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.
Wanda – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Very appropriate for teachers working with Special education and low SES populations.
BRENDA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting course and it provides various ideas to apply in the classroom!
Alyss – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very educational
Marta – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
great course with great ideas
Jenny – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
This coarse expanded my knowledge of learning strategies.
Lindsey – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
I teach in a district with low ses. This course gives some relevant ideas for helping my students grow.
Coralei – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Truth.
Josue – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
has some really good strategies.
Glenda – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
I thought this training was very valuable as second language acquisition is my area of expertise. I find that the ideas presented in this training are very compatible with what I do. Language acquisition techniques are usually great to employ in any teaching situation.
Martha – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
Great information was provided in this presentation
Kathryn – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informational!
June – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
helpful
Carmen – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I really learned and enjoyed it!
Gilbert – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Appropriate for the content covered.
Maria – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
it was lengthy
MYRIAM – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informational coming from a low income school. Ideas were great, and I will be able to use them in my classroom.
jorge – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful
Mauralinda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
More modules with examples
ELIAS G – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great opportunity for teachers to reflect abut their own teaching strategies, and if they are supporting student learning.
Cecile – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
Great update on acquisition of learning.
DIANE – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
New approach to student learning!
Donna – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative. As an administrator, I can utilize these concepts and strategies to improve students’ understanding of discipline and behavioral topics.
Pedro – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Jose – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s great
Jessica – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the course. Lots of helpful things that are already use for ALL learners.
Jessica – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting points and some good take aways but over all pretty boring
Cristina – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Informative and online a plus
Serkan – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –
it was very helpful for me to practice all GT activities
Patricia – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
She offered a lot of useful information and ideas for implementation .
Douglas – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
very helpful by being self paced
Gwynette – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
I like the course because it gives excellent graphic organizers to support their learning strategies.
Martin – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was amazing. I has given me the tools I need to enforce in my classroom in order for my students to be successful.
Lilia – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Its, okay but to many personal stories for my liking.
Marlene – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Acquired new knowledge. Awesome course!
Sonia – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Is very helpful for our students and for deliver my teaching.
Michael – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Romina – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
Very insightful.
Ana Lorelly – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
This was a very applicable and very informative. I learned many strategies that I am ready to immediately apply in my classroom.
Michelle – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
Thought is was informative and gave good ideas.
Katherine – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Linda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
highly recommend
Emily – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
I love Dr. Juntune’s courses. She is vibrant and has the best anecdotes!
Lisa – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Sommer – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
informative and brought forth some concepts that i was thinking about before.
Amy – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
I thought the presenter was engaging and easy to listen to. She gave great examples and suggestions.
Dominic – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative course. Recommended.
IDA D – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this course was brilliant this year working with this group of very low students. I realized that they had not been taught how to memorize so I started to make up little games to help them. Then I realized they did not know how to ask questions so I bought the game guess who? I model the game and sat with each pair that played the game to make question asking , monitored the details they needed to look at and eliminate.Well this course let know I am on the right path and now I have tools to help me with my students.
Benjamin – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Amazing course, so glad I enrolled
guadalupe – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Fabulous information and presenter. Makes so much sense on our students in all grade levels and beyond.
Valerie – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I learned several strategies that can be used in the classroom to help raise the vocabulary scores of my students.