| WVAGT West Virginia Association for the Gifted and Talented |
| Useful information for parents contained in the WVAGT Informational Brochure Useful information for us all from the WVAGT Listserve |
| New Listing from the Conference: Pieces of Learning |
| The Annual Fall WVAGT Gifted Education Conference will be held on three different dates in three different locations; the same content at each location. The time will be from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in each of the locations: Teachers and specialists may choose any one of the dates/locations: · October 23 - RESA 8 Office, Martinsburg, WV · October 24 – Bridgeport Conference Center, Bridgeport, WV · October 25 – Putnam Career Technical Center, Eleanor, WV The speaker will be Carolyn Coil who will speak on Differentiated Activities and Assessments Using the Common Core Standards. The Common Core Standards and the WV Nxt Gen Standards and Objectives can potentially lead to higher-level thinking which has been the focus of gifted education for years. Carolyn has worked in gifted education for many years in elementary, secondary and higher education. The content will be the same at each of the locations. There is a registration fee of $40 for the Bridgeport Conference Center on October 24th. Lunch will be provided at no cost to participants in all locations. LEAs will be responsible for travel. The WVDE is supporting the conference by providing the speaker and substitute costs. If the county incurs substitute costs for a teacher’s or teachers’ attendance at the conference, substitute costs will be reimbursed through a grant process to the county - $141 per teacher for the one day attendance at the conference. The attendees will be asked to provide substitute information at the sign-in table that day. We will confirm the information with county administration. A registration form is at this link: http://wvde.state.wv.us/osp/gifted.html. It may be mailed to Erika Baker, WVAGT Treasurer (address is on the form) or emailed to vmohnack@access.k12.wv.us. Participants at the RESA 8 location will also need to register at http://www.resa8.org/. |
