Gifted students in Florida depend on your advocacy and support. Our organization:
Provides newsletters that are always filled with interesting and up-to-date articles.
• Acts as a clearinghouse for information dealing with the educational issues facing gifted students and creates a greater awareness of statewide issues affecting the gifted.
• Supports year-round advocacy efforts to protect the interests of gifted students, provides support for regional activities and events, formulates and/or supports policy related to issues of funding, endorsement, and regulations concerning gifted education, and promotes the development of innovative programs at the school level.
• Explores and disseminates written information concerning the identification and services provided to gifted students from special populations and shares on-going efforts and district progress made in serving these special groups.
• Provides leadership and fosters advances in the education of gifted students by being responsive to the needs of the FLAG membership.
• Coordinates an exciting and informative annual conference featuring nationally recognized consultants in the field. In addition, field practitioners (teachers of the gifted) are provided with a forum to share promising programs and practices that they have developed.
• Offers mini-grants to teachers.
• Awards scholarships to gifted students.
• Recognizes creative teachers with the Excellence in Creative Teaching Award.