Support RIAGE Through Your Membership Contribution*
Becoming a member is easy — payment may be made either by mail or through PayPal
Membership is just $35 per year and supports
- RIAGE web site
- Coordination and hosting of regular meetings throughout the state for parents, educators, and children to network
- Professional development for educators
- Dual membership available with NAGC (National Association for Gifted Children more...)
- Discount to RIAGE and NAGC conferences
- Granting of awards
RIAGE 2010 initiatives include
- Compile information regarding options available for gifted students statewide
- Field inquiries regarding meeting educational needs of gifted
- Encourage training and certification for teachers in gifted education
- Lobby for legislation which will support educating gifted students
- Keep the social and emotional aspects of gifted in the forefront
- Encourage early identification of gifted and talented students
- Increase awareness of Twice Exceptional Children: Gifted with Learning Disabilities
- Offer opportunities for professional development regarding gifted/talented education
- Participate in planning for annual NECGT (New England Conference on Gifted and Talented Education)
Past RIAGE activities and initiatives have included
- Hosted the 2006 NECGT and preparing for 2012 NEGCT Conferences
- Sponsored
- Professional development workshop: "Meeting of the Minds", Susan Griggs and Jeanne Dawson, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Speaker Dr. Wenda Sheard (attorney, teacher, and a founder of the Athens (Ohio) Association for Gifted Children
- Speaker Dr. Ed Mara (Superintendent, Bristol School Department)
- Speaker Dr. Deidre Lovecky, psychologist, (gifted/ADHD)
- Speaker Kathi Kearney, M.A. Ed., Gifted Development Center, Denver, Colorado
- Support reinstatement of the State Advisory on Gifted Education
* RIAGE is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We are not part of the Rhode Island Department of Education and depend on your membership contributions to continue our programs. Membership is tax deductible. |
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