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.
Brenan – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
It was good
Alexandra – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Its a great paced training with a lot of information that gets rid of misconceptions on gifted students.
Edwardo – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I thought the course was well paced, didn’t waste any time, was engaging, and enjoyable. Great presentation.
Jorge – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent Course!
Roel – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is chunked well enough that creates good pacing.
Michelle – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
This course is amazing. I learned so much about gifted kids. Mrs. Juntune’s humor and true stories really hold your attention.
Misty – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I loved it and thought Mrs. Juntune is amazing.
Americo – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course
Ellen – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was quick to move through and fairly engaging.
Georgi – CLEVELAND ISD (verified owner) –
It is a good program to understand gifted programs and gifted students better.
Lakisha – HUNTSVILLE ISD – TEXAS ONLINE PREP (verified owner) –
I really truly enjoyed this course!!! I learned so much!
Katlyn – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I believe that this course helped me understand the needs of gifted students.
Joseph – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course and very informative.
Judiana – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very Informative
Arianne – HUNTSVILLE ISD – TEXAS ONLINE PREP (verified owner) –
I learned so much. I hadn’t really thought about many of the topics she covered,
Mario – TORNILLO ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting topic.
Stephanie – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune is full of knowledge and experience in the field of gifted and talented education. This is my first year serving gifted and talented students and I have learned so much on how to nurture the needs of gifted students.
Enrique – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Strongly recommend this course. Helps you understand the needs of our gifted and talented students.
Ruth – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very informational and well planned.
Sharon – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I thought the ideals were very insightful to me and may be to others as well.
Myriam – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
It is very interesting being able to understand some of the ways gifted students think and the reasons behind they work the way they do. Also the outside factors that can affect their performance.
Guadalupe – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very infomative and to the point.
Lois – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Information was helpful and engaging.
Fernando – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative!!!
Raul – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course, so many things to learn/refresh and take away. HIGHLY recommend
Morgan – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
It is a very informative class!
Gabriela – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great information and resources!
Sergio – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The real life examples were very beneficial to hear.
Beth – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
This course is adequate; however, there is a great deal of time spent on the presenter’s unique experiences and her opinions of both administrators and teachers which are presented with a negative bias. It is unfortunate TGAT has chosen this particular presentation to address the 6 hours required of each teacher.
Melissa – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I learned many things that I did not know before about GT students. This course helped me to understand how I can differentiate for GT students. This course also helped me understand the difference between a High Achieving student and a GT student.
Lynda – Private Pay (verified owner) –
The course is informative and provides a nice balance between active learning and providing feedback though discussion questions and quizzes.
Victoria – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative!
Amelia – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
I like that Dr. J. is so fabulous with her years of knowledge and expertise to share. It is difficult because she really has very strong, black and white opinions on things related to gifted education.
Reynaldo – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Learned a lot of good information about gifted students.
Brenda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Well, I believe that this training is a bit ironic. Something that I was thinking about was how is this training helpful for teachers who are also gifted when the questions asked throughout the modules are obvious and make direct references to the modules. I would think that reflective questions that require teachers to make connections would be much more beneficial.
Veronica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Hannah – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This was really helpful. I felt so understood. No one ever tested me as gifted, but everything she said, was describing my experience.
Melissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I like this course because it goes into depth and describes everything in detail.
Ismael – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and though provoking.
Francis – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This is very informative and Dr. Juntune provides excellent examples that help you understand the concepts she is trying to explain. They got a natural teacher to teach the teachers. Well done!
Norma – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The course modules discussed the characteristics of gifted learners and the ways teachers can provide learning opportunities depending on their academic needs.
carlos – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
its awesome gave me a variety on how to instruct and give a wonderful learning experience to GT students
sokhna – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
great course
Amalie – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
It’s great!
Tina – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I love how I am now more able to tap into my gifted students interests.
Nayeli – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Video needs to be updated an da bit more interesting.
Kaci – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
This was an engaging and informative course.
Brianna – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
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Melisa – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This will help understand gifted children.
Rachael – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
It was informative.