Jefferson County Schools - Gifted and Talented

Please join us for a fascinating evening with Kim Bevill
Tuesday, February 25
Virtual - please rsvp for link

Kim Bevill - The Male vs. the Female Brain: Understanding a couple of differences matters
Please RSVP and submitt questions for Kim by clicking https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xHfvt6tpTPuetJV-zG8XgyrWZHPDqEOLP2mqDNGphiM/preview.

Timeframe:

6:00 – 6:05
Soft start
6:05 – 6:15
General GT announcements, JAGC information
6:15 – 7:15
Kim Bevill - The Male vs. the Female Brain: Understanding a couple of differences matters
7:15 – 7:45
Q&A w/ Kim: Kim will start with any pre-submitted questions not covered by her presentation. Time permitting, she will move on to questions submitted via the chat.

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This free conference is next weekend, August 9-12, 2024! Learn about how to help your child with executive function and so much more! Do one session or whatever works for you. We have brought Seth Perler a few times and parents and staff both have found him to be very helpful! He brings in amazing speakers for this conference.

Parents, check out this Executive Function Event. Parents, take 3 days to Immerse yourself in 30+ expert strategies to help your child navigate school & life through better Executive Function. Get FREE access Aug 9-12, 2024, to TEFOS, The Executive Function Online Summit.

GT --> Families of Gifted and Neurodiverse students, the Gifted and Talented Department invites you to take advantage of 6 different on-demand learning opportunities that we created just for you! Check out this flier to access the learning

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oiOlKkrjra67OcnLCLn-4f4xOTn8deVX2MeHRHraxJQ/

Family Learning Flyer Winter 2024' (for distribution after 1/24)

The Colorado Association of Gifted and Talented (CAGT) Annual Conference October 8-10, 2023
Embassy Suites 4705 Clydesdale Parkway, Loveland, Colorado, 80538
CAGT is a great opportunity to learn from experts in the GT field and to connect with parents, educators, and other folks involved in Gifted & Talented.

Jeffco GT Dept: 6-Week Book Club - Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents
Monday’s October 2, October 16, October 23, October 30, November 6, and November 13
6:00-7:00 pm
In-Person: Westridge Elementary School library 10785 W. Alamo Place, Littleton, CO
Find more information and a link to RSVP.
Information: https://www.jeffcopublicschools.org/programs/gifted_talented/parent_family_resources
RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAEmc8aQaY-YukkVvswciSNVG6ls2JzWjczOm8FNQmgNwi6Q/viewform

Parent Family Resources The Gifted and Talented Program provides multiple seminars and presentations for parents throughout the year. See below for parent resources, documents, and useful links.

Jeffco GT Department and JAGC Present:
How to Effectively Advocate for Your Student

Thursday, October 5, 2023
6:00-7:30 pm
Virtual - Please RSVP - Google Meet Link will be sent out Wednesday, October 4th.
Join us as representatives from Jeffco’s Gifted & Talented Department and JAGC discuss how to effectively advocate for your student. This session will include what advocacy looks like and what it shouldn’t look like, how to know when to step in and when to let your child work through something, and how to collaborate with the educators in your child(ren)’s lives. We will also discuss where you can go and what resources are available if your issue isn’t being resolved at the school level.

Parent Session 23-24 Sign Up Jeffco's GT Social Emotional Learning Counselors (GT SELCS) will be holding one time sessions for parents who are not able to commit to a book club. Below is a description and date/s for each session. Please fill out the information and chose the parent sessions that you are interest in attending. A...

Conversations with CAGT is back for the 23-24 school year!
Join us live on our page.

📅When: Tuesday, September 5th @ 5:00P.M. MDT

📌Who: Paula Prober

🗒Title: Understanding Your Rainforest Mind: Guidance for Gifted Adults

Understanding Your Rainforest Mind—Guidance for Gifted Adults
Using examples from her counseling/consulting practice and her books, Paula will detail the complexities of adult giftedness and provide strategies and resources to help these adults understand themselves and their rainforest minds, build healthy relationships, and find self-acceptance and purpose. Issues include: sensitivities, perfectionism, multipotentiality, anxiety, intuition, and relationships.

Bio:
Paula Prober is a psychotherapist, consultant, blogger, and author in private practice based in Eugene, Oregon, USA. For the past 30+ years her clients have been intellectually and creatively gifted adults and parents of gifted children. Along with counseling in Oregon, she consults internationally with these individuals. Paula has been a teacher of gifted children and presenter at universities, webinars, podcasts, and conferences. She has written articles on giftedness for Psychotherapy Networker, Advanced Development Journal, the Eugene Register-Guard and online for Thrive Global, Rebelle Society, psychotherapy.net, Highly Sensitive Refuge, and Introvert Dear.

CAGT Annual Student Art Contest

Students who attend any K-12 school or homeschool in the state of Colorado are invited to create an outstanding piece of original artwork which interprets this year’s CAGT Conference theme: “Imagine, Believe, Grow.” As always, the Art Contest Committee will be very selective about which artwork will be chosen and displayed this fall due to the limited space at the annual conference. Conference participants will view and vote for their favorite artwork.

Click here for the flyer with information about the event and to submit your incredible artwork.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GB47RRFVSwPLavbni7Vee7du2wUOjy8FVsZlen3adt4

Artwork submission due September 11, 2023.

2023 CAGT Art Contest Colorado Association for the Gifted and Talented Presents: 5th Annual CAGT Student Art Contest en español We can’t wait for this year’s art contest at the CAGT fall conference! Whether you submitted something in our prior contests or want to do so this year, here’s your chance to have your ar...

Call for proposals is now open!

Please consider sharing your knowledge and expertise about our gifted children and their unique needs at our 2023 CAGT Conference on October 8-10th, 2023. Our professional conference offers over 80 presentations from experts in the field of gifted education and has an annual attendance of over 800 educators, administrators, parents and community members.

Please click here to get more information!
https://www.cvent.com/c/abstracts/5fd5aa2e-829e-487e-9bde-3c803c2975ed

Submission deadline: June 26, 2023

2023 Call for Proposals

CAGT Conference Registration Open

We are excited to announce that registration for the 45th Annual CAGT Conference, Imagine, Believe, Grow, this October 8th-10th is now open! This event offers over 80 sessions, including four keynote speakers, which will examine various facets of the giftedness of our diverse gifted youth. These presentations will delve into what educators and GT supporters need to know about the vast and varied GT child. With registration open now, school districts can use some of their remaining 2022-23 funds to cover the cost of this fall conference! Register now and reserve spots to take advantage of early bird pricing!

Click here for the registration link!

2023 CAGT Conference

Jeffco SPARKS Summer School
Once again, we are looking forward to enjoying another SPARKS GT Enrichment Program with our Jeffco gifted learners this year! Similar to last year, we will be offering a 1 week morning OR afternoon program to stimulate and enrich GT students.
June 5-9
Everitt Middle School
Cost is $205 plus class fees
Choose from either
AM classes: 8:30-10:30 OR
PM classes: 12:30-2:30
To allow for greater access for all students, choose 1 morning OR 1 afternoon class - students should only select 1 class!
Classes will be limited to 15 students
All Jeffco safety procedures will be followed
Open to all Jeffco identified GT students entering grades 1 through 8 in the 2023-24 school year

2023 SPARKS Course Descriptions Sheet1 Session AM 8:30 - 10:30,Session PM 12:30 - 2:30,Attending Grade for 2023-24,Additional Fee,Class Capacity,Class Pre-requisite,Class Description,Instructor Advanced German Class 1008 AM,3rd-8th Grade,$10.00,15,Beginning German,This class is for st...

CAGT is excited to bring you a new virtual piece of the 2022 conference!

This event provides the opportunity for you to view and learn from up to 25 recordings from our fall conference, Unconventionally, Unconditionally Gifted. We are offering four different series from which you can pick one, two, three, all four or any combination that suits your needs. Each series caters to different topics that pertain to our gifted learners: Social Emotional, Twice Exceptional, Identification and Support, and Academics.

Please check out all of the session recordings and pricing and share the link with peers who might be interested in this opportunity as well.
And the great news is if you were registered for both days of the 2022 CAGT conference this past fall - you can attend for free!
We hope you can join us for this conference so for more information and to register, please click the link below.
Credit is also available.

2022 Virtual Conference Link:

2022 CAGT Virtual Conference 2022 CAGT Virtual Conference. Online registration by Cvent