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.
Selena – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Yes
Monica – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative. Useful information
Diana – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
This course is a must! It was very informational.
Joanna – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I encourage taking this course. I really enjoyed her enthusiasm and how she is able to relate to GT very well. I also enjoy how she incorporates her past students experiences.
Vonessa – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
Great info.
Estela – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This is a very interesting course in that it allows the viewer to completely understand the needs of the gifted student in easy to understand terms.
Ruben – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting course with valuable information about gifted students.
Adam – NEWARK CITY (verified owner) –
Very well structured and informative
Julissa – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course she was very interesting
rebecca – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
5- Great basic overview of GT students and provides info and ideas that a teacher can walk away with to use in the classroom.
Madison – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
It is interesting.
Lizbeth – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
It is well prepared and presented in a quick and effective manner. You also have an opportunity to pace your self when completing modules
Richard – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Learned a great deal from this session.
Marilynn – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
I think it was a very concrete course that gave very specific information. I appreciate how straight forward it was and I thought it was very informative.
Erin – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
I have learned a lot from this course.
SONIA – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informational. It was well put together and Dr. Juntune explained everything in a spimple and undertandable way.
Katashia – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and enlightening. Information was delivered in an simplistic relatable way.
Victoria – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
I thought the course was great in providing detailed explanations and examples of topics about gifted learners and teaching.
Marcela – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting
Adriana – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
It was extremely informative.
Berenize – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was interesting because it gave me an inside look into gifted students and how they learn.
Kimberly – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed learning about the giftedness of students.
Robyn – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
This course was highly informational and interesting to complete.
Tyrone – FAIRBANKS LOCAL (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the experience and insight that the instructor provided and all of the examples provided from her experiences as an educator. The resources provided her also beneficial.
Yaired – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
It was interesting and well organized.
Holly – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
awesome
Claudia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course, very informative.
Van – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed watching Dr. Junetune because she sounded very passionate and knowledgeable about gifted and talented students. I was able to learn a lot from her videos and the examples that she spoke about are eye openers as we tend to have those types of students within in our classroom.
Romana – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
Very Informative and great examples of the GT students
Giovanni – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of great information about gifted in talented students that I am learning about!
Ashley – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I’ve only been teaching for four years and this is the first time I’ve ever had a GT training. It’s a very informative course that I will be implementing in my classroom.
Adriana – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Alejandra – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course because the presenter was very enthusiastic and made the videos very interesting. The course was easy to follow.
Melissa – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Cassandra – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
So Long
Tiffany – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
This Course is amazing 🙂
Crystal – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and a great way to learn the information.
Esteban – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Gloria – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course has a lot of interesting information that really correlates with gifted students I currently have in my classroom.
Angelica – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
ease of use
micheal – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
great course.
Brooklyn – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
It was great!
Jenny – MARIETTA CITY (verified owner) –
great class
Kevin – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative course and help fill in gaps in my own knowledge of teaching GT students.
Ayssa – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I think that this course is amazing in truly understanding the needs of students and most importantly how they learn and how the teacher needs to modify there instruction and allow the students to express themselves creatively.
Jacob – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
I think it was well informed
David – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very interesting’s
Raquelle – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
I think it is helpful.
Yesenia – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course,
Maria – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course learned many things about what gifted children are like. And to differentiate children that are gifted and those that are high achievers also those that are gifted but turn off their achieving abilities. Also what things matter and interest gifted children and how to work with children in this group.