2010.
The convention planners are busy working to pull together a meaningful experience for educators and parents.…
The Illinois Association for Gifted Children is a not-for-profit corporation that was established to promote awareness, professional development, collaboration and support of underserved gifted students throughout the State of Illinois.
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- Illinois Association for Gifted Children & Illinois State Board of Education
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- Gifted Activist, Advisor, and Consultant
* American Mensa, Ltd.: Member; formerly of National Vision Committee
* Chicago Area Mensa: Gifted Children Committee
* Illinois Association for Gifted Children: Chair, Parent Affiliates; Co-chair, Membership; Member, Advocacy Committee; Consultant--Communications, Media, Membership, and Website
* Illinois State Board of Education Advisory Council on the Education of Gifted and Talented Children
* National Association for Gifted Children http://www.nagc.org
* Facilitator, Outdoor Education, Stronghold Conference Center, Oregon IL
* Guest Teacher, Centralized Academic & Creative and Performing Arts Gifted Program,
Rockford Public Schools IL
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Be our guest thru Christmas - Gifted Ed. Weekly Digest
Be our guest through Christmas.
IAGC Gifted Education Weekly Digest.
http://www.k12tlc.net/emails/iagcgift.htm
Order it as a gift for your favorite teacher.
IAGC Gifted Education Weekly Digest.
http://www.k12tlc.net/emails/iagcgift.htm
Order it as a gift for your favorite teacher.
Posted on December 5, 2009 at 8:10am —
Illinois Gifted Day in Springfield, April 29, 2009
Illinois Association for Gifted Children (IAGC)
http://www.iagcgifted.org
Springfield Gifted Day - April 29, 2009
Mark your calendars and plan to join hundreds of gifted and talented children, their parents, and their teachers from across Illinois for Springfield Day 2009 in Springfield, our state capital. Last year over 1,000 parents, students, and teachers participated and the state funded $2 million for gifted education.
This is the first time in five years that any amount was funded for g… Continue
http://www.iagcgifted.org
Springfield Gifted Day - April 29, 2009
Mark your calendars and plan to join hundreds of gifted and talented children, their parents, and their teachers from across Illinois for Springfield Day 2009 in Springfield, our state capital. Last year over 1,000 parents, students, and teachers participated and the state funded $2 million for gifted education.
This is the first time in five years that any amount was funded for g… Continue
Posted on April 15, 2009 at 10:49am —
resource for local volunteer coordination
Great New Online Resource for Local Volunteer Coordinating
VolunteerSpot (http://www.volunteerspot.com ) is a free online sign-up tool that simplifies grassroots volunteering. The site makes it easy for anyone to quickly mobilize and coordinate volunteers in their community, congregation or social network. This is a wonderful tool for all-volunteer group officers, committee chairs, special event planners, and others who need to schedule and organize many other volunteers.
The leader creates a… Continue
VolunteerSpot (http://www.volunteerspot.com ) is a free online sign-up tool that simplifies grassroots volunteering. The site makes it easy for anyone to quickly mobilize and coordinate volunteers in their community, congregation or social network. This is a wonderful tool for all-volunteer group officers, committee chairs, special event planners, and others who need to schedule and organize many other volunteers.
The leader creates a… Continue
Posted on April 2, 2009 at 3:22pm —
IL Gifted Ed Digest March 30-April 5
The Illinois Association for Gifted Children Gifted Ed Digest for the Week of March 30 - April 5 is available at www.k12tlc.net/gt/03302009.htm
(If this link does not work for you, please copy it and paste it in the address
line of your browser)
Your GUEST User Name is GIFTED (all caps) and no password is required.
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The purpose of the IAGC Gifted Ed Digest is to provide gifted educators and
their students everywhere with resources and tools to in… Continue
(If this link does not work for you, please copy it and paste it in the address
line of your browser)
Your GUEST User Name is GIFTED (all caps) and no password is required.
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The purpose of the IAGC Gifted Ed Digest is to provide gifted educators and
their students everywhere with resources and tools to in… Continue
Posted on March 28, 2009 at 7:28am —
gifted workshops at Peoria IL homeschool convention March 27-28
Thanks to Michelle, moderator of the Central Illinois Gifted Homeschool Group, for this reminder:
Hi! This is just a reminder that the APACHE Home School Convention [in Peoria IL] is
coming up! It is March 27-28. This year you can pay to come just one
day if you want, rather than having to pay for two days. Plus they've
added extra shopping time on Friday morning!
There will be three workshops pertaining to home schooling gifted
children. Janice Price will do a workshop on selecting curriculum… Continue
Hi! This is just a reminder that the APACHE Home School Convention [in Peoria IL] is
coming up! It is March 27-28. This year you can pay to come just one
day if you want, rather than having to pay for two days. Plus they've
added extra shopping time on Friday morning!
There will be three workshops pertaining to home schooling gifted
children. Janice Price will do a workshop on selecting curriculum… Continue
Posted on March 20, 2009 at 6:25pm —
Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 10:05pm on March 11, 2009,
Mrs. H. said… - There is a new website you might be interested in: http://giftededucator.ning.com/. The site is focused on gifted education; I hope you will check it out. :)
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