The website you are reading now "Links for Portland Parents of Talented and Gifted Children is at http://www.tagpdx.org/
Contents of this page:
(see "Media reports" and "state/federal for other Oregon districts)
Department of Education findings, July 8, 2010 (find PPS still out of compliance in some areas)
Oregon Department of Education letter to Portland, November 11, 2009
My letter to the Department of Education concerning TAG compliance, October 11, 2009
Oregon Department of Education cover letter to parents, June 11, 2009
Portland TAG Compliance Plan May 29, 2008
Second (amended) Compliance order from the Oregon Department of Education
Third Compliance order and letter from the Oregon Department of Education (2008)
(for appeals from other Oregon school districts, see state/federal )
Portland TAG Advisory Council (TAGAC) papers
Research-Based Best Practices and Recommendations for Talented and Gifted Services in Portland Public Schools, Compiled by the Portland Public Schools Talented and Gifted Advisory Council, June 4, 2007
Cover letter accompanying the Best Practices report, submitted to the Student Achievement Committee, June 6, 2007
TAGAC feedback on TAG Strategic Plan draft, November, 2007
Reply to TAGAC by Judy Elliott, Chief, Office of Teaching and Learning, March 6, 2008.
Portland Public Schools' main home page: http://www.pps.k12.or.us includes information about individual schools, the central administration, and the school board.
The TAG department homepage, http://www.pps.k12.or.us/.docs/pg/2995
provides information about the TAG department, and school district policies, including the school district's "Framework" for providing TAG services. It is possible to find this page as a link from the main PPS homepage but it takes some searching. Select "directory" and then look in the list of "departments, services, projects."
The TAG department director, Pat Thompson pthompson@pps.k12.or.us
TAG office: 503-916-3358
Chief Academic Officer, Xavier Botana, xbotana@pps.k12.or.us
Framework for Meeting the Needs of TAG students (June 1996, revised June 1998)
ACCESS alternative program for very gifted students (located at Sabin School) http://www.pps.k12.or.us/.docs/pg/3023
"Draft five" of the ACCESS proposal
http://www.pps.k12.or.us/depts/tag/program/access_draft5.pdf
Board Resolution approving the ACCESS program
http://www.pps.k12.or.us/depts/tag/program/access_board02.pdf
Program Review: Portland Public Schools Services for Talented and Gifted. Carried out by consultant Barbara Maurer for the PPS TAG department 2002-03 ( .pdf files) http://159.191.14.138/.docs/pg/3024
TAG Advisory Council http://www.tag.pps.k12.or.us/.docs/pg/10288
Portland School District Board Instructional Policies relevant to TAG:
Portland Public School district complaint procedure, from the PPS Parent Handbook, copied here for convenience http://www.tagpdx.org/complaint.htm
For Oregon state standards complaints, see below or here
Portland Public School district Section 504 Manual (for students with disabilities) http//www.pps.k12.or.us/directives-c/pol-reg/504manual.pdf
PPS Board of Education:
(The board is comprised of volunteers elected by zone, but serve all
of Portland’s residents)
Pam Knowles (Zone 5) 503-312-7178 pknowles@pps.k12.or.us
Trudy Sargent (Zone 6): 503-916-6655,
tsargent@pps.k12.or.us
Dilafruz Williams (Zone 7): 503-775-2158,
dilafruz.williams@pps.k12.or.us
Henry Johnson, Student Representative hjohnson@pps.k12.or.us
School Board Committees:
Executive Leadership
Community and Student Affairs Committee
Sub-Committee on Charter Schools
Finance, Audit and Operations
Student Achievement Committee
PPS Administration:
The main phone number for PPS is 503-916-2000,
www.pps.k12.or.us
Carole
Smith, Superintendent:
superintendent@pps.k12.or.us
Calendar of events:
www.pps.k12.or.us/news/events.php
Gifted children in Portland Public Schools: stories
ASPIRE: a project of Americorps to provide mentoring and college application assistance to Oregon students http://www.aspireoregon.org/about.html
McMinnville School District TAG page Well designed and helpful with advice for teachers and parents and a good assortment of links to local and national resources. Recommended http://www.msd.k12.or.us/tagweb/
OATAG Oregon Association for Talented and Gifted http://www.oatag.org/
See below, "mailing list information" for directions on how to subscribe to the list for Portland area parents, XL-PDX
Chalkboard Project http://www.chalkboardproject.org/index.php A collaborative effort among five Oregon foundations to raise public awareness on education issues.
Coalition for School Funding Now, http://www.schoolfunding.org. This site offers links to other educational organizations in Oregon, such as the Oregon Education Association.
Community and Parents for Public Schools of Portland: the local branch of a national organization: http://www.cppsportland.org (also offers an e-mail list--see below)
East Metro TAG Network made up of community members and district TAG representatives from Centennial, Corbett, David Douglas, Gresham-Barlow, Oregon Trail, Reynolds, and Parkrose school districts http://www.eastmetrotag.org/
Mensa, the Oregon branch of this national and international social organization for individuals with aptitude test scores above the 98th percentile: http://oregon.us.mensa.org
OHSU Center for Diversity and Minority Affairs offers a variety of services for gifted youth in underrepresented populations including academic advising, internships and mentorships, and enrichment programs http://www.ohsu.edu/academic/diversity/. Other student opportunities are listed from time to time on the Area Health Education Centers Program page at http://www.ohsu.edu/ahec/
OMSI, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry offers camps, classes and events in addition to their exhibits http://www.omsi.org/education/
Oregon Association for Talented and Gifted, http://www.oatag.org OATAG also offers an e-mail "listserv" for parents and TAG teachers, staff, administrators and coordinators, through Yahoo groups. You can subscribe just to this list through the OATAG website. If you already have a Yahoo username and password, you can just add this group to your list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OATAG You can set up a Yahoo account by obtaining a username and password and then add this list to your groups. You can also subscribe directly by e-mail by sending a message to
oatag-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The message should read "subscribe" and the subject of the message should read "subscribe"
Portland Schools Foundation offers grants to local schools and teachers
Saturday Academy offers classes for students throughout the year http://www.saturdayacademy.pdx.edu/
"SpectrumAPP" a site maintained by parents of students in gifted programs in Seattle. This site is tied to an e-mail discussion list, but the list requires registration and a password.
XL-PDX a list for parents of Portland area TAG students
If you already have a Yahoo username and password, you can just add this group to your list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xl-pdx
You can set up a Yahoo account by obtaining a username and password and then add this list to your groups. You can also subscribe directly by e-mail by sending a message to XL-PDX-subscribe@yahoogroups.com The message should read "subscribe" and the subject of the message should read "subscribe"