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

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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. THERESA – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) –

    A great course. Very informative.

  2. Natale – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    This course is able to address effective strategies such as mindsketching to use with all students especially with children from low S.E.S backgrounds.

  3. Keith – GARFIELD RE-2 (verified owner) –

    I think mind sketching is something than can help so many of our students of all different levels.

  4. Katina – River View Local Schools (verified owner) –

    I felt this course was interesting, just not quite what I thought it would be.

  5. Angela – GARFIELD RE-2 (verified owner) –

    What makes this a 5 start are the resources attached to the presentation. Birdie Chesanek used real examples from her class. The stopping to reflect or do an activity to use the information just presented helps with retaining the new learning and the quizes.

  6. Julie – GARFIELD RE-2 (verified owner) –

    This course gave very specific activities I can use tomorrow in my classroom. It also explained the reasoning behind why students can benefit from them. I also like how these activities can benefit all students, not just GT students.

  7. Michele – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    Amazing! Thank you soo much!

  8. Shelley – MARION CITY (verified owner) –

    The instructor gave great examples of how to use mind sketching in a classroom to help students increase their working memory.

  9. Gabriela – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    This course gave me great information that can be applied in my classroom with my students. The presenter was very knowledgeable.

  10. Sherri – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Very good training to learn how to improve students verbal skills.

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