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Iowa’s association of interested parents, educators, and concerned citizens dedicated to meeting the needs of talented and gifted children and youth.

ITAG Calendar of Events

ITAG Contact Information
 
ITAG Office
200 W. 2nd Avenue
Indianola, Iowa 50131

Email:
itag@assoc-serv.com

 
 


Welcome to the Iowa Talented
and Gifted Association


Iowa's association of interested parents, educators, and concerned citizens dedicated to meeting the needs of talented and gifted children and youth.
 
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Iowa Talented and Gifted Mission Statement
 
The mission of the Iowa Talented and Gifted Assocation is to recognize, support, and respect the unique and diverse needs of talented and gifted learners through
 
ADVOCACY

by encouraging informed educational professionals, parents, policy makers, and all other stakeholders to take appropiate action for the benefit of talented and gifted learners.

EDUCATION:

by stregthening and encouraging the recognition and implementation of practices that support identification of talented and gifted learners and accommodation of the social, emotional, and intellectual levels.

NETWORKING:

by increasing opportunities for collaboration and cooperation among all stakeholders with the goal of advancing the abilities and developing the potential of talented and gifted learners.

What does ITAG do?

Annual Conference
  • Annual conferences that feature national and local speakers who focus on interests and concerns that parents, educators, and advocates have about gifted education
Legislation
  • Develops resolutions and beliefs
  • Monitors current legislation and legislative activity
  • Lobbies legislators to encourage support of gifted education
Annual Talented and Gifted Young Scholars Conferences
  • Provides forums for high school students to share common interests with distinguished Iowans
Newsletter
  • Provides articles for classroom teachers, teachers of the gifted, parents, administrators, and advocates
  • Provides information regarding available resources for those interested in gifted education
  • Updates state and federal legislative activity
  • Informs and updates readers on state and national issues
  • Publicizes news from local ITAG chapters
  • Highlights special ITAG projects for gifted
    children and youth
     
Public Relations
  • Promotes awareness of ITAG’s purposes and goals
  • Maintains contact and visibility with state educational groups 
Affiliations/Alliances
  • Joins other national organizations that have an interest in gifted education such as National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) and Council for Exceptional Children (CEC-TAG)
  • Encourages service organizations to support gifted eduation
  • Seeks corporate support for gifted education projects