Description
Every student is unique, but gifted students from underrepresented populations often require special considerations. What factors do you need to be aware of, and how can you meet needs specific to students with diverse cultural, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds?
- Affect (drive, motivation, directing attention)
- Behavior (actions, communication styles and skills)
- Cognition (metaphysical, infracognitive and metacongitive thinking skills)
Presenter Bio
Dr. Richard Cash has worked in the field of education for over 25 years. He has taught at the elementary, middle school and college levels. Most recently, he served as Director of Gifted Programs for the Bloomington Public Schools in Minnesota. Dr. Cash is the president and lead consultant for nRich Educational Consulting, Inc. His areas of expertise include educational programming, differentiated instruction, brain compatible classrooms, and self-regulated learning. Dr. Cash has authored “Advancing Differentiation: Thinking and Learning for the 21st Century” and “Differentiation for Gifted Learners: Going Beyond the Basics” (co-author Diane Heacox), which was a Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented Legacy Book® Award winner. He is actively involved with the World Council on Gifted Education, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, and The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC).
Laura – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful
denise – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it had valuable information and great ideas for the classroom.
Emma – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting course!
Jacquelyn – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I liked learning more about motivation
Deborah – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course on how to motivate GT as well as struggling learners.
Jason – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and useful
Melissa – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
This course covers a lot of things in the 3-hours it takes to do it. Lots of valuable resources as well.
Lourdes – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It was very interesting.
Steven – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
The course is full of ideas and activities that can support all students in GT to succeed. It truly gets to the foundational level on how some of our students think and how to overcome their limitations.
RD – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Very enjoyable and informative brought to us by an engaging and fun presenter.