KAGE 30th Annual Conference

The KAGE SUMMER WORKSHOP 2009 will take place on Thursday, June 18, 2009 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. We are very pleased to have Julia Link Roberts, Ed.D., and Tracy Ford Inman present their important work on The Power of Products. Click here for more information on the KAGE Summer Workshop 2009.

KAGE is currently looking for three new Board members - one in the 1st District, one in the 3rd District, and the Chapter Liaison. If interested please contact the KAGE office at kage@wku.edu or 270.745.4301 for more information.

KAGE "STIMULUS" PACKAGE: KAGE is making available financial assistance opportunities for those who strive to serve and understand the unique learning needs of gifted and talented children. Up to five mini-grants in the amount of $200 or less will be offered during the 2009-2010 school year for innovative ideas that promote gifted education in schools and directly benefit gifted children. In addition, up to $100 per Kentucky federal congressional district annually will be available for matching grants to help sponsor regional meetings throughout Kentucky that support the appropriate education of gifted and talented children. For more information and a KAGE mini-grants application, click here. For more information and a KAGE Regional Meeting Assistance Program application, click here. The application deadline for both opportunities is July 1, 2009.

SAVE THE DATES - The KAGE Fall Workshop 2009 will take place September 22, 2009 in Lexington. Issues for Leaders in Gifted Education will be held the day before, September 21. THE KAGE 30th Annual Conference will be on February 8-9, 2010 - mark your calendars!

Don't forget to check our OTHER RESOURCES page. We have links to lots of valuable resources for parents, educators, and students. Some of our past speakers have graciously allowed us to post their handouts on this page.

THE WHITE PAPER entitled Kentucky's Future: Mining Untapped Treasure - Children and Youth of the Commonwealth Who are Gifted and Talented , is available here.

Click here to view the video Gifted Education: Let's Do It!, developed by the Kentucky Advisory Council for Gifted and Talented Education.

KAGE is affiliated with the National Association of Gifted Children (NAGC), and is housed at Western Kentucky University in the Center for Gifted Studies. KAGE is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that receives no government funding. We are supported solely by membership dues, our annual conference, sale of publications and donations.

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