Leading Culturally Responsive Gifted Programs
Leading Culturally Responsive Gifted Programs

Author: Robin M. Greene

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-06-20

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 1000889351

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Written by experienced leaders in gifted education, this book is a foundational guide for supervisors, administrators, and districts seeking to create culturally responsive and equity-focused gifted policies and programs. Engaging chapters supported by real-world vignettes and interactive contemplation corners outline key elements of culturally responsive leadership and the administrative actions necessary for disrupting systems of oppression within gifted programs. Topics covered include culturally responsive gifted education, multitiered systems of support, authentic family engagement, the use of data to inform systemic change, and more. Featuring authentic applications of culturally responsive gifted leadership practices and an innovative tool to evaluate gifted program inclusivity, this book is essential reading for all current and future leaders in gifted education.

Sparking Change to Promote Equity
Sparking Change to Promote Equity

Author: Javetta Jones Roberson

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-08-09

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 1040033849

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Sparking Change to Promote Equity illuminates the skills and practices that campus and district-level leaders of gifted and advanced programs need to encourage and support minoritized and marginalized student success in today’s classrooms. Designed to empower leaders and other educational stakeholders to build a more equitably represented student population within gifted and advanced programs, Sparking Change chapters offer a discourse on the benefit of incorporating culturally responsive gifted leadership practices to open the gateway toward recognizing, accepting and nurturing each gifted student according to their true needs, interests, challenges and abilities.By dismantling inequitable and oppressive systems that impede student potential, leaders can leverage CRGL behaviors to foster a more inclusive environment within advanced programs, allowing each student to flourish. In the context of the complexities of today’s schools and advanced programs, this book provides recommendations and strategies towards developing an equitable leadership stance that is needing in gifted and advanced education. Whether you're new to leadership, experienced, or an aspiring leader seeking to advance equity in gifted and advanced education, this book is a valuable resource for educational leaders to become more equitable in advanced level learning.

Culturally Responsive Teaching in Gifted Education
Culturally Responsive Teaching in Gifted Education

Author: C. Matthew Fugate

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-09-23

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1000491501

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Culturally Responsive Teaching in Gifted Education is a professional learning tool for practitioners who are working to create more culturally responsive school and classroom environments. This book: Focuses on gifted and talented students from special populations, including those who are culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse. Is presented as a collection of essays written by educational advocates. Aims to increase the cultural competence of teachers and school leaders. Is organized in three sections: Culturally Responsive Practices; Race, Ethnicity, and Culture; and Gender, Sex, and Sense of Self. Provides readers with personal insights into the implicit biases that exist within the educational system and gifted programs. Each chapter illustrates the lived experiences of students from special populations and includes reflection questions for continued conversations and planning. Finally, an Educator Inventory is provided that tasks educators with reflecting on their own personal implicit biases and classroom practices related to the diverse populations of gifted and talented students in our schools.

Culturally Responsive School Leadership
Culturally Responsive School Leadership

Author: Muhammad Khalifa

Publisher: Harvard Education Press

Published: 2020-07-27

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1682532097

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Culturally Responsive School Leadership focuses on how school leaders can effectively serve minoritized students—those who have been historically marginalized in school and society. The book demonstrates how leaders can engage students, parents, teachers, and communities in ways that positively impact learning by honoring indigenous heritages and local cultural practices. Muhammad Khalifa explores three basic premises. First, that a full-fledged and nuanced understanding of “cultural responsiveness” is essential to successful school leadership. Second, that cultural responsiveness will not flourish and succeed in schools without sustained efforts by school leaders to define and promote it. Finally, that culturally responsive school leadership comprises a number of crucial leadership behaviors, which include critical self-reflection; the development of culturally responsive teachers; the promotion of inclusive, anti-oppressive school environments; and engagement with students’ indigenous community contexts. Based on an ethnography of a school principal who exemplifies the practices and behaviors of culturally responsive school leadership, the book provides educators with pedagogy and strategies for immediate implementation.

High School Principals' Culturally Responsive School Leadership Practices to Prepare Gifted Students of Color to be College and Career Ready
High School Principals' Culturally Responsive School Leadership Practices to Prepare Gifted Students of Color to be College and Career Ready

Author: Jeaurel Wilson

Publisher:

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Gifted education focuses on academic excellence at the expense of equity; therefore, gifted students are often not educated in a culturally responsive manner (Ford & Harris, 2000; Mun et al., 2020). Also, the K-12 population has the most significant growth in diverse student populations, yet the college transition rate for students of color does not support this data (Contreras, 2011). Gifted students of color (GSOC) are a population that can critically contribute to the future workforce and, therefore, should have access to culturally responsive practices and adequate college and career preparation (Henfield et al., 2008; Mayes & Hines, 2014). The purpose of this quantitative survey study is to explore the relationship between high school principals' beliefs about gifted students of color and college and career readiness, and their culturally responsive school leadership practices to prepare gifted students of color to be college and career ready in New York State (excluding New York City). The frameworks used in this study are Muhammed Khalifa's (2018) Culturally Responsive School Leadership Framework and the College, Career, and Life Readiness Framework. There were several key findings and conclusions generated for this study. Four key findings were: (1) less than 30% of the high school principals in this study agree that GSOC, as compared to their peers in the same courses, require extra support to excel in advanced level courses and to prepare for the college application process, (2) about 50% of the high school principals in this study neither agree nor disagree that GSOC require teachers to be trained in or receive professional development in educating GSOC, (3) there were 30 positive, statistically significant relationships (p

Identifying and Serving Diverse Gifted Learners
Identifying and Serving Diverse Gifted Learners

Author: Jaime A. Castellano

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-03-14

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1000550702

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Grounded in a combination of evidence, personal narratives, interviews, data, and research, Identifying and Serving Diverse Gifted Learners: Meeting the Needs of Special Populations in Gifted Education is a guiding resource for all stakeholder groups in gifted education to shift the equity needle of gifted programs in America. Though it is the right of Black, Hispanic/Latinx, twice-exceptional (2e), low-income, and other special populations of students to have access to advanced academic programs in the American educational system, complex and deep-rooted systemic issues often block the way. This seminal text thoughtfully brings the conversation around historically underrepresented students in gifted education to the forefront, drawing on real-world examples to provide an accessible discussion of foundational, interdependent topics, including current research and promising educational practices. Readers will develop a basic theoretical understanding of the issues and be able to advance more responsive programs and experiences for low-income, racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse gifted students, and other diverse gifted populations. This text serves as a beacon to motivate K-12 educators, researchers, and scholars to carry the torch of advocacy on behalf of those students historically underrepresented in programs for the gifted and talented.

Supporting Gifted ELLs in the Latinx Community
Supporting Gifted ELLs in the Latinx Community

Author: Michelle Pacheco DuBois

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-04-28

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 1000376605

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This essential resource is designed to help your classroom, school, or district better identify and serve gifted English language learners in the Latinx community. Drawing on detailed case studies and vignettes from actual programs, chapters highlight the unique needs of gifted Latinx English language learners, and look at how you can best identify and support their development. Covering topics from teacher bias and systemic racism to best practices for engaging families and communities, this book lays out practical strategies and an accessible framework for implementing culturally responsive assessments, identification, and programming strategies.

Gifted Education
Gifted Education

Author: Anthony F. Rotatori

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2014-06-25

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 178350742X

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This volume addresses the most current perspectives and issues related to giftedness and is written by leaders in the field. An excellent resource for special educators, administrators, mental health clinicians, school counselors, and psychologists, this volume addresses the different educational issues that impact this population.

Empowering Gifted Educators as Change Agents
Empowering Gifted Educators as Change Agents

Author: Katie D. Lewis

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-04-28

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1000574458

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Through an accessible, research-based program of professional learning, this critical resource empowers gifted educators to become change agents for equity in their classroom, school, or district. Designed for practitioners seeking to increase the rate of identification and retention of underserved gifted populations, this book guides readers through the Four Zones of Equity-Driven Professional Learning Model, a practical set of tools specific to the field of gifted education. Readers will develop an all-inclusive professional learning plan specific to their teachers’ understanding of cultural norms, guiding participants to gain insight into the characteristics of gifted marginalized students, coaching faculty in ways to increase classroom support, and equipping educators with the tools necessary to build effective partnerships with parents and communities. Ideal for gifted educators, coordinators, and administrators, this playbook is packed with practical ideas, strategies, and activities to bring meaningful, equity-driven professional learning to life.

Recruiting and Retaining Culturally Different Students in Gifted Education
Recruiting and Retaining Culturally Different Students in Gifted Education

Author: Donna Y. Ford

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1000502910

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One pervasive educational issue is the national underrepresentation of Black and Hispanic students in gifted education. Virtually every school district is grappling with having too few students from these groups identified as gifted and served in gifted classes and programs. Recruiting and Retaining Culturally Different Students in Gifted Education addresses this long-standing national problem through the dual lens of recruitment and retention. The focus is on how to equitably recruit (screen, refer, and/or assess) culturally different students and, just as importantly, to retain them. Recruitment and retention require providing academic, cultural, and social supports to culturally different students and ensuring that educators are willing and able to address issues and barriers. No time is better than now to address and correct the underachievement albatross, and the focus on recruitment and retention holds the greatest promise. Nominated for a 2014 NAACP Image Award in the Outstanding Literary Work-Instructional Category