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.
Ana – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was informative. Truly enjoyed it.
Janice – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
I honestly thought it was a little long but good.
Jasmin – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information was presented, about gifted students and how to service them.
Henry – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Good
Veronica – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course is very helpful to new teachers and what they should expect to learn.
Stefanie – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Some good information, but very much from the perspective that gifted students are the most important students in the classroom.
Rachael – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Isabel – RIO GRANDE CITY CISD (verified owner) –
Very educational….
Kelly – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was an interesting course.
Roberto – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
It was great. Could be a little shorter.
Karina – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I have truly enjoyed Dr. Junebug class and specially her accent!
Kyle – NEW BRAUNFELS ISD (verified owner) –
It’s very informative and useful, yet also disturbing in the depth and complexity of the call to action for teachers of gifted students.
Jose – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very important information that will help me with my gt students.
Jeremy – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and really got me thinking about how to approach individual learning plans with my gifted learners. Often gifted learners are misunderstood but this course really help me to dig deep into the mind of a gifted learners and better understand who they are
April – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Great information for classroom teachers of gifted students as well as administrators.
juan – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Absolutely a must for every educator!!
jill – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was interesting and informative.
Monte – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course!
Karima – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Helpful information in and easy to complete format.
Michelle – MOHAWK LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course was very informative. She gave good examples to support what she was saying.
Allison – Pilot (verified owner) –
Great resource for new teachers
Cristina – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed going through this course, Dr. Juntune is an excellent speaker.
Claudia – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Great course that opened my eyes to why certain ways work better than others when working with gifted students.
Iris – RIO GRANDE CITY CISD (verified owner) –
This was an excellent course!!! learned so much!!!
Armandina – RIO GRANDE CITY CISD (verified owner) –
I really learned a lot with this course. It had so much important information that a classroom teacher should know. I loved it.
Alyssa – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) –
I thought this course was extremely informative and helpful for me. It was very easy to apply to my classroom.
Meghan – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Great course, speaker was very upbeat and easy to follow.
Taylor – Logan-Hocking Local Schools (verified owner) –
Excellent course that is set up and paced well with TONS of great information!
Jacqueline – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome!
Melissa – Huber Heights City (verified owner) –
Great Course, very informative
ALBINO – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
is just perfect to help all student, not just the high functioning
Kandi – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great instructor. She knows how to tell a story
Caytlyn – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
This course is very useful in differentiating for ALL my students, not just my struggling learners.
Rosa – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very interesting because it makes me go back to think how many students I have had that are gifted but are under serviced or not recognized.
Javier – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This course is packed with valuable information. The instructor brings a great energy to the course.
Kristin – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
It was very helpful and I could really identify my students and own children in the examples.
Donald – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
It was well done.
Yanira – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
love the module very informational
Andy – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
You will gain a thorough understanding of the gifted student.
Brian – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great course.
Christie – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and I will use the information taught in my classroom.
Ginea – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I loved it and it really helped me to understand the motivation and needs of gifted learners and that there are more than one type of gifted learned. I also understand now the difference between high achievers and gifted students.
Casie – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed learning new ideas for GT students that will allow them to develop at their own rate in my classroom.
Mirna – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
The volume on her voice was really loud.
Miranda – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course in great for informing me about how different I need to change lesson plans to adhere to Gifted students.
Rosie (Rosa) – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Torie – BETHEL-TATE LOCAL (verified owner) –
I love a self-paced course that is informative.
Rachel – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Very engaging and fun personal stories to relate too.
Minerva – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Really great course
Maria – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and well paced.