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. Jessica – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative and helpful.

  2. Leticia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    This Course was extremely helpful.

  3. Linda – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    In this course I learned how to build verbal intelligence in my classroom. Using mind sketching, developing memory, and work with complex language to help understand more rigorous vocabulary while building their vocabulary. This course will also develop comprehension not only for the gifted student but these strategies will also help the struggling learner, and the English language learner.

  4. Patrick – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –

    Very interesting facts.

  5. Joshua – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –

    The only thing preventing me from giving five stars is due to the lack of examples given for using mind sketching in mathematics.

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

    A really interesting approach for learning.

  7. FEDORA W – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    I think every teacher needs this information.

  8. Alejandra – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    It was a very interesting presentation, I feel that it give validation to what I;m already doing in class.

  9. Juan – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    Great insight into low ses education barriers!

  10. Katherine – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    the presenters are knowledgeable and give wonderful ideas

  11. Monik – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –

    I thought this was opening eye about mind sketching and how it can help those students in poverty.

  12. Ricardo – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    It was very informative

  13. Hilda – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    really informative

  14. Cynthia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    It is a good course , very informative.

  15. Alicia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    Very helpful in understanding the gap between the different type of students.

  16. Caitlyn – Private Pay (verified owner) –

    I thought this course was great at providing me with language-development and memory strategies for my students of low socioeconomic status.

  17. Ana – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –

    I love all the information and suggestions given to me in this training. I love how I can pause and come back to the training as I need to.

  18. ADRIANA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    5 stars!

  19. Edith – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    This course is on point and it helps with understanding how to to teach students with different abilities.

  20. Tracy – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –

    This course is fantastic and provides many strategies that you can use to help students that come from poverty.

  21. noe – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    great course!

  22. Richard – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    I thought it was pretty interesting

  23. Diana – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –

    It was very helpful to teach not only students in poverty but all levels of students

  24. KIMBERLY – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    Provided much needed insight.

  25. Patrice – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –

    I think this course was awesome! It certainly helps me to better understand my low SES and ELL students.

  26. Patricia – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –

    Excellent

  27. Rebecca – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –

    I felt it was helpful for my sped students as well as those from poverty.

  28. DEBORAH – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    Extremely interesting and full of engaging ideas

  29. MELISSA A – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    yes

  30. Merary – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    So helpful! Wish volume of speaker was louder though.

  31. ANNETTE – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    Very helpful

  32. al – LA VEGA ISD (verified owner) –

    Good information about how the mind works.

  33. Desiree – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –

    It was very informative.

  34. Ana – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    Great course with a lot of useful information.

  35. Judy – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –

    Great information about kids in poverty and how their learning before school may be different than other students. This also gives very specific strategies for teachers to use to help develop the learning in all students and to help raise the achievement gap of students in poverty.

  36. Carolyn – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –

    The course provided valuable ideas and information relevant to any classroom environment.

  37. Dana – Brazosport ISD (verified owner) –

    It was helpful.

  38. Daniel – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    This would be best in person

  39. Laura – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    informative, gives you insight on the deficiencies of this population and how to target to maximize learning and retention.

  40. Linda – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –

    It was to the point and very informational.

  41. Melanie – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –

    Excellent course for teachers working in a Title I school.

  42. David – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    Excellent!

  43. Carlos – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –

    This is an interesting course. Has a lot information but it is explained in a simple manner with visuals and allows for playback. The only challenge I see is that since this is not live it does not allow for interaction between instructor and teachers.

  44. Jessica – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    informative

  45. Najat – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –

    Very interesting

  46. Jena – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    It’s a course that is better for teachers who teach younger students, especially ela.

  47. Jennifer – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    I think it is too geared for elementary school teachers and ELA/ESL at the middle school level.

  48. Yazmin – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    Great information that is easy to transfer to the classroom

  49. Michael – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –

    It was clear.

  50. gary – MARION CITY (verified owner) –

    informational

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