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.
yazmin – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and helpful to help assist our GT students
Stephanie – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative!
John – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Very enjoyable and easy to understand presentations.
Lisa – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative! You will learn a great deal about gifted students.
Issa – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
It was a very interesting course. I loved it!!
Lena – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Joyce Juntune, P.H. D gives many life experiences. She explains and draws a verbal picture that helps me look for these characteristics in gifted or higher achievers. I have enjoyed the videos so far.
Eugenio – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Awesome
Diana – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I love how it is self-paced! Wonderful format!
James – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
The course is very thorough and gave some interesting resources to look through.
Caroline – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
So much information! Really helped me understand my gifted students!
James – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course
Trisha – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great course, learned so much!
Jennifer – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
great, easy to understand
Dionna – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the ability to work at my own pace. I liked that I was able to see the presenter from time to time and how she was so relatable!
christopher – PRIORITY CHARTER SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
It would be better live
Abigail – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Very relevant
Karla – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is easy to follow and does not overload you with too much information.
Martha – BRAZOSPORT ISD (verified owner) –
This was very enlightening to how gifted students learn and what I need to do to make it more important to them.
Kaylee – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
This was a good course with information that I didn’t previously know.
Irene – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very educational.
Julia-Paz – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very good course with good information. Make sure to print out the resources over the slides.
Lisa – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Tammy – PRIORITY CHARTER SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
informative
Sheila – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Helpful information
Giang – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I think it is an informative and helpful course.
Crystal – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoy the pace of this course!
Kathryn – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
I learned so much from this course and I never knew. The examples they gave helped so much based on different students and what to look for in my own classroom.
Anabely – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very informative especially for new teachers to this program.
Elizabeth – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoy learning about specific students and how it connects to other gifted and talented students.
Leonor – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative course!
Yvette – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course had examples of differentiated learning plans that could be useful in the classroom.
Sarah – BRAZOSPORT ISD (verified owner) –
I learned alot about how gifted children think vs high advanced students
Bethany – WESTFALL LOCAL (verified owner) –
I found the class to be helpful and informative. I believe I leave the course better equipped to work with my gifted students.
sylvia – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed what the courses had to say about the planning for the students and how we can work and help them enjoy being in our classroom without being bored with modifications and learning more about each individual.
Matthew – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
It was a beneficial reminder of the differentiation necessary in order to teach all students.
Jennifer – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course is very good. It has helped me to understand a lot of different aspects of gifted students and clarify certain things. It was like “diving into a gifted mind.”
Joe – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful.
Maria – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great organization and examples.
Lamar – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting and well executed.
It would be nice if we could download the hand-outs.
Renee – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
I benefitted from the ideas and strategies offered in this course. It has informed and inspired me to make some improvements in my methods of teaching and reaching my gifted students.
Jennifer – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative. I appreciated the outline and the notes
Omar – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Being a first year teacher, this has provided plenty of knowledge as to what to do next with my students and how to reach their potential in class.
Andrea – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very informative.
gustavo – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course on covering many different areas and ways to approach and teach gifted students.
Maria – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great examples
Lynne – ASHTABULA AREA CITY (verified owner) –
This course offers valuable information about the gifted student, intelligence, and developing learning plans for them.
diana – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of new knowledge about GT and non GT students was gained throughout of this course.
Sophie – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot about how GT students look in the classroom.
Irma – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was great and very informative.
Zachary – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Well paced and insightful.