Despite Hurricane Ike, economic worries, and continually shrinking school travel budgets, this year's conference attracted 2,800 attendees, holding steady year over year. The strong turnout demonstrates the passion and commitment of Texas educators and parents.
We look forward to seeing you at the 2009 TAGT Annual Professional Development Conference, December 2-4 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. More information coming April 2009.
Over 60 handouts and PowerPoint presentations, in PDF format
All four 2008 issues of TEMPO
The full conference program
Printable TAGT forms and handouts
The USB Key has an additional 1.6 gigabytes of unused space
The CD is available as a discounted bundle with the 2007 Conference CD (contains ~60 handouts and presentations from the 2007 Annual Professional Development Conference: Carrying the Torch of Excellence)
Video recordings of the keynote address and featured speakers Dr. Marcia Tate, Growing Dendrites: Learning Strategies that Engage the Brain Dr. Karen Rogers, The Ten Options in Gifted Education That Provide the Most Effect for Effort: A Synthesis of the Research on Best Practices Dr. James T. Webb, Motivation and Underachievement
Audio recordings of dozens of breakout sessions coming soon!
Some bundled recordings and exercises may be available for credit. TAGT is evaluating various options.
Need a Receipt?
Log into the TAGT database to view a printable transaction record. If you have not logged in to the new database, you will need to set or change your password:
Your temporary password is "TAGT" plus your first and last initial, all upper-case with no spaces or punctuation.
When you are prompted to change your password, the "old" password is the temporary password from step one, and your "new" password can be whatever you want it to be.
If your transaction record is blank or inaccurate, or if you have a login issue, contact LaShawnda at lber...@txgifted.org
2008-2009 Scholarship Fund Drive
Donations at the TAGT Scholarship Fund booth were higher than last year, but we still have a long way to go. Make a tax-deductible donation by December 20 to be listed in Insights 2009, the Annual TAGT Catalog of Scholarships, Grants, and Awards.
