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.

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.

Supporting Classroom Teachers and Parents in the Identification and Education of Gifted ELL Students
Supporting Classroom Teachers and Parents in the Identification and Education of Gifted ELL Students

Author: Rodrigo Villablanca Jara

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13:

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Teaching quality is one of the most influential factors in raising student achievement, and adequate professional development goes hand in hand, as it helps expand teachers' knowledge and skills to implement the best educational practices. However, research indicates that professional development opportunities oriented to help teachers enhance the learning experience of high-performing or gifted students are scant. Classroom teachers do not receive adequate support to identify giftedness which contributes to misconceptions and stereotypical beliefs causing many potentially gifted students to unidentified and deprived of adequate differentiated instruction. Expectedly, a large number of those are ELL's whose lack of English language proficiency sometimes hinders their options to be found eligible. Since educators are the primary referral source to gifted programs, educating them is a priority. This project presents two professional development workshops. One is designed to assist educators in the timely identification of giftedness in ELLs, and provide them with differentiated instructional strategies to meet their needs. The second will help parents become familiar with the traits and needs of gifted children to enhance their learning experience at home. These workshops are intended to contribute to closing the gap that results in the underrepresentation of ELLs in gifted programs.

Interventions That Work With Special Populations in Gifted Education
Interventions That Work With Special Populations in Gifted Education

Author: Ariel Sloan Baska

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-09-03

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 1000493784

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This text is for regular classroom teachers who work with special needs learners in their classrooms, and the specialists and administrators who support these populations. Students of poverty, English language learners, and the twice-exceptional are often overlooked for services in gifted programs and frequently miss out on opportunities to hone their skills and learn the culture of success. Interventions provided in this book promote talent development in schools, at home, and in the community. This book focuses on both the social-emotional and cognitive needs of these students, and provides templates for long-term planning and goal setting. The text also addresses challenges encountered in working with these students and effective strategies to overcome them.

Social and Emotional Learning for Advanced Children in Early Childhood
Social and Emotional Learning for Advanced Children in Early Childhood

Author: Bronwyn MacFarlane

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-12-30

Total Pages: 77

ISBN-13: 1000816842

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This book illuminates the complexities of social and emotional learning (SEL) during early childhood and provides readers with supportive tools to enhance and advance social and emotional skills among young children within their homes and classrooms. Affective development is critical to childhood development – this guide gives parents and educators concrete strategies to support students’ social skills, relationship development, and positive mental health. Expertly blending theory with practice, Social and Emotional Learning for Advanced Children in Early Childhood: Birth to 8 presents vital background information, real-life examples, diverse case studies, discussion questions, and action steps for implementing SEL into any early childhood environment. By including both what is understood about social and emotional development in early childhood as well as the proven methods and approaches for working with young children, this comprehensive guide is a must read for all adults striving to make a positive impact in early childhood development.

Special Populations in Gifted Education
Special Populations in Gifted Education

Author: Jaime A. Castellano

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-09-23

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 1000503429

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A gifted education Legacy Award winner, Special Populations in Gifted Education: Understanding Our Most Able Students From Diverse Backgrounds brings together the leading experts in the field, who combine both knowledge of and leadership experience with gifted students from diverse backgrounds. Public schools are as diverse as ever, and as a result, historically underrepresented students need to be included in gifted education programs that serve our most able students. This edited book helps to raise the awareness level and knowledge base of all educators, particularly teachers of the gifted, who work with a kaleidoscope of special populations in gifted education. Chapters in this volume focus on topics such as gifted education in rural environments, highly gifted learners, twice-exceptional children, gifted females, gifted and talented students on the autism spectrum, English language learners, underachievement, and students from culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds. Special Populations in Gifted Education is a must-have for educators working with students from diverse backgrounds.

Diversity in Gifted Education
Diversity in Gifted Education

Author: Gillian Eriksson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-10-05

Total Pages: 453

ISBN-13: 113423516X

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This timely book brings together experts from around the world to share expertise and best practice to form an eclectic collection of the best approaches for teaching gifted and talented children from different cultures. Each chapter: presents an overview of international perspectives on the issues of multi-cultural and gifted education examines the critical issues related to cultural definitions of giftedness in programming for diverse gifted students presents regional case studies in order to inform practitioners' best practice examines issues of access for gifted students in relation to culture, poverty, race and gender. In addition, details of websites and associations which offer support and advice are also provided, making this book an invaluable resource for academics, researchers, teachers and parents of gifted and talented children.

Enrichment Clusters
Enrichment Clusters

Author: Joseph S. Renzulli

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-09-03

Total Pages: 155

ISBN-13: 1000492745

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Enrichment clusters engage students and facilitators in student-driven, real-world learning experiences. Grouped by interest, students working like practicing professionals apply advanced content and methods to develop products and services for authentic audiences. Clusters are scheduled during the school day over an extended period of time and involve all students. This updated second edition of Enrichment Clusters provides the rationale for including this important enrichment program for all students, suggestions for creating buy-in, and a step-by-step guide for successful implementation of a self-sustaining enrichment cluster program within the context of specific schools. Included are staff development activities, suggestions for evaluation and program improvement, guidelines for developing high quality cluster experiences for teachers and students, suggested resources, and everything one needs to develop, implement, and sustain a top-quality enrichment cluster program.

The Knowledge Gap
The Knowledge Gap

Author: Natalie Wexler

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2020-08-04

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0735213569

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The untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis--and the seemingly endless cycle of multigenerational poverty. It was only after years within the education reform movement that Natalie Wexler stumbled across a hidden explanation for our country's frustrating lack of progress when it comes to providing every child with a quality education. The problem wasn't one of the usual scapegoats: lazy teachers, shoddy facilities, lack of accountability. It was something no one was talking about: the elementary school curriculum's intense focus on decontextualized reading comprehension "skills" at the expense of actual knowledge. In the tradition of Dale Russakoff's The Prize and Dana Goldstein's The Teacher Wars, Wexler brings together history, research, and compelling characters to pull back the curtain on this fundamental flaw in our education system--one that fellow reformers, journalists, and policymakers have long overlooked, and of which the general public, including many parents, remains unaware. But The Knowledge Gap isn't just a story of what schools have gotten so wrong--it also follows innovative educators who are in the process of shedding their deeply ingrained habits, and describes the rewards that have come along: students who are not only excited to learn but are also acquiring the knowledge and vocabulary that will enable them to succeed. If we truly want to fix our education system and unlock the potential of our neediest children, we have no choice but to pay attention.