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.
Shareese – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative regarding memory and how to understand verbal and non verbal students and help convert things to memory
Edythe S – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
This was very informational and I learned a lot.
Bricia – ASHLAND CITY (verified owner) –
very helpful!
Stephanie – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
It is very informative.
LILIA P – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative I found myself taking notes, the only draw back is I teach secondary and it uses primary examples.
Jasmine – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
I like how this course was set up.
Bertha – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I really loved this course. I finally learned why some people are verbal and intelligent, and others are very intelligent but are non-verbal. I also learned what I can do to help these students develop verbal intelligence. Very interesting!
Jodi – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Great information
zandra – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Carroll – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and enlightening
Tanya – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Very Informative.
Tashia – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
The course was great. I liked the memory part. However; it was too long.
Alecia – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
It show me how to teacher a Nonverbal student so they may be as successful as a Verbal student.
Tammy – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Finally some answers about helping students close gaps.
Tammy – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
There are a lot of simple, but great ideas that you can start right away in your classroom
Jeana – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
Helpful
Amber – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course! I found it very interesting and decomposed several of the stereotypes that we as teachers have about poverty and our “average” students. I love working with those that need it the most and this just helped me to feel better equipped with tools to help them succeed.
Stacey – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
This professional development was very interesting to learn the different ways learners from poverty learn. I liked the way she gave ideas and examples to use in your own class, also by having us complete the activites.
Karime – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
CYNTHIA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great course to learn different strategies to develop language for students raised in poverty.
Amber – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
This is a great workshop especially if you teach at a low-income school district.
Rodney – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
very informative
Jorge – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Amazing course, super informative
Jonathan Delgado – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It provides a new perspective for students raised in poverty.
Tagan – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
logical ideas!
Lauren – BETHEL-TATE LOCAL (verified owner) –
There was a lot good informative information shared. The hands-on activities made the class more enjoyable and helped my understanding.
Leigh – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course. Many of the things that were talked about make more sense to me now. I got lots of good ideas that I can use with my students.
Jennifer – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Any course from Dr. Juntune is amazing. I love her stories and gentle explanations about everything.
Luis – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great course, I really like the information that Dr. Juntune was giving. I will use some of her techniques to make my students memorize the content in a easier way creating opportunities for students to enjoy and learn the class.
Pamela – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Very informative with useful classroom information.
Noe – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Good
Zachry – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Thumbs up!
Melinda – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was awesome ! very enlightening to the types of students we see and work with
Timothy – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Informative!
Ethan – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This was very informative. As a school with 90% poverty, i will be able to utilize the skills and activities very effectively.
Ashley – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
informational
Melisa – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
enjoyed the course and was able to relate it to practice.
Roxanna – Private Pay (verified owner) –
It was a good course, and useful to help all students not just GT.
Maria – Pilot (verified owner) –
My goodness Dr Joyce is a wonderful, creative, knowledgeable human being I have ever heard teaching. I enjoy every lesson she teaches.
Sandeep – NORTHSIDE ISD – SAN ANTONIO – REGION 20 (verified owner) –
Excellent course. The presenter offers both the theory and concrete strategies to help students improve their learning that are applicable across grade levels and content areas.
Todd – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
This was an interesting course.
Brenda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Really good to learn about non verbal students and ways to help them succeed.
arturo – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
great
Arnoldo – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I has enable me to apply both academically and professionally skills to incorporate writing skills.
Shannon – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative. Useful strategies that I would like to implement.
Yvette – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
This course affirmed what I have already been doing in my classroom, but it’s armed me with the research to support my methods.
Maria – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
It was informative on helping students retrieve information.
Michael – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
lots to think about and ideas to try
Sawyer – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
i really enjoyed this course
Lena – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting topic and strategies