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.
Andrea – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Very interesting course and learned a lot!
Noreen – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This course is a very valuable resource, no matter how long you have been teaching.
Leslie – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
its great
Patrick – MARBLE FALLS ISD (verified owner) –
Nice course, straight to the point.
Sabrina – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative!
Amanda – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Very fantastic perspectives that come from this course! I would be interested in learning more about the impact of poverty and socioeconomic status on students and approaching their needs in gifted programs. Also, this is more focused on middle school and elementary school. I would be interested in more focus in high school.
Juan – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great course with great insight into how we identify and work with gifted learners.
HECTOR – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
The Course is great.
Diane – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
It was great information and strategies to use when working with gifted students and high achieving students.
Daniel – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of good information and concepts to look for and apply in the classroom.
Veronica – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This is a very informative and easy to follow course. The material is easy to digest and the reflective questions were a good way to help me process the information presented.
Stacey – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative.
Courtney – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This training had useful informative information. Her personality was enjoyable and it was easy to follow along and listen to her. She used great examples to help us understand. I liked the scenarios of each student.
Dayana – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Amazing, necessary, highly recommended.
Linda – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and helpful in understanding GT students.
Edward – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Great information provided.
Karyn – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Vey Informative
Kelly – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
The document links no longer work, much of the information (especially the linking between poverty and intelligence was offensively outdated), and though I could tell the presenter was very passionate, the presentation itself felt lacking.
Nicole – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative. Excellent.
Ty – FRIENDSWOOD ISD (verified owner) –
Will take most of your day to complete and can feel negative about what gifted kids are like. That being said, gives great insight into how gifted students think and how many other types of students who are often mistaken for gifted think as well.
Cynthia – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Best course I could have chosen.. Definitely recommend for you to take!
Dominique – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
A great way to cover what makes a student gifted and how we can approach them.
Ricardo – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I loved it. I believe i have a GT in my home. I have three kids and they are very different but with what I have learned I can implement at home too.
Tina – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
It was good.
Antonio – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
The course was very informative and I really enjoyed it.
MARTHA – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Very good and informative course.
Maria – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course is very informative and can go in my pace.
sarah – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
provides good information
Sintia – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course! Learned many key elements and characteristics of gifted student.
Krystal – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative!
Diane – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and learned some things i am doing wrong in the classroom and things that I am doing right.
Yolitza – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great course. Very beneficial and informative.
Guadalupe – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course for all levels of teaching experience and for administrators as well. The presenter does an excellent job explaining the difference between high achievers and gt students. She also does a great job scaffolding the instruction for all types of learners.
Araceli – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Great explanation of ideas along with real life examples of students.
Jessica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and fun to learn!
Robert – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This course was an interesting and wonderful course. I feel Dr. Juntune did a wonderful job explaining everything I needed to know about GT students and would definitely be interested enrolling in future courses with her.
Alonso – TORNILLO ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed learning about gifted students in this course. I think this course will help me identify those students and to help them be successful.
Izamare – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
The course contains a variety of information and resources that will be beneficial to any teacher.
Joseph – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great course that taught me, as a new teacher, strategies that can help me be effective for all students.
David – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It is a great course!
Katherine – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
It was great!! I learned so much!!!
Regina – PRIORITY CHARTER SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
It was informative.
Ariana – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
It was an interesting learning activity!
Elia – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very well developed. It explains what teachers need to know and gives examples.
Victoria – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and changed my way of thinking.
Barbara – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great overview of GT students and programs or activities teachers can do.
Jessica – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and good way to understand GT students.
Rebecca – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
The course was divided in a way that was easy to follow and interesting.
Stacy – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very interesting and engaging.
Sheri – KENT CITY (verified owner) –
Very engaging speaker full of a lot of great information