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<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>OAGC January News Flash - Teacher Academy and Spring Advocacy Preview</strong></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:12px">Teacher Academy
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12px">OAGC has a great Teacher Academy lined up this Spring (February 27th and 28th). With Bertie Kingore anchoring both days of the academy, we also have many wonderful national and state presenters. To
preview a draft agenda, session descriptions, and speaker biographies, please go to
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://oagc.com/teacheracademy.asp">
oagc.com/teachercademy.asp</a> You can also download a registration form and book a hotel room. The deadline for reduced hotel rooms is February 6th so don't delay!
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<div style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:12px">Fall Conference
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12px">It's never to early to think about the OAGC Fall conference. If you have an idea for a session, please download the call for proposal at
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://oagc.com/fallconference.asp">
oagc.com/fallconference.asp</a> . The deadline to submit proposals is March 31st.
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12px"><strong>Spring Preview
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12px">The gifted operating standards are expected to be finalized this spring, and the state biennial budget is just beginning to heat up. Expect some interesting news coming out of a new federal administration
as well. For all advocacy news, please read the latest advocacy corner at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://oagc.com/advocacycorner.asp">
oagc.com/advocacycorner.asp</a> . To keep abreast of all the advocacy news, please regularly visit the Advocacy Updates page at
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.oagc.com/advocacyAlerts.asp">
www.oagc.com/advocacyalerts.asp</a>.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify"><font size="2">OAGC offers several student scholarships. The deadline for summer scholarships is February 15th. To get more information, please go to
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<div style="text-align:justify"><font size="2"><strong>Survey on OTES Value-Added for Gifted Math Teachers
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<div style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12px">Two gifted intervention specialists are seeking feedback on teaching gifted students and what method(s) districts are using to show growth with these students'
scores and the potential impact on Ohio Teacher Evaluation System (OTES) rating. Please forward the following link to math teachers who teach identified gifted students in grades 4-8 who are willing to share their value-added score and teacher evaluation rating.
The survey is anon<font size="2">y</font>mous and should take no more than fifteen minutes to complete. To complete the survey, you just need to click on the foll<font size="2">o</font>wing link and you will be directed to the survey.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12px"><strong>Donate to OAGC
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12px">As you begin to make your year-end charitable contributions, 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 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.oagc.com/donate.asp">
http://www.oagc.com/donate.asp</a>. </span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12px"><strong>Amazon Smile
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12px">Did you know you could assist OAGC merely by ordering your Amazon goods? It's simple. Just by making the following portal
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://smile.amazon.com/ch/23-7442288">
http://smile.amazon.com/ch/23-7442288<em> </em></a>your default for Amazon orders, Amazon will donate a small percentage to OAGC.
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12px"><strong>OAGC Membership News</strong></span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12px">Due to the recent discontinuation of several gifted magazines, OAGC is no longer able to offer reduced prices on these materials as a membership benefit. The OAGC membership committee is curren<font size="2">tl</font>y
looking into new membership benefits opportunities. If you have any questions about your OAGC membership, please , please contact
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:sktarbutton@sbcglobal.net">
Kay Tarbutton </a>. </span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12px"><strong>Social Media Connections</strong></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12px">Do you Tweet? Follow the OAGC Advocacy Updates by following oagcgifted at
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.twitter.com/oagcgifted">
www.twitter.com/oagcgifted</a> .</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12px">Are you on Facebook? Become a fan of OAGC by clicking on
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.facebook.com/OhioAGC">
https://www.facebook.com/OhioAGC.</a></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify"><font size="2">Join <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ohiogtchat&src=typd">
#ohiogtchat</a>, the OAGC Teacher Division chat, on Twitter bi-monthly on Sundays at 9pm. For a complete schedule and a blog see the chat's website at: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ohiogtchat.weebly.com/">http://ohiogtchat.weebly.com/</a></font></div>
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