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.
Olivia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The course was informative and provided many ideas to use in the classroom.
Alan – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Good overall summary of how the the brain works in learning.
Michele – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Great for getting an introduction to mindsketching.
Sherie-Don – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This course was an eye-opener.It is very informative and is a must do for all teachers and school districts. Not just take the course but implement strategies taught.
Diana – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
I very much appreciate all that I learned in this course. I plan to use what I’ve learned and I’m encouraged that my students will improve their verbal intelligence.
ARACELI – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was very helpful. I learned different strategies to help all my students.
Tracy – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course! It was helpful and I am able to take many ideas and use them easily in my classroom.
Maria – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I loved that we were able to practice the activities with the presenter that we will use to help our students in our classrooms.
Glenda – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course. The presenter used simple language for complex learning. The fact that sketching should be used not only with students who are struggling, but college students may benefit as well.
Gloria – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course and how it was presented.
Tina – STRATFORD ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative! Definitely a worthwhile course!
Lizette – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting and useful information
Elda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was great. I learned a lot.
Jenny – New Lexington City Schools (verified owner) –
Great information that I look forward to using. I think the content of this course will greatly improve my teaching.
Ve – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course. I love that Dr. Juntune was positive about the potential of the students we serve. She encouraged us teachers to do the work it takes to help the kids. She was very frank on how we are hurting the students when we don’t take the steps necessary to start where they are and build from there. Dr. Juntune gave us so many practical strategies for increasing verbal intelligence of our students that i can see myself doing. I like that we actually practiced the strategies. She also gave the reasons why we must increase the verbal intelligence our the students.
Dr. Juntune kept me engaged in the training. Very well done presentation!
Stacy – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course. Loved the personal examples that were given in this presentations. She gave great examples of how teachers can use Mind Sketching.
Karen – SOUTH POINT LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great information that is useful in the classroom.
Rhonda – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course for all educators. Great info on early learning in children as well as writing strategies for all levels.
Celinda – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course has taught me so much both professionally and personally.
Evelio – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Loved this course
Marsha – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed hearing the information in this course and spread out the viewing over a few days. This helped me to be able to really focus on what was being discussed. Shockingly, my husband (who came from a similar background as the students discussed) started listening in and loudly agreeing with Dr. Juntune on multiple occasions!
Analie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course! Very informative! Will be using these strategies in the coming school year!
Griselda – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Wow! I loved it.
Anna – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I learned throughout all these videos in order to improve students memory to retain information.
Rachel – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I was great! I really like that our school is doing many of the verbal suggestions.
Adriana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I really will incorporated not only with the SES but the Leps as well,
Aileen – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
This is an eye-opening, interesting, and important course that every teacher should take. I wish I would have had these strategies earlier in my teaching career.
Graciela – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided several effective strategies to enhance the learning and memory of student in poverty.
Nicole – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Helpful tools and takeaways
Gabriela – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
wonderful ways to help reach all students and close the achievement gap
Gloria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I loved the ideas that could be implemented in the classroom on an every day basis.
Kristin – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
detailed.
Genna – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Gives a lot of good ideas that can be used in every classroom
Melanie – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course contains very precise and data driven strategies for closing the gap. This course is very well done and paced to keep your attention. I love the activities throughout the session and how they are designed to engage the students.
Melissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This is one of the best courses I have seen in a while–would like to thank the presenter for such an informative lesson
Rosa – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great and informative course!
DEBBIE – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very enlightening.
Katie – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
This was very useful information that I can apply to my teaching practices for students to learn and be successful!
Jessica – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great information and presentation.
ARACELI – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
great information targeted to help our students .
Maria – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Insightful training- relevant and straight to the point.
Andrew – Fort Frye Local (verified owner) –
It was very enlightening and informative. If you teach in rural areas, or areas with high pverty, this is a very valuable course to take.
Michelle – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
it was very helpful in understanding how to increase memory with verbal and nonverbal
Teresa – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Vital information that will be extremely helpful in working with my low SES students.
Andrea – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Very good informative training. Good activities for the classroom.
Maria – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very good strategies for children in poverty.
yolanda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very good strategies to use for children in poverty.
Kristen – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was very interesting and informative. Some of the things that she talked about we already do inour classroom
Cyndia – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
This course teaches practical, easy to incorporate ways to help students increase their verbal intelligence, which is important for all students but especially important for students from low socio-economic areas and students who are English language learniers. I highly recommend it.
Caroline – REYNOLDSBURG CITY (verified owner) –
Thank you for the review of brain processes.