Closing the Achievement Gap for Students Raised in Poverty (6-Hour)

$90.00

Presenter: Joyce Juntune
Core Area: Differentiated Curriculum
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 6

Gifted students can be found in all walks of life. With more than seventeen percent of Texans living in poverty, it is vital that educators understand the different perspectives and challenges that create achievement gaps for gifted students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Learning how to close these gaps for gifted students can help you set them up for success throughout life.

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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.

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1449 reviews for Closing the Achievement Gap for Students Raised in Poverty (6-Hour)

  1. christel – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –

    Good

  2. Rocio – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    This course gives you a full understanding of ways to close the gap by understanding the why and the how.

  3. Lauren – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    There were great ideas to boost vocabulary development and comprehension in non-verbal ways

  4. Julio Cesar – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –

    I believe that the learning in this course is critical for the understanding of our GT students, and this will help us be better in our planning and teaching.

  5. Kathy – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –

    This course has a lot of useful activities to implement in your classroom. The speaker is engaging and the work useful.

  6. Andrew – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –

    This information is spot-on and much needed for our current students.

  7. Margarita – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –

    Every strategy is really useful and can it can be used for any subject.

  8. Rachel – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –

    This is one of many courses I have taken by Dr. Juntune. She is an excellent speaker and always leaves me eager to try out new ideas. This course helped develop my understanding of the students I teach from poverty.

  9. CYNTHIA – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    Great information

  10. Valerie – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    Presenter was spot on and very engaging.

  11. Stephanie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    It was a great!

  12. Kristie – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –

    The explanations were thorough and understandable. All ideas are backed with facts.

  13. LIZZET – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –

    Such a great course!

  14. Connie – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –

    Such great information! Very relevant especially for my campus, and activities I will definitely use in my class!

  15. Ana – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –

    It is very important to learn through Dr. Juntune all the concepts misunderstood all these years.

  16. Debbie – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    Interesting information

  17. Lorena – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –

    This course is very informative and gives many examples of how to practice what is being taught.

  18. Nan – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    What Dr. Juntune says about how to help students of poverty makes so much sense. She gives us concrete examples of ways to ensure verbal intelligence is increased for these students.

  19. Chase – WODEN ISD (verified owner) –

    course is great

  20. Elyssa – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –

    Awesome, full of great information.

  21. Patricia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative and interactive course

  22. Evelyn – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –

    I thought it was by far the most interesting of these courses. I really hope there are more on how the brain and memory retention work to better understand and teach better!

  23. Judy – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative.

  24. Maria – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    The information was presented in a way that was useful and easy to follow and understand. I can see many ways to use this information in my classroon.

  25. Lizbeth – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    Dr. Juntune presented this course in a very interesting and knowledgeable manner. Strongly recommend her.

  26. Ffion – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative!

  27. Rachel – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –

    Excellent course

  28. Eduviges – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –

    I learned about the difference between the verbal and non verbal communication and how this determines the students success.

  29. Martha – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –

    Good information that can be implemented in the classroom.

  30. Adriana – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –

    Great information!

  31. Rosie – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –

    I found it very useful. It really sheds light as to what I see on test and in the classroom.

  32. Erica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Excellent information

  33. Cynthia – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –

    I really enjoyed this course. It will be very beneficial for next school year.

  34. Jena – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –

    Always like Dr. Juntune’s presentations

  35. Irasema – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –

    I really enjoyed this course. Dr. Juntune is a great story teller and very knowledgeable. She kept me engaged during this course. All the information and strategies that she shared were very useful and easy to implement. Thank you!

  36. Eida – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    It was very informative.

  37. Gena – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –

    Interesting and informative.

  38. Amy – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed learning about the brain development, but it was not particularly helpful for middle school math teachers

  39. Victoria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    It gave me a new perspective and tools for teaching content vocabulary

  40. Richard – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –

    Practical easy to use methods to help all students but especially those from poverty.

  41. Corinna – DRISCOLL ISD (verified owner) –

    very informative

  42. Noemi – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    this info was very interesting

  43. Anna – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –

    This course offered lots of information regarding children who come from poverty and how they learn and what key aspect of learning they tend to lack.

  44. Hope – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –

    Great strategies to use with students in poverty that have low verbal intelligence.

  45. Rosario – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –

    Good

  46. Amy – OLENTANGY LOCAL (verified owner) –

    This course was great! I can apply these strategies to all of my students!

  47. Amy – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –

    This is a great refresher and has practical applications that can be used in any classroom!

  48. Jordyn – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –

    great

  49. Heather – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –

    This was very interesting and I left with great ideas for helping my kids more.

  50. raschel – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –

    Loved all the ideas and reminders in this course.

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