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.
Briana – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This was a very informative course and I was able to learn more on how to help my students in the classroom.
Kimberly – SAN DIEGO ISD (verified owner) –
Organized well!
Susan – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
This was a good training. I plan on implementing these strategies in my lessons.
Bertha – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed listening and I wish I had been exposed to this presentation in the beginning of my career in education. Better now than never.
Willie – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This Course was excellent for my education needs as an on-the-go teacher.
Stephen – YSLETA ISD (verified owner) –
This is an excellent course to help you with teaching GT students.
Kim – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
I think it’s a great course needs updating to how we teach now.
Yvonne – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
From this course, I learned how to use memory building activities.
Candido – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I learned so much to help all my students. I was actually planning and changing up my routines as I was listening to this. I highly recommend it.
Lisa – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune is my favorite. She teaches about creating the visual images for students, and she does a fabulous job doing this in her professional developments.
Michelle – HPS – HOUSTON NORTH (verified owner) –
This course is helpful to assist in teaching students in this category.
Crystal – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this presentation, it is very detailed and easy to comprehend.
Rosa – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune makes this training very interesting and it helped me see things that I wouldn’t have thought about. Everything she talked about was so relevant to my students.
Emily – CLEAR CREEK ISD (verified owner) –
Great, very informative!
Mauricio – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great
Soraya – ANTHONY ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great tool and very comprehensive, easy to pick up the ideas and learning objectives that are easy to understand and build from.
Andrea – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
I run into this problem frequently with students who have trouble with memory. The information that was presented in this course will be very useful.
Amanda – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great!
Irma – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I loved the simple language and examples Dr. Juntune used throughout her presentation. I was better able to make connections and learn new material.
Clarissa – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
These courses are just not helpful to apply direct use in my classroom. When they are talking about referring to book pages, I felt really lost and wasn’t able to make the connections that were necessary for understanding.
Marsha – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative and I will be using the different approaches Dr. Juntune used in her training; including the self-contained looping to increase stability in student learning. Mindsketching is a tool that I will use to build by students’ vocabulary skills and language.
Laura – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Relatable in so many ways. Can’t wait to use some ideas in the classroom!
Melissa – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Rosa – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Definitely! I know it will be a great benefit to ALL students.
Elidia – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed learning a few good ideas.
Karla – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This is an amazing course that teaches us how to better serve our emergent bilinguals and students with large gaps in learning.
LaMar – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
It contains some new strategies I will be implementing in my class.
Raquel – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
Wow it is good !
Maimoona – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (LUBBOCK) (verified owner) –
It was fun. I loved the incorporated real life humor and the activities. Thank you.
Christine – EVERMAN ISD (verified owner) –
I have been teaching in a high poverty district for 23 years and I found this information extremely informative. It provided many ways for me to increase all of my students’ academics by doing simple activities. This training has opened my eyes to the perception of some of my students and what I can do to assist them in the classroom.
Lisa – HPS – HOUSTON NORTH (verified owner) –
It was a good course, but I felt that the strategies were ones that a veteran teacher already uses often.
Amy – IRONTON CITY (verified owner) –
very good information
Claudia – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Rosa – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
There was a lot of interesting and helpful information about how students learn.
Margarita – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I thought the content was clear and concise, and I appreciated it being split into different modules.
Mariceli – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great training with helpful ideas.
Cynthia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very interesting course which will help me become a better teacher.
Samantha – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Heather – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
It was great! Every teacher should take this course!
Angela – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
good
Edgar – PRESIDIO ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful.
Anahi – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Silvia – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Patricia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I feel this course was very interesting. Great ideas.
Ashley – DRISCOLL ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative. Loved mindsketching.
Kymberlyn – BOLING ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very hands on and relatable.
Delilah – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative!
Ann – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This is a must take course ! I highly recommend it ! We cannot teach our vulnerable students without the techniques that Dr. Juntune teaches us. She is a remarkable and highly educated and understands our student population like no other.
Shanda – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
informative
Raul – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
it was a very good training.