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.
Jose F – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This training was very helpful because it describes why many student have difficulty speaking, writing and organizing their train of thought.
Eduardo – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great Job!
Olga – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
All information was well presented very informative. Thank you
Alice – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting information given. I like the mindsketching.
Kimberly – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Fabulous- loved it and learned a lot!! I am also taking a reading course and I believe this was more helpful with the mind sketching activities!
Shawna – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I found several strategies from this video to be relevant for my classroom.
GABRIEL E – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It is very interesting how to reached to he student success by closing the gaps.
Georgia – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This met my needs, I appreciated that the brain research presented was not overly technical, it was specific to how it applies to my clasroom
Alice – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I thought this course was informative and brought back into focus some important pedagogical ideas that are easy to lose track of during a busy year.
Matthew – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course focuses on the importance of students developing their language skills as a means for education to be successful in serving them.
Katherine – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
Very good
Marcela – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent!
GABRIELA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Course was very informative
Irasema – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the training . It was informative, I like the presenter how explain the many ways I can help my students.
Andrew – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the interactive aspects to this quiz. I highly recommend taking photos of the screen to reference as well as taking detailed notes.
Crystal – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Good information- especially liked the mind sketching. I could use this in my Kindergarten classroom.
Dana – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Please provided links for referenced handouts to either download or print out.
Jose – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Joyce Juntune made learning easy to understand. I feel confident in the learned material and will be able to apply it in my classroom.
Tim – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Great resource to work on closing the gap of the verbal nonverbal student.
Nancy – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
Excellent. Clear with specific strategies.
Matthew – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Good course with a lot of great ideas and strategies
Tanya – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
This PD was valuable and interesting. Information is relevant in understanding student learning. I look forward to utilizing some the tools presented here.
Allamay – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was relatable and easy to follow along. The presenter was awesome in breaking down how it should look in your classroom and she answered all questions before you could ask.
Kellie – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
It was very beneficial
Nadine – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I think this is a very useful training that will be extremely useful in helping students be successful.
Jeffery – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course is wonderful. I definitely see the value of using mindsketching. I have learned a lot, and I want to use these strategies in my classroom.
Joseph – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Great Class!
Tiffany – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Great Course
Joy – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
I really like the strategies that improve memory and teaching sequence. I even need to learn more about this
Nathan – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
This course was a good course that raised a very point regarding verbal scores and academic literacy for students in poverty.
Roxie – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This training is expecially beneficial for teachers who work wiht students of low SES backgrounds. I am excited to implement the strategies that I learned from these modules to help improve academic literacy for my students.
Kim – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
5 stars. I really enjoyed the thought provoking ideas for teaching.
John – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
This class would be better taught in a group setting.
Rebecca – Springfield City School District (verified owner) –
5 stars – very beneficial
Kristie – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Loved, loved,loved!!!
Joe – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
this sucked for high school math teacher that i am
Julie Emmons – TROTWOOD-MADISON CITY (verified owner) –
This course was great! Dr. Juntune’s courses are some of the best! She is so full of knowledge!
Savannah – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
I love the ideas Dr. Juntune gives in all of her courses. I’d highly recommend this course.
Dora – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
So much information that can be applied right away.
J. Nicole – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Great information
Sergio – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course that got me thinking about the educational difficulties students raised in poverty have to deal with.
Astrid – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course was very eye opening and had many activities that could be used in the class without a ton of preparation which is always a plus.
Samantha – Pilot (verified owner) –
Great course!
James – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
Loved the example activities and advice for how to adapt and how often they should be used in my classroom.
Jessica – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –
This training was very informative and gave me a lot of great ideas to integrate into my classroom in the upcoming school year.
Kimberley – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
The course was interesting and related well to multiple areas of teaching.
Jared – Morgan Local Schools (verified owner) –
Useful techniques i will implement.
Michael – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very interesting especially working at a low income school district.
Joaquin – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Rebecca – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed learning about how memory and learning and the brain are related.