AAGT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AAGT eNews Brief
Septermber 11, 2007  
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
in this issue
AAGT Tucson Conference this Saturday
A Nation Deceived, 3 Years Later
Save the Date! AAGT Annual Conference
Educator Scholarship News!
Local Parent Group Events
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tucson Gifted Conference, this Saturday
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There are still some seats available at the AAGT Southern Arizona Regional Conference Saturday, September 15. 
Fore more information, and to register, CLICK HERE or call Jennifer Wechsler, or Terrie Cubillas at (520) 319-6113.
A Nation Deceived, Three Years Later:
Impact on Attitudes, Practices, and Policies about Acceleration 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education at the University of Iowa invites you to
participate in a research study that involves completion of a brief (less than 10 minutes) online survey on the impact of the report A Nation Deceived.  The purpose of the study is to evaluate how the release of A Nation Deceived three years ago has influenced attitudes, practices, and policies about academic acceleration.
 
 
The survey also can be accessed at the Belin-Blank Website:
http://www.education.uiowa.edu/belinblank/
 
For more information, please contact Nicholas Colangelo, Ph.D., at nick-colangelo@uiowa.edu, 319-335-6148 or 800-336-6463.
 
Please share this notice with colleagues who may be interested in completing the survey.
Save the Date! AAGT Annual Conference
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All the details are not set, but the date and the theme have!
AAGT's 34th Annual Conference will be February 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th.
 
The theme is:

Moving Beyond the Standards:

The Quest for Excellence in Educating Arizona's Gifted and Talented
 
 
Please join us for one, two or three days, as well as a special Saturday session on Parenting Gifted Children.
 
Keynote Speakers will be:
Bertie Kingore (Wednesday)
Susan Rakow (Thursday)
Rachel MacAnallen (Friday)
 
More details and information on registration will be included in future eNews Briefs, and on our website as soon as it is available. (If you know someone who will be interested who might not get our email, please forward this message using the link at the bottom of this message. They will be provided with a link to subscribe to our list.)
 Educator SCHOLARSHIPS!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We have recently increased our scholarship appropriations to help teachers seeking gifted endorsements. AAGT will fund 50% (not to exceed $500) of tuition for gifted coursework. Check our website for more information.
 
Upcoming Local Events 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Parent/Support groups for gifted students hold events in local areas. Here are a few upcoming events:
 
Motivation and Parenting Gifted Children - September 13, 7:00-8:30 PM (Mesa)
 
Twice Exceptional (2e) Parent Support - September 15, 10am-noon (Scottsdale, Mustang Library)
 
TPG Annual Ice Cream Social - September 19, 6:30pm-8:30pm (Tempe)
 
 
For other event news check the calendar at AAGT Interactive
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Quick Links...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Contact Information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
phone: 602-882-1848
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented | P. O. Box 31088 | Phoenix | AZ | 85046