Feb. 5th #ohiogtchat Questions

Posted by Jeffrey Shoemaker

This Sunday Feb. 5th at 9pm ET will be the first chat of February 2017. This chat I believe is an important topic. We will be talking about Gifted Education and Minorities. In many gifted programs Minorities are under-represented. We will discuss the issues of why this is, and how as teachers and advocates we can help to rectify this important issue.

1. What are some factors that lead to fewer minorities being identified and serviced in gifted programs?
2. How does poverty affect accessibility to educational opportunities for gifted students?
3. How can the identification process be improved to help identify more minority gifted children?
4. What type of PD would be beneficial to aid regular education teachers being able to identify obvious and latent behaviors of potential minority gifted children so these students could be recommended for gifted services?
5. What advice do you give to school districts looking to ensure there is a balanced and proportional student population that would strengthen their gifted programs?

My hope is that you join us in this is important conversation. To help get you prepared for this chat, I found a few resources to help.
http://cybraryman.com/culture.html
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=527110
http://www.avid.org/dl/abo_access/access_ip_2007_fall_donnaford.pdf
http://sengifted.org/talking-circles-welcome-dr-y-ford-to-sengs-professional-advisory-committee/
http://nrcgt.uconn.edu/
http://www.cec.sped.org/Special-Ed-Topics/Specialty-Areas/Gifted/Understanding-Underrerepresentation
http://www.coseboc.org/sites/coseboc.org/files/assets/gifted%20ed%20curricular%20framework.pdf
http://cybraryman.com/poverty.html
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/streams-of-consciousness/where-are-the-gifted-minorities/
https://www.nagc.org/resources-publications/resources/timely-topics/ensuring-diverse-learner-participation-gifted-0
http://www.davidsongifted.org/Search-Database/entry/A10670
http://www.washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14060:minority-students-underrepresented-in-gifted-programs-&catid=1548&Itemid=428
http://www.human.cornell.edu/hd/circ/publications/upload/HE-CIRC-pb-MakelPDF.pdf
https://news.virginia.edu/content/six-myths-gifted-education-lead-overlooking-talented-minority-students
http://educationaladvancement.org/diversity-gifted-children-enough/
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/001698629604000106
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/faq/gt-minor.html