Closing the Achievement Gap for Students Raised in Poverty – Intelligence and Achievement

$20.00

Presenter: Joyce Juntune
T-TESS Domain:  Planning 1.1, Planning 1.4, Instruction 2.1, Instruction 2.2, Instruction 2.4
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1

Teaching is not just about the grade level or the content being imparted to students. It is also about knowing the students and meeting their needs. In Closing the Achievement Gap for Students Raised in Poverty – Intelligence and Achievement, Dr. Joyce Juntune explains how students raised in poverty struggle with verbal skills, which are essential for success in an academic setting. If these needs are not addressed, students will not be able to truly engage with content or progress academically. In this course, Dr. Juntune explains the issues in depth and provides recommendations for how to address the achievement gap and help students with low verbal skills toward success.

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There are many complex reasons why students from low-income backgrounds struggle academically. The verbal intelligence gap between low-income students and the rest of their peers demonstrates the effect of all those reasons. Low-income students struggle with verbal memory and lack the verbal skills of middle-class students. When these students cannot remember instructions and they lack the verbal skills to recount information, it makes sense that they would struggle academically.

In Closing the Achievement Gap for Students Raised in Poverty – Intelligence and Achievement, Dr. Joyce Juntune explores the reasons and the effects of the gap in verbal skills for students raised in poverty. She explains three skills that will help to bridge this gap: using nonverbal skills to build verbal skills (mindsketching), building complex language, and building verbal memory.

In this 1-hour course, teachers will learn about:

  • The achievement gap and students in poverty
  • How intelligence and achievement are related
  • Problems caused by verbal/nonverbal intelligence gaps

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53 reviews for Closing the Achievement Gap for Students Raised in Poverty – Intelligence and Achievement

  1. Shannon – WODEN ISD (verified owner) –

    Very eye opening. Being a Special Education teacher, I was aware of the gap between the average student and my students, but never realized it was because of their verbal or non-verbal communication.

  2. Samantha – PROGRESO ISD (verified owner) –

    This course offered valuable insight into the true intellegence level of many of my students.

  3. Alex – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    Good info.

  4. Ernesto – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    It was a great course that emphasizes the need for better education and academic standards to all students but especially towards poverty low household income students.

  5. Maria – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    Interesting information.

  6. Maikely – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –

    She did a great job.

  7. John – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    good info

  8. Kelly – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –

    This training gave me many good ideas to use as I work with students who face poverty.

  9. Nora – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    great!

  10. Diane – DENVER CITY ISD (verified owner) –

    This provides great information that we do not ‘think’ about as much. We see it and know it’s there, but we are not sure what to do with it. This information gives good insight into what we need to pay attention to.

  11. Tina – COMFORT ISD (verified owner) –

    THis course has opened my eyes to the achievement gap, and its causes, in low poverty students.

  12. Annette – HILLSBORO ISD (verified owner) –

    Every course Dr. Juntune presents is excellent.

  13. Rosa – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    It is great information on how to better help our students be successful not only in school but life.

  14. Norma – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    Wonderful!

  15. Milissa – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –

    great

  16. Martin – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative.

  17. Norma – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    It was very Informative.

  18. Noemi – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –

    This course helped me understand the importance of building vocabulary.

  19. Heidi – Yellow Springs Exempted Village (verified owner) –

    interesting data and implications for education

  20. Jennifer – ASHTABULA AREA CITY (verified owner) –

    Great information for districts who serve high poverty communities.

  21. Lisa – ASHTABULA AREA CITY (verified owner) –

    interesting

  22. Linnea – Yellow Springs Exempted Village (verified owner) –

    It provides a good foundation of why students who come from poverty struggle and what you can do about it.

  23. Brittany – MARION CITY (verified owner) –

    great info

  24. Enrique – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –

    l
    Loved the information,

  25. Melody – BEXLEY CITY (verified owner) –

    This is really more elementary based than secondary. The research talked about is very interesting.

  26. Carla – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –

    I like that this course highlighted how psychological factors, what environment you grew up in, lack of engagement with what vocabulary you learn, and limited social interactions are some factors that may affect your vocabulary learning.

  27. Dara – FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (verified owner) –

    The information was interesting but I found it to be somewhat redundant. I was also hoping for more specific strategies to increase verbal achievement as opposed to just learning about the gap.

  28. Megan – ASHTABULA AREA CITY (verified owner) –

    I think this really opened my eyes to how we assess and then teach those students who appear below average on tests.

  29. Eva – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –

    good

  30. Paul – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –

    It was very informative and refreshing.

  31. Dane – HUFFMAN ISD (verified owner) –

    Great

  32. Becky – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –

    This course really explained how students that are economically disadvantaged have a difficult time making up the verbal intelligence and why teachers miss the most important part of working with those students to help them catch up.

  33. Kenneth – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –

    none

  34. Gloria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    Presentation was well planned and delivered

  35. Elizabeth – BEXLEY CITY (verified owner) –

    Information provided was clear. Would like to have been provided with more practical strategies to implement as a teacher.

  36. Silvia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    Great Course I really learned a lot. The data was an eye opener.

  37. Mayra – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –

    Good

  38. Esperanza – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    As a teacher of children of poverty, this seminar has completely validated what I have always said about my kids, especially my second language learners.

  39. maria – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    relevant to my students (low social economic area)

  40. Rachel – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    This was a great refresher course.

  41. Melody – Springfield City School District (verified owner) –

    I am glad to see that research has been done and given to educators in a way that will help our students who are living in poverty.

  42. Melinda – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –

    I was hoping for more strategies to help with the verbal intelligence. It was informational but wasn’t what I was looking for.

  43. Clarinda – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    This is a very helpful course

  44. Marsha – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    Really gives you a lot of info to think about & consider.

  45. Jodie – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    The course was extremely informative and discussed methods that can be used to close achievement gaps.

  46. Gynna – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –

    very informative.

  47. Timothy – TIPP CITY EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –

    Very useful

  48. Rene – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –

    This is an important educational topic that does not get the necessary time and attention by many.

  49. Tanya – Mobile County School District (verified owner) –

    I always enjoy training led by Dr. Juntune. She brings such varied experiences and research to her presentations.

  50. TOMASA – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    I rate this course as a 4. Very helpful information.

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