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.
Jennifer – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
The course contained information that helps identify the key differences between high achieving students and gifted students. It also articulated clearly the needs of students in poverty as it pertains to giftedness and services.
Marion – Private Pay (verified owner) –
This course covers information about gifted students that most will not already know. It is highly valuable training.
Victoria – CEDAR HILL ISD (verified owner) –
This is a good course, but the audio can be hard to hear and understand sometimes. I wish it had captions so I could read what she was saying
Ruth – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was very informative but it was a little lengthy.
Catherine – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of video and audio that contains lots of information
Sheila – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course because I learned a lot about gifted students.
Laura – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative. I loved the personal stories.
Diana C – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
It was interesting and informative
Abby – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I thought this course was very informative!
Donald – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Great
Alayna – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very helpful! I learned a lot about the social and emotional aspects of gifted learners that I will use in the future! I also learned differentiation techniques for gifted learners!
Brittany – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
An amazing course that is well thought out and truly helps a teacher understand their gifted students.
Indercio – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
informative.
Elexter – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Katherine – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Great course, very straightforward.
Jackie – Santa Cruz Valley Unified District (verified owner) –
very informative
Amanda – ARANSAS PASS ISD (verified owner) –
It’s great.
Brandi – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I thought the course was excellent! I learned such a variety of information which I feel I can immediately take into the classroom and begin to implement.
Damalu – ROUND ROCK ISD (verified owner) –
She addresses the topics with excitement and enthusiasm while keeping the interest high
Deborah – Private Pay (verified owner) –
This course opened my eyes to the difference between gifted students and average students. The the poverty student is often overlooked because they are not verbal, and the different types of differentiated studies.
Gabriel – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Not bad. Good presentation
Jesica – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
This was AWESOME! I learned so much and made me want to be a better teacher. Dr. Juntune is an incredible speaker and this course was by far the best!
Joshua – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Great course!
David – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful!
Laura – Private Pay (verified owner) –
4 stars
Tabitha – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course was an excellent source of information.
Dianne – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
Good content. It was sometimes difficult to hear/understand the speaker when she used a wide variation of volume.
jeffery – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This was very engaging video with great information.
Anna – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Survey was very informative!
Carrie – VIDOR ISD (verified owner) –
I felt it was very informative.
Nancy – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
This training did a great job of helping me to understand how to identify gifted students.
Michael – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
An excellant course to help teachers identify those students who are gifted to help them understand why some students are hesitant to participate in class.
Gabriela – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
A great course lots of great information.
Jamie – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
It’s alright.
Rachel – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
I think it is really helpful, but it has some stories that take up a lot of time. These stories could be left out so that we can see the facts and connects in less time.
Steve – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
It really opened by eyes to the needs of gifted students. This is my 18 year in education, but my 1st year receiving training on the gifted student. Thank you!
Erin – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Very informative
Dawn – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Overall helpful, just very long.
Alana – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Very boring and common sense.
Erica – FORT BEND ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and engaging
molly – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very informative
Melissa – Private Pay (verified owner) –
This was a very informative course with great examples.
Chandra – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Excellent
Juan – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent!
Scott – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
This was a really enjoyable experience. I feel like I learned a great deal. I envy students who get the opportunity to be taught by Dr. Juntune directly! What a dynamic, personable, and impactful educator!
Lindsay – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
I’ve never has GT training, so this one seemed to hit all the high points.
Todd – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
thought it was good and well presented
Kevin – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Largely redundant. Dangerously reductionist.
Paul – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Being new to education, this was very helpful and gave me some good ideas and understanding of how to help GT students and how they will behave in my classes.
Aaron – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
great course