Btb prf devtool2012

BRIGHT, TALENTED & BLACK~

A PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT TOOL FOR

EDUCATORS

2012

Dr. Joy Lawson Davis, Author

PURPOSE OF THE BOOK To empower parents, families & communities

To enlighten & affirm educators

To improve understandings of the unique intellectual and socio-emotional challenges faced by African American Learners in today’s schools

To address the systemic issues surrounding underachievement of culturally diverse students

To increase the rate of referrals and identification of African American & other culturally diverse students to Gifted Education & Other Advanced Learner Programs nationwide

All Rights Reserved JLDavis 2012

GENIUS CHILD

This is a song for the genius child

Sing it softly for the song is wild

Sing it softly as ever you can –

Lest the song get out of hand

Nobody loves a genius child

Can you love an eagle, tame or wild?

Wild or tame,

Can you love a monster of frightening name?

Nobody loves a genius child.

Kill him and let his soul run wild

-Langston Hughes, 1947


OVERVIEW

Four optional strategies for Reading

Chapter by Chapter

Section by Section

Focused Discussion Unique challenges of African American learners

Academic Needs of the Gifted

Parenting African American gifted learners

Review of Important Resources for all Gifted learners

Review & Discussion of ‘Advocates Vocabulary’ and Other Resources


BRIGHT, TALENTED & BLACK BOOK TRAILER-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OEjOzOy

45Y&feature=youtu.be&noredirect=1


WHAT REVIEWERS ARE SAYING

Perhaps the best part of this book is how refreshingly

straightforward it is about so many difficult issues.

This is not the kind of book that encourages you to long,

thoughtful navel-gazing, but rather a matter of fact

discussion of real life.

It's a useful resource on giftedness for parents,

teachers, administrators, relatives, and friends..


REVIEWER FEEDBACK~

Parents and families will benefit from this book by using it

as an advocacy tool and a roadmap to navigate

school's policies and procedures for gifted

identification, culturally responsive educational

programming, and much more.

This book is a must have not only for families - but for

teachers and district leaders concerned with making

gifted education equitable for all.


REVIEWER FEEDBACK~

Challenges the reader to rethink their

definitions and attitudes toward gifted children

Among the many books I've come across, in my

efforts to find good resources for families of

academically gifted children, Bright, Talented &

Black… stands out as so clear, well-researched,

accessible, and up-to-date.


USING BTB FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Professional educators & families across the

nation are finding that Bright, Talented & Black is an effective tool to address systemic

underachievement of Black students in general

education AND under-representation in gifted

education and advanced learner programs


SECTION I- CHAPTERS 1 & 2

What it really means to be Gifted &

African American

Internal & External Challenges of

being Young, Gifted &

Black


SECTION II- CHAPTERS 3 & 4

The Immeasurable Value of Family

Involvement

A Parent’s Responsibility: Becoming

your Child’s Best Advocate


SECTION III- CHAPTERS 5-8

Gifted Education in Public Schools

Teaching child to ‘Survive & Thrive’

Appendices & Resources


SMALL GROUP ACTIVITIES

Read assigned passages

Write & discuss 3-4 key points

about each passage

Share w/ entire group


EXAMINING KEY ISSUES

Underrepresentation is a systemic problem

African American students make up 17-18% of

general school aged population, yet only 8%

identified/served in gifted programs

(USDOE/OCR)

On the flip-side- nationally, there is an

Overrepresentation of African American

students in Special Education (USDOE/OCR)


KEY ISSUES

Expanded definition of giftedness – up to 10% of

general population can be identified and served

(NAGC, 2010)

Talent development model suggests that more

students should be exposed to gifted curriculum to

enable gifts to be developed, make up for lack of

resources and exposure (NAGC Convention, 2011,

President’s address)


KEY ISSUES

Vestiges of discrimination in schools

Discrimination through low expectations

Misunderstanding of culture, gender and

class and the impact on learning

Lack of cultural responsiveness

Recent Discipline Study reported that Black and

Hispanic students are more subject to disciplinary

action in schools than their White peers. (Losen &

Skiba, 2011).


~KEY SOLUTIONS~ Family Engagement

Professional Development

(gifted education & diversity

education)

Programmatic Re-design


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