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.
Nichole – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I though the course was informative and engaging!
Leslie – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course.
Barry – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and relatable information that I can use immediately with my gifted students.
Manuel – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Excellent course in understanding gifted students.
And learning about flexible grouping and differentiated learning plans.
Jennifer – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Stephanie – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and helpful
Jenna – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Extremely infomative
Larissa – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
GREAT! Very informative and educational.
Silvia – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very interesting and informative.
Luke – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
Great info
Carolina – Private Pay (verified owner) –
it was good
Paula – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
interesting
Rachael – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course is a great insight into what is needs to meet the demands of gifted students.
Julissa – MISSION CISD (verified owner) –
it was helpful.
Yvette – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Does a good job of providing different types of strategies and differentiation that could be done in the classroom.
Blanca – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I like the examples given.
Darci – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
The course was easy to follow and helpful.
Paula – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting to see the different plans.
Shane – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
It provides a breadth and depth of knowledge that gives many applicable options to apply.
cassi – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
good information
Serenity – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Highly recommend
Keisha – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
It was good to learn about how to differentiate learning for gifted students.
Lamberto – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It was a good course, it provided stories from gifted children that could aid in understanding of how gifted children have learned and benefited when worked along them.
Jeanette – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful and insightful course.
Samuel – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Great course and introduction to gifted learners!
Deyonta – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
New material making it an intersting course
Bridgette – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
yes I will definitely inform my peers about this course
Patricia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative.
Josue – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
Provided useful information
Ashley – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I loved this course.
Tanya – HUNTSVILLE ISD – TEXAS ONLINE PREP (verified owner) –
It was great!
Amy – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and very helpful in helping learn about qualities of GT students and their thinking.
Amanda – NORTHRIDGE LOCAL (verified owner) –
Lots of great information!
Sarah – NORTHRIDGE LOCAL (verified owner) –
Lots of good information and ways to help my students
Jeanice – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
good
Franchesca – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting
Kyteria – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative. I learned several new things about gifted students.
Alexa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The course was great and very informative.
Rosebella – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
This is an excellent course that helps teachers see that we must be able to identify these gifted students and allow them to excel in their own learning path and not hold them back.
Rodney – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
First course I have taken and it was filled with lots of knowledge.
Abby – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this module.
Caitlin – ROSCOE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was wonderful and expanded my knowledge on how to meet the needs of the gifted and talented.
Rina – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I like all that we cover.
Sarah – SWEENY ISD (verified owner) –
I really like this course and the insight that it gives you on things I did not know
Oswaldo – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
Worthwhile course that offers useful information that can be put into practice in any K-12 classroom (with gifted students).
Noemi – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner) –
I think the course is very interesting and provide us with strategies to be able to teach gifted students efficiently.
Megan – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
It contained a lot of information on development.
Elizabeth – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
ok
Kathy – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
This course gives a lot of great information to learn about the needs of gifted students.
Victoria – SAN DIEGO ISD (verified owner) –
Great!