Improving Verbal Skills for Children from Low S.E.S. Backgrounds

$20.00

Presenter: Birdie Chesanek
Core Area: Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1

Negative stereotypes are often associated with those raised in generational poverty. Of all these stereotypes, one of the most damaging in education today is that students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds are less likely to be gifted. Low verbal skills often mask true giftedness. It’s time to get past the stereotypes and begin uncovering giftedness in our low-SES students.

Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.

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Description

In this course, Birdie Chesanek offers hands-on ideas to help bridge the gap between verbal and nonverbal intelligence for children from low-SES backgrounds. In this make-and-take session, Ms. Chesanek reviews educational issues that may be present when teaching students from low-SES backgrounds, explores strategies to bridge the gap between verbal and nonverbal intelligence, and then provides plans for using those strategies in various content areas.

In this 1-hour course, you will learn to:

  • Build academic knowledge
  • Encourage learning equality in the classroom
  • Implement verbal learning strategies
  • Build working and long-term memory

Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.

Presenter Bio

Birdie Chesanek is a native of El Paso, Texas and graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1990. She taught adult E.S.L. classes at El Paso Community College for five years and has taught at Oran Roberts Elementary School for the last fifteen years. Since 2009, she has received training by Dr. Joyce Juntune of Texas A & M University on strategies to bridge the gap between verbal and non-verbal skills for students from low S.E.S. backgrounds. She joined Dr. Juntune at the TAGT conference in Fort Worth, Texas as a co-presenter. She is also a presenter for El Paso ISD for the Gifted and Talented program. 

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294 reviews for Improving Verbal Skills for Children from Low S.E.S. Backgrounds

  1. Traci – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –

    I loved this! I start teaching my kindergarteners with directed drawings, but I see that I need to teach them how to sketch!

  2. Kelly – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) –

    I found this course not as helpful as I would hope. I struggle with how to impolement this best into the classroom and was hoping for more.

  3. Lilly – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –

    Great course!

  4. Dwayne – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed the lecture but I did not enjoy the detailed college leveled quiz at the end of the lecture.

  5. Blair – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –

    better than the standard PD for sure

  6. Angela – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –

    I learned new ways to help students remember things for the long term.

  7. Diane – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD – SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    I thought this was very valuable for developing concept memory.

  8. YVONNE J – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    This course is great for elementary level; the presenters pitch is difficult to tolerate.

  9. Dolores – Pilot (verified owner) –

    Very important if you would like your scholars to become great scholars.

  10. Carlota – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    The strategies taught can enhance any curriculum you use at school.

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