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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><font size="4">OAGC September News Flash – Fall Conference Deadlines, Report Card Release, Gifted HQPD Tools, and More!</font><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The annual OAGC fall conference begins in less than a month! The conference will be held from October 14 - 16, 2018 at the Hilton Easton in Columbus, Ohio. Our keynoters will be Brian Housand
and Ian Byrd. Along with these amazing keynoters, we will have many excellent featured speakers and small sessions. To register, please go to <a href="http://oagc.com/fallconference.asp" data-cke-saved-href="http://oagc.com/fallconference.asp" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 16, 16);">oagc.com/fallconference.asp</span></a>.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Please
note that the early registration rate expires on September 24, 2018.</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>We expect another full conference, so<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>please</em><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>do
not wait to register. Also, if you do not receive an email confirmation within 2 to 3 days after registering, please contact Kay Tarbutton at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>sktarbutton@sbcglobal.net. Finally, please send your registration form
in, even if you do not have your P.O. ready. Information on keynoters, small sessions, parent day, awards, Sunday functions, vendors, graduate credit and more are all posted at the above link.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a break in August, the State Board of Education met this week and received a report on the state report cards. The overview to the board did not include any information about the gifted performance
indicator. However, OAGC has done an initial review, and posted a brief analysis on our Advocacy Updates/Alerts page at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.oagc.com/advocacyalerts.asp" data-cke-saved-href="http://www.oagc.com/advocacyalerts.asp" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 16, 16);">oagc.com/advocacyalerts.asp</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The State Board of Education voted to accept the assessment and qualifying score for the gifted intervention specialist license. This assessment should be required of candidates in 2019. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ODE is expected to release some updated guidance on the gifted rule including the professional development. Look for another News Flash once this guidance is available. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As the 2018 revised gifted operating standards are now in effect, OAGC has been working hard to assist districts in implementing the new classroom teacher gifted HQPD requirement. We have an incredible
amount of new tools and information to assist gifted professionals and districts. Also, we continue to develop Ohio-specific professional development through our partnership with GTIGNITE. For more information about these courses along with all the incredible
new tools and documents that will help you plan, provide, and track gifted HQPD, please go to <a href="http://oagc.com/hqpd.asp" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 16, 16);">oagc.com/hqpd.asp</span></a> .
Please note that all of our Fall conference sessions indicate how they align to ODE and OAGC professional development standards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OAGC is looking for a few good articles for the Winter Review. To ask for an extension, or to submit articles, please email anngift@aol.com by November 15th. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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 href="http://www.oagc.com/donate.asp" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 16, 16);">http://www.oagc.com/donate.asp</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did you know you could assist OAGC merely by ordering your Amazon goods? It's simple. Just by making the following portal <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/ch/23-7442288" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 16, 16);">http://smile.amazon.com/ch/23-7442288</span><i><span style="color: rgb(204, 16, 16); text-decoration: none;"> </span></i></a>your
default for Amazon orders, Amazon will donate a small percentage to OAGC. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you Tweet? Follow the OAGC Advocacy Updates by following oagcgifted at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/oagcgifted" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 16, 16);">www.twitter.com/oagcgifted</span></a> .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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