[Ohiogift] OAGC February News Flash

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OAGC February News Flash -- Professional Development, Scholarships, Review
Articles, and Advocacy

Professional Development

Teacher Academy Call for Proposal

The OAGC Teacher Academy will be held on March 31 and April 1, 2014.
Registration forms are now available along with a draft agenda, session
descriptions, and speaker bios at [1]www.oagc.com/?q=teacheracademy. This
academy will feature nationally renown speaker, Dr. Richard Cash, along with
other state and local experts.

Fall Conference Call for Proposal

The OAGC Fall conference fall for proposal, art auction information, and awards
forms are now available at [2]www.oagc.com/?q=fallconference.
Advocacy

Gifted Operating Standards

The gifted operating standards are still on hold as the ethics committee reviews
at least one state board member's ability to vote on the standards due to a
potential conflict of interest. In addition, the Ohio Attorney General's office
has not provided the state board with any guidance on what the impact of the
governor's veto has on the operating standards.

Gifted Performance Indicator

The state board accountability committee has begun work on the gifted
performance indicator. Both ODE staff as well as OAGC presented to the state
board in February. For more information, please go to
[3]www.oagc.com/?q=advocacyupdates.

Other Legislation

Several other bills are moving through the legislature that merit tracking. SB
229 would change the teacher evaluation system to limit the impact of
value-added measures on a teacher's evaluation from 50% to 35%. Teachers rated
more highly would not be evaluated each year. This bill has passed the Senate.
HB193 makes several changes to high school graduation requirements, many of them
favorable to gifted students. A link to some of these changes is [4]here. This
bill will now be debated in the Ohio Senate.

For more information about all advocacy issues, please read the Gifted Advocacy
Update at [5]www.oagc.com/?q=AdvocacyAlert .
General Information

What's New?

A new president's message, links to scholarship opportunities, and more are
available at [6]www.oagc.com/?=news .

OAGC Review Articles Needed on Value-Added

The gifted subgroup value-added score has sparked conversations across Ohio.
OAGC is looking for articles on how the subgroup grade has affected districts
across Ohio. If you would like submit something, please email
[7]anngift at aol.com.

Gifted in the News

Several articles and opinions have been written gifted standards and the state
board of education in the last month. Please go to
[8]www.oagc.com/?q=advocacyupdates for links to these articles.

Donate to OAGC

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 [9]http://www.oagc.com/q=donations.

Social Media Connections
Do you Tweet? Follow the OAGC Advocacy Updates by following Anngift at
[10]www.twitter.com/anngift .

Are you on Facebook? Become a fan of OAGC by clicking on
[11]http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#!/pages/Ohio-Association-for-Gifted-Childre
n/297512603982?ref=ts .

References

1. http://www.oagc.com/?q=teacheracademy
2. http://www.oagc.com/?q=fallconference
3. http://www.oagc.com/?q=advocacyupdates
4. http://oagc.com/files/HB_193_Description_of_Omnibus.pdf
5. http://www.oagc.com/?q=advocacyalert
6. http://oagc.com/?q=news
7. mailto:anngift at aol.com
8. http://www.oagc.com/?q=advocacyupdates
9. http://www.oagc.com/?q=donations
10. http://www.twitter.com/anngift
11. http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#!/pages/Ohio-Association-for-Gifted-Children/297512603982?ref=ts
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