Students in poverty and English language learners need solid communication skills to compete in the 21st century. Explore techniques designed to immerse your elementary students in English writing skills. Investigate new approaches to student writing with your colleagues, and discover new ways to apply writing skills to your GT classroom.
Handouts: Writing Skills: Bringing Equity to Low SES and ELL Students
In this MasterMinds Session, gifted education and equity researcher Marcia Gentry will take participants through the recent System Failure/Access Denied report examining underrepresentation in gifted education by income and race, including specific information on how Texas measures up.
This special MasterMinds conversation brings together three experts on identification and equity, Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, Ph.D., Susan K. Johnsen, Ph.D., and April Wells, in an open, honest discussion about the struggles of overcoming issues related to equity and identification and practices you need to adopt to improve your identification practices.
This keynote is the second essential part of addressing underrepresentation – the retention of students of color in gifted and talented education. National data are shared, along with equity-based goals. Fundamental theories and models are presented as resources for educators to be more culturally responsive with Black and Hispanic students.
