About CAG
Connecticut Association for the Gifted (CAG)
Connecticut Association for the Gifted (CAG)
The Connecticut Association for the Gifted (CAG) was founded in 1969 and became a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation in 1990. Our membership includes parents, grandparents and teachers of children with gifts and talents, G/T coordinators, regular education teachers, school and district administrators, psychologists, counselors and others interested in supporting gifted and talented education.
The Connecticut Association for the Gifted (CAG) was founded in 1969 and became a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation in 1990. Our membership includes parents, grandparents and teachers of children with gifts and talents, G/T coordinators, regular education teachers, school and district administrators, psychologists, counselors and others interested in supporting gifted and talented education.
Our Vision
Our Vision
All of Connecticut’s gifted, talented, high-potential, and twice-exceptional students and adults have their intellectual, creative, social, and emotional needs met.
All of Connecticut’s gifted, talented, high-potential, and twice-exceptional students and adults have their intellectual, creative, social, and emotional needs met.
Our Mission
Our Mission
To provide enrichment, resources, and advocacy to develop the talented, gifted, high-potential, and twice-exceptional individuals of diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, and the communities who support them in Connecticut.
To provide enrichment, resources, and advocacy to develop the talented, gifted, high-potential, and twice-exceptional individuals of diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, and the communities who support them in Connecticut.
Our Values
Our Values
· Excellence: We aim to meet the highest standards of efficiency and transparency in order to live up to our full potential.
· Excellence: We aim to meet the highest standards of efficiency and transparency in order to live up to our full potential.
· Equity/inclusion: All individuals, regardless of cultural or socio-economic circumstances, deserve to be treated equitably and supported appropriately.
· Equity/inclusion: All individuals, regardless of cultural or socio-economic circumstances, deserve to be treated equitably and supported appropriately.
· Research-based: Our programs, advocacy, and resources are supported by current peer reviewed methods, theories, and practices.
· Research-based: Our programs, advocacy, and resources are supported by current peer reviewed methods, theories, and practices.
· Support: We develop a community regarding gifted needs, and provide this community with resources, including enrichment, advocacy, and networking.
· Support: We develop a community regarding gifted needs, and provide this community with resources, including enrichment, advocacy, and networking.
· Creativity: We celebrate the creativity of our constituents and tap into it to achieve our goals.
· Creativity: We celebrate the creativity of our constituents and tap into it to achieve our goals.
· Unique needs: Gifted individuals develop asynchronously, and experience a unique combination of academic and social emotional needs.
· Unique needs: Gifted individuals develop asynchronously, and experience a unique combination of academic and social emotional needs.
CAG is a state affiliate of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC).
CAG is a state affiliate of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC).