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.
Candice – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot about the differences in gifted students that will help me identify them better.
Pamela – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and easy to follow along with.
Courtney – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoy junetune and how she presented the material.
Aaron – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful
Jennifer – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the online training session. I was able to work at my own pace.
Kyle – Brazosport ISD (verified owner) –
Great course! Lots of really good information.
Kasie – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I, personally, think this course is extremely helpful especially for first time teachers. I learned so many new things about the different types of students that I will encounter. It also taught me what I need to look out for to be able to tell what type of student they are, GT, high achiever, etc. and how to best facilitate their needs.
Jennifer – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
very informative!
Tiffany – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Amy – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
I really loved the teacher for this course! She gave wonderful real life examples and I found the information very useful and engaging.
Vanessa – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course that was very informative for me as a new teacher. I was not aware of many of the nuances that exist around gifted students.
Michael – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the course overall. There’s some very good information here, especially if you have not worked with gifted students before.
Claudia – GIDDINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very helpful
Kathryn – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course would be valuable for all teachers to take. It would help them learn so much about their students differences and needs. This was an excellent course.
Paige – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Great!
Lisa – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative course with a lot of great information! I now know the differences and needs of high achievers and gifted students.
Caitlin – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
This course is very informative and helpful for understanding gifted students.
Lindsay – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative. I can see a lot of best practices that would work well even for average students.
Aidee – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
I truly liked this course. It helped to really understand the gifted child and what to look for in them.
Claudia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course had in depth insight of gifted students and it provides great examples of how a teacher can help keep them motivated. It had great information.
Candice – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
Super informative.
Valeria – SINTON ISD (verified owner) –
It is a great learning experience
Alma – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
The information given helps me better understand GT students and their needs. Great course!
cody – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent materials on gifted learners.
Diana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It is excellent.
Vanessa – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative course.
Alexandra – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed all of the in depth content and realistic examples!
Amy – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative!
Nancy – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative, a great reminder of the needs of the GT student.
Caroline – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great resource!
shelby – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was great
Christopher – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
Worthwhile course
Idalia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the explanation from Dr. Junetune. I think it explains in detail what gifted students really are and how teachers can help them.
Shannon – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This is great being able to work at my own pace! Also, the instructor is a great story teller and engaging to watch. I learned a lot from this course and intend to apply it right away!
Juan – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Cecil – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
The video was very dated, and the fact that this was just filmed in an actual workshop made the video less easy to watch, and less valuable. I would also have preferred more activities, a more differentiated approach with some built in choices on how to learn the material, and the ability to take a pre-test to skip concepts that I already understood. I also believe that while this material does have overlap between all grades, a more grade specific format would not waste my time on elementary teacher tips when I am a high school teacher.
Veronica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course. A lot of great information for all teachers.
Kira – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
Very detailed, helpful, and includes lots of resources.
Kimberly – GIDDINGS ISD (verified owner) –
It was good.
Sherrie – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
I found this course to be informative and yet easy to understand. I was able to understand more about how my students learn.
Mark – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
I think the information is very useful. It would be useful to provide in a new teacher orientation as new teachers can look for learning styles and how to differentiate.
Kevin – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Pretty good. Research is reasonably up to date.
Sobein – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
Great course with information useable in day-to-day classroom setting.
Kirsten – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
I thoroughly enjoyed this course because Dr. Juntune provided concrete action items for the classroom instead of solely discussing theory. Thank you!
Matthew – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
This has a lot of information packed into a lot of modules.
Jeffrey – FAIRBANKS LOCAL (verified owner) –
This was an informative and engaging course full of useful information.
Estefhania – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting and the information was organized well
Linda – DAYTON CITY (verified owner) –
Insightful, with many good stories to illustrate the material.
Tamara – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent program with lots of very specific helpful information. I like the the instructor tells stories of her students so you can relate them to yours. It is really nice that she really knows what she is talking about because she experienced it first hand. Excellent instructor.
Ashley – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and interactive. Dr. Juntune is very easy to listen to and learn from.