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Unwrapping the Gifts: Gifted Multilingual Learners
There really is not enough useful information out there about gifted multilingual learners. Are they underrepresented in our schools? How can we better identify and serve gifted MLs? How do we support their families so they too can advocate for the right programs and instruction? And what can teachers do now as they plan to meet the needs of gifted MLs in their classrooms? I talk to Amber Gonzalez who I met through the Facebook Group Advocating for ELLs. She is an ML Instructional Coach for Eagle County Schools in Colorado and Marcy Voss, an Educational Consultant for Seidlitz Education about these questions and more. They share their own experiences and research. I know many of you will listen and be inspired by what you hear. We can do this. Amber and Marcy have a lot to share with us beyond this conversation. Don’t forget to take a look at the links they provide in the show notes so you can learn more about identifying and serving gifted MLs. These ladies are brilliant. Let me introduce you to Amber Gonzalez and Marcy Voss.
Amber Gonzalez-Cortes, M.Ed is the Multilingual Instructional Coach for Eagle County Schools, with prior experience in K-5 as an ELD teacher and is currently an adjunct instructor for the University of Colorado, Denver. She collaborates with classroom teachers, school leadership, and various district-wide departments to support the needs of Multilingual Learners in the development of curriculum, assessment, and instruction for dual language programs and all content areas K-12. Her areas of expertise are in multilingual special education, multilingual gifted and talented education, and English language development programs.
Marcy Voss is an Educational Consultant who during her career has coordinated Gifted and Bilingual/ESL Programs and helped implement a Dual Language Program. She currently serves as Chair of the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) Gifted and Talented Bilingual Education Special Interest Group and Facilitator for the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT) Emerging Leaders Program.
Marcy is the author of the Academic Language Cards which provide activities using sentence stems requiring higher level thinking. She has also authored Q3 Cards and TALK (Thinking with Academic Language and Knowledge) Cards which help students think in more in-depth and complex ways. Additionally, she is co-author of Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in Gifted Education. Follow Marcy on Twitter : @Vossm57
Links Marcy and Amber share:
Using ACCESS Scores For ELLs in GT Identification
Matrix of Commonly Used Assessments for Gifted Education
Eagle County 10 Questions to ask when Developing a GT BOE for ELLs
https://seidlitzeducation.com/gt-multilingual-learners/ - Marcy’s website
https://gtequity.tea.texas.gov/gifted-english-language-learners
https://wakelet.com/wake/GbKTBlANtxFZX1pIxaVTU (Marcy’s wakelet with articles on Barriers and Promising Practices for Identifying Gifted Multilingual Students)
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There really is not enough useful information out there about gifted multilingual learners. Are they underrepresented in our schools? How can we better identify and serve gifted MLs? How do we support their families so they too can advocate for the right programs and instruction? And what can teachers do now as they plan to meet the needs of gifted MLs in their classrooms? I talk to Amber Gonzalez who I met through the Facebook Group Advocating for ELLs. She is an ML Instructional Coach for Eagle County Schools in Colorado and Marcy Voss, an Educational Consultant for Seidlitz Education about these questions and more. They share their own experiences and research. I know many of you will listen and be inspired by what you hear. We can do this. Amber and Marcy have a lot to share with us beyond this conversation. Don’t forget to take a look at the links they provide in the show notes so you can learn more about identifying and serving gifted MLs. These ladies are brilliant. Let me introduce you to Amber Gonzalez and Marcy Voss.
Amber Gonzalez-Cortes, M.Ed is the Multilingual Instructional Coach for Eagle County Schools, with prior experience in K-5 as an ELD teacher and is currently an adjunct instructor for the University of Colorado, Denver. She collaborates with classroom teachers, school leadership, and various district-wide departments to support the needs of Multilingual Learners in the development of curriculum, assessment, and instruction for dual language programs and all content areas K-12. Her areas of expertise are in multilingual special education, multilingual gifted and talented education, and English language development programs.
Marcy Voss is an Educational Consultant who during her career has coordinated Gifted and Bilingual/ESL Programs and helped implement a Dual Language Program. She currently serves as Chair of the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) Gifted and Talented Bilingual Education Special Interest Group and Facilitator for the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT) Emerging Leaders Program.
Marcy is the author of the Academic Language Cards which provide activities using sentence stems requiring higher level thinking. She has also authored Q3 Cards and TALK (Thinking with Academic Language and Knowledge) Cards which help students think in more in-depth and complex ways. Additionally, she is co-author of Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in Gifted Education. Follow Marcy on Twitter : @Vossm57
Links Marcy and Amber share:
Using ACCESS Scores For ELLs in GT Identification
Matrix of Commonly Used Assessments for Gifted Education
Eagle County 10 Questions to ask when Developing a GT BOE for ELLs
https://seidlitzeducation.com/gt-multilingual-learners/ - Marcy’s website
https://gtequity.tea.texas.gov/gifted-english-language-learners
https://wakelet.com/wake/GbKTBlANtxFZX1pIxaVTU (Marcy’s wakelet with articles on Barriers and Promising Practices for Identifying Gifted Multilingual Students)