WATG has been awarded a third straight year of grants from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Information regarding workshops and projects available from WATG will be posted shortly following the WATG Fall Conference.
WATG Partners with NAGC to host Regional Academy
 On April 23 and 24th, 2010, WATG will partner with Milwaukee Public Schools, Cooperative Educational Services Agency #1 and the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) to present the regional academy Overlooked Gifts: Working with Low Income and Culturally Diverse Gifted Learners. This Academy will be held at the Wyndham Hotel and Conference Center, 4747 South Howell Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, and will begin with registration and an after-dinner keynote on Friday evening by Joyce Van Tassel-Baska on Patterns and Profiles of Promising Learners from Poverty.
Download the Overlooked Gifts brochure for more information.
Obtain credit for attending Overlooked Gifts! Learn more in the brochure or about the specific Gems 498 and Gems 798 courses.
GIFTS - Tomahawk
WATG is proud to bring back our free Gifted Information Forums and Talkback Sessions (GIFTS) this year to provide staff development and practice with meeting the needs of our gifted students in Wisconsin. The first session was a huge success. Please join us for our second session Saturday, March 6 in Tomahawk (CESA 9 Office, 9:00-3:00pm) for a fun-filled day of information and networking.
Please visit RegOnline to sign up today! The table below provides a sampling of the many topics covered in each section.
Gifted 101
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Gifted 201
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What is Gifted?
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Classroom Management
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5 Areas of Giftedness
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Grading
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Standard (t) and the law
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Gifted Readers -- What can we do?
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Characteristics of gifted children
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Designing appropriate projects and rubrics
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Wisconsin Gifted and Talented
Pyramid Model
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Teaching self-advocacy |
The WEB Forum Project
This project will connect teachers and coordinators around the state (to share projects, lessons, strategies, etc.) using a forum/message board-based website hosted and maintained by WATG. The forum can be found at www.watg.org/forums. We expect that this "e-connection" will also cache important information and threads of discussion, providing an easily accessible link to information over time. As this forum goes “live,” more information will be shared!
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