The latest edition of the World Gifted newsletter is now available. Due to the technical issues involved with the new website redesign we are posting it here for your perusal. (Click here to access: WGNewsltrOct2011)

Members and non-members can view the latest newsletter. If you find it useful please consider becoming a member of the World Council. It’s the best way to share and learn about gifted education worldwide. For more information see our Join the World Council section.

The WCGTC website is being redesigned. The new site will be much more user friendly and is scheduled to be ready by the end of 2011. The new website design is based on input from numerous WCGTC members- including many of those who attended the World Conference in Prague. Connie Phelps from Emporia State University also provided comments from her students who evaluated many gifted education websites from around the world. If you experience technical difficulties with the current website, please be patient as we update our new look. We promise it will be worth the wait!

More than 450 people interested in advancing gifted education participated in the 19th Biennial World Conference in Prague, Czech Republic August 8-12. Educators, parents and students from 57 countries from around the world attended the opportunity in Eastern Europe to share the latest scholarship and information on gifted education. The Czech representatives were incredibly gracious hosts and encouraged conference goers to tour and enjoy their beautiful historic “Golden City” when time permitted. This was the first conference since the WCGTC relocated to Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY and several educators from WKU were on hand to share the latest about the new World Headquarters and plans for the future. WCGTC delegates and members at the conference were also given opportunities to provide feedback on everything from conference proceedings to the WCGTC website. Those ideas will be incorporated in the months ahead. A big thank you to the Executive Committee of the World Council and the local Organizing Committee for providing such a terrific venue and well run and successful conference. The next World Conference will be held in Auckland, New Zealand in 2013 and the Organizing Committee there is already busy planning for another great conference offering the latest innovative ideas in gifted education. We hope to see you all there!

WCGTC members have voted to ratify the recently revised bylaws for our organization. The bylaws provide guidance and structure for the World Council.  In May the bylaws committee presented an updated document for final review with a comments period and members voted online to ratify the new document. Thank you all for your input.

Click here to review the revised bylaws.

We are pleased to announce the Executive Committee election results. Dr. Umit Davasligil from Turkey and Dr. Ken McCluskey from Canada will be joining the Executive Committee at the conclusion of the 2011 World Conference.