April 2022 - Volume 2
WATG Mission: To educate about and advocate for the needs of gifted in Wisconsin.
NEWS
Calling All Exhibitors and Sponsors!
Are you interested in reaching a large number of gifted and talented advocates? Does your product or service apply to educators, administrators, coordinators, parents, or others in the gifted and talented community? Then you will want to be an Exhibitor/Sponsor at our annual fall conference in the Wisconsin Dells October 2-4. Information on our conference and how you can be a part of it can be found in our proposal packet at https://midd.me/t7rw.
WATG Blogs
Cory Jennerjohn
WATG Board Member
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Coaching, Learning and Challenge
I coach a lot of youth sports teams, and the one thing we keep asking is how to challenge highly skilled athletes. We move kids from one division to another, put kids in a higher age group, or balance teams out, all in the name of a challenge.
Dr. Uzeyir Orgurlu
WATG Board Member
Gifted Individuals Are More Open to New Experiences
Over the years, the personalities of gifted individuals have been examined to see if there are differences between gifted individuals and their counterparts. Personality includes patterns of thoughts, emotions, and actions. Scholars have developed a variety of personality models to explain the differences in those patterns, and one of them is The Big Five. The Big Five personality model has been a widely accepted taxonomy in terms of explaining how individuals adjust to and interact with the world. The model has five dimensions: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience.
A Brush with History
Ruth Robinson and I have been trying to organize the many strands of historical records from the gifted movement in Wisconsin over the past 50 years. In the process of helping Ruth, I have experienced a serendipitous “brush with history,” and I would like to share that story with you now.  
Carol Wright, Guest Blogger
WCGT President 1990
Our Newest Partners
FREE PARENT MEMBERSHIP
Parenting gifted children can be an exciting, yet challenging journey, and WATG is committed to providing information, resources, and networking opportunities for parents and caregivers of gifted children.
As a service to gifted children and their families, WATG is offering FREE memberships to all parents/caregivers beginning now and extending through September of 2022. Benefits of WATG membership include:

  • Support for educational outreach
  • Support for parents/caregivers and advocates
  • Voting privileges
  • Consultation and coaching
  • And so much more!

So far, over 150 parents/caregivers have taken advantage of this outstanding opportunity! We encourage more of you to join us by filling out this Free WATG Parent Membership Form, and look forward to meeting you and growing with you.
Cory and Dr. Matt Zakreski talk gifted!
Any organization mentioned in this newsletter does not constitute an endorsement by or partnership with WATG. No recommendation regarding the services of these organizations is being made by WATG. Families and educators are urged to perform due diligence in researching all organizations.
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