TAG
LISTSERVS
Parents of PPS TAG students have their own e-mail list. To subscribe send the
message "subscribe" in the body (not the subject line) of the message to the
following address
xl-pdx+subscribe@groups.io
or fill in the box below with your
email address:
Oregon Association for Talented and Gifted,
https://www.oatag.org
offers an e-mail list for parents and TAG teachers, staff, administrators and
coordinators,
You can also subscribe directly by e-mail by sending an e-mail message to
OATAG+subscribe@groups.io
The message should read "subscribe" and the subject of the message should read
"subscribe".
Having trouble? Send a message to
margaretdelacy@comcast.net and ask for an invitation to this list and/or XL-PDX
FACEBOOK pages/groups for TAG parents:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/portlandTAGparents/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/191946038000983/ (2E)
https://www.facebook.com/HoagiesGifted/ (National)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/HoagiesGifted/
https://www.facebook.com/OregonTAG/ (OATAG)
TAG WEBSITE INFORMATION
Margaret's website for Portland-area TAG parents (not associated with PPS)
https://www.tagpdx.org/
Oregon Association for Talented and Gifted (OATAG)
https://www.oatag.org/
PPS TAG department homepage
https://www.pps.net/Domain/196
Portland Public Schools homepage
https://www.pps.net/
Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)
https://sengifted.org/
Talented and Gifted page from the Oregon Department of Education
https://www.oregon.gov/ode/learning-options/TAG/Pages/default.aspx
Hoagies Gifted Education Page by far the largest and most comprehensive web
resource. One-stop shopping for gifted information
https://www.hoagiesgifted.org/
Davidson Institute
https://www.davidsongifted.org/
Davidson Institute articles
https://www.davidsongifted.org/resource-library/
Margaret's Summary of Oregon TAG rules and complaint procedures
https://tagpdx.org/summary_of_oregon_tag_rules.htm
OTHER RESOURCES:
"Twelve Easy Things Parents can do to help OATAG help our children"
https://tagpdx.org/twelve_easy_things_parents_can_d.htm
"What Educators need to know about Ability Grouping" is one of a large set of
brochures produced by the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented.
https://nrcgt.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/953/2015/04/A9201P.pdf
"To the Parents or Guardians of Students Identified as Talented and Gifted" is a
"TAG Parent Brochure" available in several languages from the Oregon Department
of Education at
https://www.oregon.gov/ode/learning-options/TAG/Pages/Your-Gifted-Child.aspx
"Twelve Cost-Effective Educational Options for Serving Gifted Students" from the
Davidson Institute for Talent Development" (2005)
https://www.davidsongifted.org/Search-Database/entry/A10363
Find your legislator
The easiest way to do this is to go to the Oregon State Legislature's website at
https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/
and enter your address (with zip code)
Contacting your legislators and asking them to support TAG is very important!
Ask them to support categorical TAG funding.
compiled by Margaret DeLacy 9/14/18