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.
Merida – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Fabulous course! Very fascinating and great applicable advice for teaching GT.
Jonathan – NORTH EAST ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course was good.
Jessica – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
okay
Crystalina – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Always information and engaging. I love her use of real students that she has met or taught in career as a teacher.
Felix – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
This is a very valuable educational course beyond the gifted focus. This course helps instigate your thinking about observing and interacting with all students in ways possibly not thought of before to this level.
Jaimie – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course was great! I loved that Dr. J has lived it, and experienced all of these things directly in the classroom.
Jennifer – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
It was long but had tons of great information and real world examples. I liked how it was broken into segments so you did not have to complete it all at once.
Taylor – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and did not take a lot of time.
Sarah – MARBLE FALLS ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great opportunity to evaluate my teaching practices and learn to better serve my GT students.
Rajeev – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Precise and to the point information. Very charismatic speaker and relating real live experiences made a lot of sense.
melissa – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I like that it clarified misconceptions.
NIcole – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative. I really liked it.
Lindsey – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
This course was very helpful in learning more about how gifted students operate, and what we as teachers can do to help them achieve.
Jessica – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of listening to talking
Sandra – MARBLE FALLS ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was very helpful. This is my first time ever taking a course to teach gifted students. I thouroughly enjoyed it.
Lucy – Private Pay (verified owner) –
This is a great course. I learned a lot about gifted students. My district did not provide this training.
Karla – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This was engaging and very beneficial.
Sara – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this course was very informative. I loved the pace of it. I liked the quizzes and discussion questions. I enjoyed the presenter very much.
Christy – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas for lesson planning for gifted students!
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very Informative Course
Marisol – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Blanca – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
The course is very interesting since most of the content is applicable to every classroom and teachers with GT students.
Maricela – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
This is a very informative course. I wish I would have taken it earlier in my teaching career.
Kimberly – NORTH EAST ISD (verified owner) –
This course is easy to navigate and very informative
Victoria – BARBERS HILL ISD (verified owner) –
This course helps to better understand the needs of gifted students and how teachers can meet that need.
Marisol – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
Extremely informative! It was clear and concise.
Henry – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
Very good course. I love all of the examples given.
Charity – LEANDER ISD (verified owner) –
Great course – interesting content and a much needed reminder for all educators on how to identify and meet the needs of gifted learners.
Ashley – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
It gave some good information.
Josephine – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and well explained.
Brandi – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot and very much enjoyed this course. It has great information that I will take into my classroom next year.
Claudia – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Relevant and adaptable information for GT students and courses.
Sheila – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Great course detailing what a Gifted student is, what they need and how to teach them.
Aarin – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This was an excellent course that gave me a lot of good information for teaching gifted students.
Andrea – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Too lengthy
Eddie – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This course highlights the needs of teachers to be aware of the student and creat high activities and leaf=rning environments.
lillian – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
the course was wonderful
Savanna – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
Great course, short and to the point videos, interesting topics
Wayne – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Pretty good, but lengthy.
Riene – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot about what to look for in my gifted students.
Dulce – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting to see the different programs (menu) that we can offer our gifted students.
Franchessa – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
I feel like she made a lot of excuses for gifted students that would not fly if we were discussing SPED students.
Martha – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
I love that we get the change to learn in our own pace and we have access to all the resources.
Nick – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Very Informative
Martha – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I really loved this course and I am looking forward to the next course!
CLAUDIA – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course. I wished I could have taken this course earlier so that I could have understood one of my students who know I know was gifted (by taking this course.)
Camryn – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
I think this was a very enlightening course with a ton of great information!
Jatzmin – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
It is really informative and has really opened my eyes to the variety of gifted students and how to better identify them.
Kennedy – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
repetitive
Merrill – PRIORITY CHARTER SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course and learned new things about gifted students that I will be able to implement in my classroom.