Description
One of the most important foundational aspects of working with gifted students is developing a deep understanding of them. What motivates them? How do they think? And how do they learn? Joyce Juntune, Ph.D. answers these questions and more in this 6-hour course. Dr. Juntune focuses on the nature and needs of gifted students, including the characteristics, social-emotional needs, and programming options. Understanding your gifted students is the starting point for preparing them for life-long success.
In this course you’ll learn to:
- Understand sources of energy in gifted students
- Identify indicators of giftedness
- Differentiate between high achievers and gifted students
- Understand statistical distribution
- Identify the four types of gifted students
- And much more!
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies d, e, and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 5.5.
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, and she teaches graduate-level courses in her expert areas of intelligence, child and adolescent development, educational psychology, giftedness, and creativity. Dr. Juntune earned her master’s degree in curriculum instruction from St. Cloud University and her Ph.D. in educational psychology from Texas A&M University.
Yolonda – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
Enlightening and Engaging! I loved the personal anecdotes of her personal and career experiences.
DeJanee – CEDAR HILL ISD (verified owner) –
This course was awesome, I learned a lot about gifted learners that I didn’t know before! My knowledge of gifted learners was also reinforced in interesting ways!
Azul – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This course helped me understand my gifted students and therefore I feel I’ll be able to help them in a more efficient way.
Frankie – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very informative.
vonda – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I am thrilled to be learning the content of this course. I have shared what I have learned with my daughter, the mother of my gifted grandson. The material makes sense and I am excited that many things that I already do naturally has been validated and I can not wait to bring the tools that I have learned into the classroom.
Casey – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was really helpful in explaining how differently gifted students think, and that will help me modify my instruction to accommodate that.
Hevila – PRESIDIO ISD (verified owner) –
the course has very practical advise that can be implemented as soon as hear it. It also has examples that are relate -able.
Jesus – Pilot (verified owner) –
Helpful and informative
Patrice – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I appreciate that the course is online and designed to be completed independently.
Celeste – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Great presenter, presentation, and great resources.
Andres – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
Solid course, I liked how the information was presented cleanly apart from the anecdotes.
Mariana – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This was a good training.
Estefania – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and explains giftedness in a way educators can easily understand and identify
Charity – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the course.
Kendra – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
So far, the course is informative and easy to follow.
Wanda – Santa Cruz Valley Unified District (verified owner) –
Very good presentation. Full of valuable information. Seems to be roughly edited many times. I would like to see/hear more of the presentation. Great to have the resources listed in the handout for review and more information. Would recommend this course as an introduction or a review for those who work with gifted students or for those who are thinking about this area of teaching.
Shavonda – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very informative and easy to follow. I like the instructor and her enthusiasm.
Ryan – CEDAR HILL ISD (verified owner) –
The speaker was great and kept my attention. I was able to recall important topics that she mentioned.
Angela – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
This course is great! It has lots of information on giftedness.
Doreen – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
This class was interesting. It was well taught and I learned!
HECTOR – LIBERTY ISD (verified owner) –
This is a wonderful course, Mrs. Juntune is a wonderful speaker
Jana – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
very helpful
Caddie – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Live teaching combined with slides are helpful.
Emmadonna – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very informative course.
Monica – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I think it was very informative and it opened my mindset to what to clue in on when it comes to noticing or picking out GT students. I found it very interesting and educational.
Paula – Pilot (verified owner) –
Great information. The Dr. has a lot of experience to help understand what gifted students truly need
Julie – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I learned so much through this course!
Coralys – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Its great to understand gifted students and how we can help them.
Blair – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
The course has a lot of beneficial information. It is important to write down a few of the key pieces of information that comes from each module.
Chris – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Kathryn – Private Pay (verified owner) –
It was interesting and moved quickly.
Denee – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great course with great examples
Maegan – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
very informative course
Ruth Ann – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
3 Stars
Course was lengthy and often repetitious.
Jeremy – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Solid Course.
Tiffany – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
There was some very interesting and informative information in this course. The information is helpful in discovering how to meet the needs of gifted students in the classroom environment, as well as optional environments.
Amanda – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course is great in showing what GT students are all about
Cassandra – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
It is good and relevant for GT general education students.
Margarita – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course. It is very detailed and easy to follow. It has helped me understand the behavior of my giftedness students. I have more ideas of which kind of instructional strategies I can use in my classroom to meet their needs.
Leticia – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Need Closed Captions. The speakers voice fluctuates too much and when she whispers we cannot understand what is said.
Laney – DICKINSON ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course and learned alot.
Sandy – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great course.
Kaley – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course and learned a lot. My only problem is that a lot of the solutions for teaching gifted would be in an ideal district, and are not what I can do within my classroom or with the resources I have.
Carlos – DESOTO ISD (verified owner) –
My preference would be more modeling of the examples given as opposed to lecture.
Tiffany – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course is relevant and enlightening.
Karen – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
I found this to be a very informative course presented in a concise yet interesting way.
Michelle – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course! I learned so much that I cannot wait to use for both gifted and gen ed students.
Maria – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
It is a very informative course.
craig – Private Pay (verified owner) –
This course was an eye opener in many different areas. Really helped me with gifted and non-gifted students
Kaylanda – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Its good information for a first year teacher.