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.
Louis – SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I aligned with how I see students in my school district. It gave me several applications to implement new mindsets within my lessons across each content area.
Emily – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This is just required for my six hour GT update.
Rubi – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
It was straight forward and to the point. It was very user friendly and informative.
Molly – RIVER VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed the information that Dr. Juntune shared and taught. I found many new ways to help my students!
Neihssa – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Enjoyed the videos and learning a new idea to use in my classroom.
Cecilia – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
This course helped me due to working in a Title 1 district with many students below the poverty line.
Lindsey – SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
A lot of good ideas provided
Julie – ROCK HILL LOCAL (verified owner) –
Strategies for Verbal Intelligence was interesting.
Jose Angel – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
this was educational
Stephanie – Houston Area Co-op for GT (verified owner) –
I loved how the course was laid out. Each module was easy to follow and focused on one piece of the whole. It was also very engaging.
CANDACE – LANCASTER CITY (verified owner) –
I absolutely loved this pd! I hope that I have other opportunities to learn from Dr. Joyce Justine.
Amy – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This course gave a lot of great information and how to better serve students in the classroom.
Maria L – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
It is relevant to teachers and to students. We as educators will implement what was learned and students will be able to capture better and/or understand.
Jenna – SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Overall, I enjoyed what this course had to share about students coming from poverty. One thing that might have been helpful would be to see more practically how to apply this in particular content areas, such as specifically in middle school ELA content.
Michelle – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune is extremely engaging and has a plethora of knowledge. Her examples and personal experiences are memorable and instructive. I would encourage others to take this course.
Khadria – Houston Area Co-op for GT (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and engaging.
Robert – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Interesting and thought provoking course.
Leticia – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
This course was interesting and the instructor kept it running smoothly.
Laura – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Great information.
Manuel – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Informative.
Michelle – PIQUA CITY (verified owner) –
If you teach in a low income school, or even special ed. This is a great course
Belkys – Houston Area Co-op for GT (verified owner) –
I loved the content and it’s relevance.
Casita – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative. It provided ideas that I could immediately implement in my classroom. I always seek ways to improve student learning and I do believe this training has enabled me to do so.
Fernanda – Houston Area Co-op for GT (verified owner) –
As a high school math teacher with a psychology background and a mixed-income family, I was positively delighted by the training. I felt it did a great job explaining observations and remedies for working with students raised in poverty with high academic expectations.
Chris – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
great course
Genoveva – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed and learned so much from this course. I already started trying to implement some of the things I learned from this course in my classroom.
Kellery – DAYTON CITY (verified owner) –
The course is loaded with lots of great information that wil helpo you understand and address the learning isssues for poverity kiddos.
Rebecca – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
I love the experience that Dr. Juntune can share about her experiences working with GT students. Most of these resouces are able to be put to use immediately in the classroom.
theresa – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune is engaging and keeps to her main points without going off on tangents.
Dacia – RIVER VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
It was helpful to understand how memory capacity and working memory is so relevant to every day learning styles.
Jennie – PIQUA CITY (verified owner) –
Absolutely enjoyed this course. It was relevant to my needs.
Carol Anne – DAYTON CITY (verified owner) –
This course was AWESOME! I usually don’t like online courses; but this was very engaging and useful.
Macray – DAYTON CITY (verified owner) –
I love it. I started planning how to use this in my classroom already.
Shelley – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It is awesome. I have been in education 42 years and have never learned this much about students’ (who come from impoverished environments) learning capabilities .
Michelle – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoy learning from Dr. J. She does a great job explaining the details of the lesson and these are very practical modules!
Marta – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Christy – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course for elementary grades, with applicable strategies for the secondary student in reading, writing, and recalling information.
Rosa – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Corina Rodriguez – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative with many learning strategies to use with my students.
Kylee – ALVARADO ISD (verified owner) –
It has great ideas.
Kourtney – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
Its hard to hear at certain parts. Interesting content
Audriana – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I found the information provided to be engaging and useful.
Ashley – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is well structured and reasoned. It explains the philosophy and practice well.
Juana – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
Thank you for sharing examples on how to implement.
Alicia E. – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I think it has some great ideas of activities to implement with poverty students and those that are lacking experiences.
Dale – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informational, especially for low income districts.
Elizabeth – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
It was a very interesting topic.
Alex – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
I watched this from stem to stern. I have sections that I will definitely use. It is a lot to digest, and not too much. It is true for me, too not be stressful over memorization. Stress and anxiety adversely affect brain function. Secondary education for Special Education students is challenging. The SEL factors create challenges to overcome.
Please send some suggestions for Resource 7th & 8th Grade reading classes. Some of the student have to escorted to rest rooms.
ALICE – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
It was mind opening and made me understand why my students might not be grasping the skills being taught. That I can apply this strategies to all students.
Melissa – SAN DIEGO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was extremely informative and gave you hands on advice. Loved it!