WATG NEWS
BREAKING NEWS!
WATG Acceleration Committee Publishes Extensive Report on Advanced and Accelerated Learning in Wisconsin. Includes Action Steps for policymakers, school districts, educators, administrators and families! See full report on our website HERE!
This link will be emailed to every district administrator in Wisconsin when it goes live the week of August 3rd.
WATG Acceleration Committee Publishes Extensive Report on Advanced and Accelerated Learning in Wisconsin. Includes Action Steps for policymakers, school districts, educators, administrators and families! See full report on our website HERE!
This link will be emailed to every district administrator in Wisconsin when it goes live the week of August 3rd.
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” ~Maya Angelou
As our nation faces the grave consequences of long standing and systemic racism, the Wisconsin Association for Talented and Gifted remains committed to equity and justice for all. As an organization, we are cognizant of the inequities in identification and educational programming for gifted students of color. As always, we are devoted to examining and rectifying these disparities. We pledge to do our part to dismantle structural and institutional racism. We invite partnerships with other institutions, groups, and individuals to share conversations about the impacts of race, and will work to listen, learn, and support each other in this critical process of changing our world.
Board of Directors, Wisconsin Association for Talented and Gifted
As our nation faces the grave consequences of long standing and systemic racism, the Wisconsin Association for Talented and Gifted remains committed to equity and justice for all. As an organization, we are cognizant of the inequities in identification and educational programming for gifted students of color. As always, we are devoted to examining and rectifying these disparities. We pledge to do our part to dismantle structural and institutional racism. We invite partnerships with other institutions, groups, and individuals to share conversations about the impacts of race, and will work to listen, learn, and support each other in this critical process of changing our world.
Board of Directors, Wisconsin Association for Talented and Gifted
Scholarship and Nicholas Green Outstanding Student Award Winners - Martha A. Lopez, Scholarship Chair
On behalf of the Wisconsin Association for Talented and Gifted, we want to formally congratulate the following 2020 Summer Scholarship awardees! Their scholarships will help these awardees attend a variety of summer enrichment programs.
On behalf of the Wisconsin Association for Talented and Gifted, we want to formally congratulate the following 2020 Summer Scholarship awardees! Their scholarships will help these awardees attend a variety of summer enrichment programs.
- Megan M. will attend the Chicago National Association of Dance Masters Ballet Forum
- Andrew S. will attend Lakeland University Band Camp
- Dylan M. will attend SOAR Camp
- Owen K. and Lilian K. will attend a Russian Language Camp
- Sarah Lyn G. will attend Belin Blank Center Summer Writing Residency Program
We are excited to announce Dr. Marcia Gentry and Dr. Brian Housand as our keynote speakers for our virtual conference. Dr. Gentry’s keynote “Equity in Wisconsin” will address our state report cards concerning access, equity, and missingness in gifted education. Her findings are timely, important, and matter to students from underserved groups and to their educators. Dr. Housand’s keynote “Where Do We Go From Here? Charting the Course Ahead for Gifted Education” will identify some of gifted education’s greatest challenges and reexamine them as opportunities for growth. He will explore a roadmap of ways to reverse the long history of underrepresented populations in gifted programs, outline strategies for developing more critical consumers of information and media, and develop meaningful learning experiences designed to challenge gifted students in a variety of learning environments. Please join us in this important work...now more than ever!
Click here to register for the event.
Click here for more information on the project and how to submit your entry!
Gifted and Talented License Updates
UW-Whitewater has made some revisions to its programs leading to the Gifted and Talented Supplementary add-on Teaching (1013) and Instructional Program Coordinator (5013) Licenses. We did this to try and make the program less expensive as well as easier to complete for people all over the state as well as in Minnesota! Click on the link below where we describe those changes as well as information about course rotation, cost, and what you need to do to register. What’s especially important is that we cannot run the program with fewer than 15 students in each class. This means if you are interested in this program / either license, please see the last section of the document for information on registering.
Read more information here.
Read more information here.
Help Wanted
HELP WANTED: WATG BOARD MEMBERS SOUGHT- The Wisconsin Association for Talented and Gifted is actively searching for board members to represent the following: South-western and Northern-eastern Wisconsin regions especially, rural regions, healthcare, business, parents and gifted children of all ages. We are a working board of directors who would welcome applications from folks with a passion for gifted children and would roll up their sleeves for them! If interested, please follow this link. Board of Directors If If you have questions please feel free to email WATG president Cathy Schmit at president@watg.org
