Staff Member Wins Prestigious Award

Janie Ramirez, Outreach Specialist and Executive Director, South Plains Closing the Gap P-120, is a regional award winner of the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT) 2011 Region 17 Advocate of the Gifted Award.

She will be considered for selection in the State Advocate of the Gifted award process, which will be completed by August. She will receive a plaque in December in Austin during the Annual Professional Development Conference for Educators & Parents.   All the regional winners will be recognized, and one from this group of winners will be recognized as the state winner.

TAGT connects and empowers educators and parents to meet the unique needs of gifted and talented individuals through awareness, advocacy and action.  The largest state association of its kind, TAGT, has a long and proud history of serving gifted education in Texas. 

This is an uncertain time in Texas schools, and TAGT members are working diligently to ensure that gifted children and their advocates continue to be served by innovative and meaningful programs. 

Contributed by Janie Ramirez