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.
ANNA R – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I learned about many ways to improve my students verbal ability and have them remember the information. Extremely useful and easy to apply.
cindy – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It’s a great course.
Valerie – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
This was easy to understand.
Dawn – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
I appreciate the segmented nature of the course. There were PDFs of Dr. Juntune’s slides and a singular set of notes that were designed to help you keep up with the information throughout the presentation. She presents in the same way that she directs us to teach. Outstanding!
Felicia – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
The course was interesting; I learned a lot a mind sketching and its benefits.
ALICE – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
It made me realize that I need restructure my lessons even more now since I am doing remote teaching and I must find ways to include sketching, sequence, complex language and verbal memory. Furthermore, I need to remember that through their interest, I must delivery the skill being taught so they can be successful.
Karen – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and gives an insight on how to better assist my students inside and outside the classroom.
Marufa – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
very good
Rebecca – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Good, but long
Sean – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
It would have been great in person to go through the mindsketching activities.
Yesenia – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Joe – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Its a great course. I learned a lot about how to get students involved.
Norma – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot of strategies to try out in my classroom.
REBECCA M – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent way to improve student understanding and memory retention
Marin – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
Good ideas about using mindsketching and verbalizing
Irma – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative course!!! Thank you
Geneva – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I found it to be very interesting. Examples of how the information learned could be used in a classroom setting was very useful.
Priscilla – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
This is an excellent course. I learned great strategies that will benefit all students.
Nicolas – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
Excellent training
Martha – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It is an excellent way to see how we can implement our teaching style with the existing teaching strategies
Sonia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Informative.
Arnulfo – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I though this course was very interesting and very relevant for the population of students I serve. Of which, the overwhelming majority come from low socioeconomic conditions and come with many of the characteristics described by the author.
Diana – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was extremely informative and I learned so much from it. I will definitely use the information and implement the sketching strategies in my class.
Kennia – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
Amazing! super interesting I feel better equipped to tackle .
Diana – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. It opened my eyes to many ideas I will certainly be implementing in my classroom. Dr. Juntune’s presentation style is easy to follow. Her ideas on building memory are ideas I can incorporate in class with my students.
Marta – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was full of interesting facts and details woven together with the presenter’s life experiences and observations alongside her research with students.
Guadalupe – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed the course and learned a lot!
Jaron – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
was engaging
Adriana – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very helpful as a learning training for helpful strategies as an instructor to use in the a classroom setting.
Minerva – TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD (verified owner) –
Mrs. Juntune is very knowledgeable in her area of learning, memory, and teaching Children of Poverty. She discusses the topics by referring to her own experiences and I could relate to them easily.
Belinda – TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD (verified owner) –
excellent and thorough
ASHLEY – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
This is great information. Very applicable to all class types.
Riki – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of valuable information about helping students who live in poverty reach their potential. I loved the mind sketching.
Stefani – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
I loved it!
Sarah – TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD (verified owner) –
Even though it was targeted for younger students, I found good – and fun, engaging! – strategies to use with high school.
Steve – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I felt this course was very enlightening when considering how to address students with low verbal scores and those who may come from a low-socioeconomic status/situation.
Brittany – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful course. I’ll be implementing several of these ideas into my daily instruction.
Lauren – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
The information in this course is useful not only for reaching students in poverty, but reaching other students, as well. What I found especially useful was the information about helping students to create memory connections to cement their learning.
Erica – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Very good information and helpful.
Kristie – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
I did not find this presentation helpful.
Jose – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very practical advice!
Kayla – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Erika – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was so educational and explain some of the gaps that I couldn’t understand. It has really given me ideas to use in my classroom.
BRENDA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course provides excellent doable ideas to improve students vocabulary and comprehension.
Anahi – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Jennifer – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
I recommended this course to our entire staff after completing it. I see how it can be helpful with all of our students and I look forward to putting the things I have learned into practice.
Jose – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I really liked the strategies she uses to help students learn.
Delia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Thank you… very informative!
Monique – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful and very informative
Karla – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course! Dr. Juntune was not boring, she kept the session and information interesting and fun. We were presented with plenty of activities and extensions to be able to quickly and effectively implement ASAP in our classrooms.