The application for The Center's spring 2010 trip to London is now available!

The Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT) has announced the 2009 Legacy Book Awards, nationally recognized awards that honor outstanding literature related to gifted children and their education. TAGT distributes nominated books to a nationwide panel of reviewers who evaluate the books according to their long-term potential for improving the lives of gifted youth, categorized by audience:

For Educators – Strategies for Differentiating Instruction: Best Practices for the Classroom, by Julia L. Roberts and Tracy F. Inman (Prufrock Press)

For Parents – Raising a Gifted Child: A Parenting Success Handbook, by Carol Fertig (Prufrock Press)

For Scholars – Social-Emotional Curriculum with Gifted and Talented Students, edited by Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Ed.D., Tracy L. Cross, Ph.D., and F. Richard Olenchak, Ph.D. (Prufrock Press)

TAGT will recognize the Legacy Book Award honorees during the First General Session of the annual TAGT Professional Development Conference: Growing their Gifts on Thursday, December 3, 2009 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. In addition, TAGT has invited the authors to present breakout sessions during the conference, at which they will receive their awards. For more information, contact TAGT at 512-499-8248 or on the web at www.txgifted.org.

Who are gifted children?  At The Center's Diversity and Developing Gifts and Talents workshop on Friday, educators, administrators and counselors discussed at length how to identify and properly serve gifted children of all backgrounds because gifted children come from all backgrounds.  A recent study of teacher attitudes indicates that many educators have mistaken impressions about young people who are gifted.  Listen to WKYU's story on the Diversity workshop and misconceptions about giftedness.

Western Kentucky University, Center for Gifted Studies has provided services to young people who are gifted and talented, their educators, and their parents for almost thirty years. The Center is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Coordinator, Gifted Programming. The Coordinator will have responsibility for program coordination, professional development, as well as grant writing and implementation.

Applications for The Berta Lecture Series, The Administrators Institute and The Leadership Institute are now available!

December 3 & 4

January 30, February 6, 13 & 20

April 2 -11

June 13 - 25

June 27 - July 2

June 27 - July 17