News Flash

OAGC January News Flash
2025 Virtual Teacher Academy
 

The 2025 Virtual Teacher Academy will be held on February 24th and 25th, 2025 and will offer a mix of live and recorded sessions with live q and a chat. All live sessions will be recorded, and all sessions will be available for viewing by those who registered. 

OAGC is pleased to announce our keynote speaker for the 2025 Teacher Academy is Andi McNair. Andi is a world-renowned educator, consultant, and speaker. 

The Academy sessions will be taught by a number of national, state, and local experts and are designed to help prepare teachers and districts meet the state expectations in the gifted operating standards.

2025 Coordinator Division Workshop

The OAGC Coordinator Division is excited to present a day discussing multi-tiered systems of supports (MTSS) and giftedness by keynoters Amanda Nickerson and Valerie Jasinski on Friday, March 14th, 2025. 

The MTSS framework is often used to help students who are struggling, but how can the tenets of and MTSS framework help the gifted student? Our keynoters will explore this idea and give attendees real world application to take back to their districts and classrooms.

The OAGC Coordinator Division has designed sessions to support both new and experienced coordinators. This conference will be in-person at the Quest Conference Center, and, as always, will allow for time to meet with other coordinators from around the state.

General Information

Memberships 

If your email has changed or you prefer a different email for the OAGC website, please contact Kay Tarbutton at [email protected] to update. 

OAGC Review Articles Needed 

OAGC is looking for a few good articles for the Fall Review. To ask for an extension, or to submit articles, please email [email protected] by February 15th.

Scholarships and Awards

The OAGC Student Scholarship deadline (February 15th) is fast approaching.  For more information and directions on how to apply, please go to https://oagc.com/resources/scholarships/.

Gifted HQPD — High Quality Professional Development 

Now more than ever, it is important to have access to high-quality gifted professional development. OAGC has been working hard to assist districts in implementing the new classroom teacher gifted HQPD requirement. We have an incredible amount of new tools and information to assist gifted professionals and districts. Also, we have 60 hours of online, Ohio-specific professional development through our partnership with Responsive Learning (formerly GTIGNITE). For more information about these courses along with all the incredible new tools and documents that will help you plan, provide, and track gifted HQPD, please go to https://www.oagc.com/hqpd/.

Donate to OAGC

Please remember that OAGC is the only organization in Ohio advocating on the behalf of gifted children. We hope that you will consider a donation to OAGC by going to the following link http://www.oagc.com/donate.

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