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.
Bryan – BLANCHESTER LOCAL (verified owner) –
it’s ok
Ashley – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
I would have loved to take a course like this in person, but as a virtual option, it was great.
Morgan – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
This course addresses the importance of properly identifying gifted students and how to be address their needs.
MaKayla – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot of valuable information from this course. I enjoy the open ended questions and multiple choice variety.
Rena – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Maria – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
So far it has been interested, I only wish I had the handouts the presenter is talking about.
Kristine – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
It was very interesting, presentation had a variety of styles that kept me on my toes and the reflective questions were in the appropriate places.
Robert – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Updated videos, and approaches toward the high school level and program.
Taylor – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative. I enjoyed it and learned a lot from it. I loved that it included hand-outs to go along with the training.
Monica – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked this course. It is very informative.
Amanda – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
This course provided in-depth information about gifted students and how to service their needs.
Cranesha – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
Very intuitive!
Sandra – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very interesting and a great refresher for me. They are many things I learned and did not realize in regards to gifted students. Excellent presentation.
Addie – CARLISLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
The course was very informational and is very helpful to teachers first learning about gifted students.
noah – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) –
Very relevant
Amy – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and easy to understand.
Joseph – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Good.
Maribel – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I learned so much in this course. It was good to learn the difference between High Achieving and GT Students. The presenter was very knowledgeable on the subject area.
Ari – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This is a long winded and heavily anecdotal course. I often found it hard to pick out the information necessary to pass the quiz from the winding stories if I did not actively write notes the entire time (which is not typical of me). The training also has a very flexible and fluid approach to teaching students, which I thoroughly enjoy, but fear won’t be applicable to where and what I teach now. I fear that certain aspects are far too removed from my reality to be transferrable or useful. However, the instructor is very experienced and knowledgeable and I have learned important things about identification, needs, and differentiation for GT students from this course.
Silvia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I learned new instructional strategies that I can use in my classroom.
Sanghee – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Mayra – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Is an excellent and Informative course. You learn a lot from it.
Micah – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
It was very helpful!
Elizabeth – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative with well detailed example.
Virginia – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Jack – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
The only problem is that it teaches in a style that is for average or high achievers and leaves teachers who grew up as “gifted” learners to sit through something they struggle with.
Belinda – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
It is long but give very interesting information.
Tina – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
I like the format and the activities make me think.
Tammara – CARDINAL LOCAL (verified owner) –
I loved this course. I spent a whole day working on it and it held my interest. She is funny and give real life examples and ideas that I can use in my 3rd grade classroom. It got me thinking about the next school year and how I will address meeting the needs of gifted kids in my class. I really did know how to tell a high achieving student from a gifted student.I have a student that I have been trying to figure out all year. Her brother is gifted for sure but her parents wanted her to be gifted too but it was not as clear cut for her.
Michele – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I think it would be great to have more handouts and examples of differentiated learning plans for us to read.
Lisa – JASPER ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course for those trying to go in depth. I did learn a lot from the material.
Edith – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this class. The instructor was very good.
Larissa – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
This has been an engaging and helpful course! I really started to understand my own journey through education and picked up helpful tips for engaging with both high achievers and gifted students.
Delia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Lindsay – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was really good information.
Stephanie – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I was a Gifted student and I learned some things that even I didn’t know. My district had a great gifted program until our gifted coordinator left my Sophomore year. The insight this course gives into the mind of a gifted child is invaluable and spot on.
Jennifer – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
lots of info
Korrie – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Thank you for the training
latasha – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
it is very informative.
Tyler – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –
thorough and well done.
Cesar – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very descriptive course with lots of eye opening information that allows educators to improve in their pedagogical careers.
MIRNA – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful and useful information
Babe – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed it.
Laura – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome presenter.. so motivated, and encouraging, especially hilarious. Definitely makes you want to connect to your personal students.
Kassandra – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I believe this course helps you determine the best way to identify and help a gifted student.
Daniel – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great
Lisa Margot – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This PD has been very informative and is an eye opener when it comes to teaching gifted students.
Maria Del Carmen – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative since I had never had to do this training since I work with the Special Education population. I learned a lot when I compare the gifted student and my special education population. Some characteristic might be the same but just the cognitive learning is different.
Adriana – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
excellent course
Johany – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I loved it