Discovering and Developing Talents in Spanish-Speaking Students

This comprehensive guide will provide teachers and administrators with practical suggestions and materials that they can immediately use to improve their teaching of high-ability students from Spanish-speaking households. The authors will share best practices that narrow the language and cultural barriers between educators and the families of their gifted students and will help teachers to: support ELL students by guiding teachers and schools to affirm them and their unique and rich cultural backgrounds; increase minority enrollment in gifted programs by providing a much-needed resource to schools, teachers, and districts on meeting the needs of this population; improve the effectiveness of educational programs by strengthening the home-school connection for Hispanic families; and, bridge the Anglo-Hispanic cultural divide by informing educators on cultural nuances and helping them more effectively meet the needs of their students. Educate Hispanic parents on the meaning of gifted, giftedness, and how to support their own children. Overcome budget constraints with practical guidelines and reproducibles for teachers to implement in their programs right away. This book will also contain parent/teacher/student testimonials, samples of communications with parents, and an appendix of reproducibles in English and Spanish so that teachers can photocopy or adapt them for their own use to aid in their communication with student families.