<div style="color:black;font: 10pt arial;"><font size="3" style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>West Central Ohio Association for Gifted Children is excited to offer a January PD opportunity to educators across the state.to work via Zoom with Dr. Desiree Sharp, <span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial;"></span><span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Torrance Center Program Coordinator </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and Dr. Anna Abraham, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: transparent;">Director of Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. The Ohio approved Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) is designed to identify and evaluate creative potential. Whether your district uses this assessment or not, the components of creativity embedded in the Torrance Test are crucial to the understanding of the WHAT and HOW of creativity.  </span></font><font size="2" style="font-family: arial, helvetica;">
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<div class="yiv2010468145msonormal" style="margin: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">FOR Teachers, GIS, Gifted Coordinators, Principals and Admins!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">  Our theme this year is applying creativity naturally to instruction, while meeting the social emotional needs of our students. We are asking you to fill out a quick survey to determine your interest and preference of time to meet at this link:  </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forms.gle/4UFN2RTYdpUoFE1v8__;!!KGKeukY!iTGtkAvDqP1qalMPaUSpsssRYL4QZE_ysXg0XYPmFuumHhA5wJ8pV2nZ13Lnp_cgjJol$" style="color: blue;">https://forms.gle/4UFN2RTYdpUoFE1v8</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forms.gle/4UFN2RTYdpUoFE1v8__;!!KGKeukY!iTGtkAvDqP1qalMPaUSpsssRYL4QZE_ysXg0XYPmFuumHhA5wJ8pV2nZ13Lnp_cgjJol$" style="color: blue; outline: 0px;">January Meeting Questionnaire</a> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div>

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