NAGC 58th Annual Convention & Exhibition
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To find and to serve: Experiences identifying and serving talented students in a low-income school
Track
:
Special Populations
Date:
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Time:
7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
EST
Room:
Elginton & Winton
CO-PRESENTER
:
Brooke Bilby, District Gifted Coordinating Teacher, Ladue School District
NAGCFACULTY
(S):
Brooke Bilby, District Gifted Coordinating Teacher, Ladue School District
Steve Coxon, Assistant professor of gifted education, Maryville University
PRESENTER
:
Steve Coxon, Assistant professor of gifted education, Maryville University
Description
A project was undertaken to identify and serve high-ability students in a high-poverty, high-minority public PK-8 school setting within a housing project in a large, urban district. The school had no gifted services in place beforehand. Implementation occurred in four parts: teacher education for in-class differentiation, student identification, summer programming, and parent education. Teacher education was provided with an on-site, graduate level course in gifted curriculum and instruction tailored for the school in which nearly all teachers participated. Student identification was conducted with a mixture of ability and performance measures. Experiences in implementation are shared.
No items are available for this session.
