Description
Gifted students fall through the cracks for a variety of reasons, but perhaps the saddest is that we don’t always recognize their giftedness because of a narrow definition of intelligence. Students living in poverty are often the victims of this definition bias. Why? Because our very definitions of intelligence often hinge on verbal skills, which are typically a weakness in gifted students from low socioeconomic environments. Joyce Juntune, Ph.D. explains in Closing the Achievement Gap, that the intelligence is undoubtedly there, but environment and lifestyle lend themselves to a different perspective and skill set that educators must learn to recognize and hone.
In this 6-hour course, you will learn:
- How poverty impacts achievement
- What intelligence looks like in and out of poverty
- How to foster verbal skills in students with nonverbal strengths
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies a, b, c, e, f, g and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 2.2, 3.3, 3.4, 5.1.
Dr. Juntune is a renowned consultant, trainer, professor, and lecturer with more than 45 years of experience in the field of education. She is an instructional associate professor at Texas A&M University where she teaches graduate-level courses in her expert areas of intelligence, child and adolescent development, educational psychology, giftedness, and creativity. Dr. Juntune earned her M.S. in curriculum and instruction from St. Cloud University and her Ph.D. in educational psychology from Texas A&M University.
Houston – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great course on a tough topic!
Lea – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
The approach to learning feels like the focus on the non-linguistic development will slow down the students with strong linguistic development. Because of that, I like the idea that we “cluster” students with similar vocabulary development and intelligence.
Also, with so much of my classroom instruction being about activities and movement, the sketching aspect would work once a week, maybe, but it does not seem to be a legitimate option for me daily or we will not complete our physical activities. Therefore, I will attempt to incorporate this approach through an emphasis on complex language, like complete sentences and using comparisons. I can also emphasize memory activities.
Norma – EVERMAN ISD (verified owner) –
I wish I could have attended this course in person. Wow!
Monique – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
It was great.
Lance – HPS – WEST TX (verified owner) –
The ideas are good but it would be better to see them applied in more rigorous context (science is complex)
Diana – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent training and extremely informative.
Lorena – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I liked it!
Ester – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Eye-opening data found on hidden ability of poverty striken students. Great activity ideas to use to help develo language.
Christina – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoy the fact that she explained the idea of no homework but to communicate with parents and have the student explain what they learned at school.
sara – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful
Amanda – EVERMAN ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot.
Crystal – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
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ELIZABETH – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very good information
Nathan – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
It’s a good course.
Michelle – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This was very interesting on how to build on students linguistics regardless of their poverty.
Noah – LOGAN-HOCKING LOCAL (verified owner) –
great
Blanca – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great strategies to help students built knowledge and memory for all content areas.
liezel – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoy understanding how memory works
Ollie – EVERMAN ISD (verified owner) –
It was complete and gave many hands on activities.
Perla – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Shelby – CRESTVIEW LOCAL – VAN WERT COUNTY (verified owner) –
Great course
Cecilia – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very informative and gave great examples we can use in the classroom.
Delia – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
It was simple to follow
Erika – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very good information that applies especially in the demographic that I work in.
Kelly – CLEAR CREEK ISD (verified owner) –
It enhanced some things I knew about learning language and poverty.
Luciano – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
Simply to apply and makes a world of difference.
Claudia – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Informative presentation!
Rudy – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course with a lot of new information ( for me lol )
Christina – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Helpful!
Julian – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
It was informative.
Alonso – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course that reminds teachers that all students are important and capable of learning.
Michael – BOLING ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course
Sagrario – EAST CHAMBERS ISD (verified owner) –
This was a wealth of information. It really has impressed upon me that I have to use these techniques with my students on a daily basis for their best interest!
Alisha – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course is a great refresher course for enabling students to engage their minds while sitting in a classroom with enticing activities.
Marylin – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
I like how she taught memory skills.
Anabel – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
This course was insightful and inventive.
Ashley – HALLETTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It provided a lot of ideas that are useful for my classroom.
Crystal – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
This course is great to expand your GT knowledge.
Wendy – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
The instructor was engaging, and I liked the personal anecdotes that were provided. However, just like most trainings, this is more geared for elementary and maybe middle school than for high school.
CHERYL – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
Loved this course. Course is highly relevant for the students in our district and especially for my classes.
Victor – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course for any teacher looking to get their students to increase their vocabulary and communication skills.
Karina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Michele – HALLETTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
There are a lot of neat ideas to use in the classroom.
Michelle – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course would be great for all new parents to hear and learn about the importance or talking, reading and spending quality time with your child.
Brian – Region 17 (verified owner) –
This is a great course I learned a lot of things that will help my students.
Shawn – EAST CHAMBERS ISD (verified owner) –
informative
Sherly – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Patricia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful to learn about the dual coding theory and how we have a bimodal storage in our brain
Franklin – RIESEL ISD (verified owner) –
Good ideas to push the non verbal learners to become more verbal and achieve more for what we want out of our students.