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.
Esequiel – TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD (verified owner) –
This will give teachers different strategies to help poverty students.
Jennifer – ASHTABULA AREA CITY (verified owner) –
I thought this course is extremely informative especially for the students that I teach.
Dallas – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (LUBBOCK) (verified owner) –
Very informative, some things to think about and some things to implement in my teacher’s toolkit.
Lorena – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative. I enjoyed the parts about why mindsketching works and how to get them to go back to retrieve from the spot they learned it.
Rosa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I already have, I shared with my principal that we need to teach verbal intelligence to our students.
Juanita – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Educational and great ways to modify teaching.
Patricia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Amazing!
Maria Elizabeth – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I absolutely love to learn from Dr. Juntune, she is an excellent presenter.
jose – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I think that every teacher should be ask to take this course because its crucial role it plays in our reaching and developing our students from poverty back ground.
Mary – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Full of wonderful information and simple formulas to create more productrive students
Nancy – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was very informational
Audrey – GROVEPORT MADISON LOCAL (verified owner) –
I’m not sure how my students’ verbal / nonverbal scores compare to those in this lecture; however, it’s difficult for me to wrap my head around how this would look or work in a high school setting given our expectations and that the gaps are already so so so large.
Melissa – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course is good for elementary teachers, it was a stretch for me to connect to high school math topics although I was able to in some areas.
Stephanie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome!
ROSA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the hands on part of the training. At first, I did not know how I could apply this into my classroom, but as I went through the training, it all fell into place and it made sense. Can’t wait to use these strategies with my students.
Dinorah – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course was great.
Vanessa – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative in ways to close the learning gap
Christian – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very informative, and provides numerous strategies to use in the classroom.
Marlene – HPS – WEST TX (verified owner) –
Highly recommend this course to educators that have students in differentiated incomes.
Rodolfo – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative training.
Adriana – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I loved it. What I learned can and should be used with all students. I work with all types and agree that lack of language is the problem with a lot of them. The choo choo with the train is soooo true.
Umit – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
perfect
Miguel – HPS – WEST TX (verified owner) –
This course was Excellent!
Mollie – ANGLETON ISD (verified owner) –
This was a fairly simple and easy to understand course.
Amber – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Loved this course!!!!! It is really just good teaching and can apply to ALL students!
Alma – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
it was very informative
Rosalinda – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Nelda – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
Presenter was very interesting and kept my interest.
Delfina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative, gives great examples and I love it when presenters share from their own life experiences.
Jemima – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
great
Annabelle – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Jennifer – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course! Very informative!
michelle – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Laura – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very informative.
Dane – HPS – HOUSTON NORTH (verified owner) –
Great!!!!
Sarah – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was good, but hard to stay engaged in.
Violeta – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This was an excellent training. I enjoyed all the different activities and I already have ideas on how to implement them in my classroom. Thank you.
Lew – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
I thought that it offered good solid solutions for problems all teachers have to some degree.
Cynthia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Its a good training but I prefer to do face to face trainings.
Jay – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Although I currently teach in a district where most students have higher verbal intelligence, I can see this information is essential in poverty areas. I spent the first part of my career in a high poverty school and I wish I would have had this training while teaching there.
Juan – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great course
George – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great information.
Efrain – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great workshop!
Justine – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This was a fantastic 6-hour update!
Belinda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and contained a variety of strategies that can be used in any subject.
Cynthia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Useful strategies and information to use when planning lessons and working with our students.
Jose – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I can really use some strategies this year.
angelica – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and has great ideas for creating successful learners.
Monica – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I can relate to this training, and agree that poverty indeed fractures the learning process in students. It was refreshing to learn new activities I can use with my students this year. Thank You!
Valerie – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
this module had a lot of interesting information