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.
Rena – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
it was a good course
Sydney – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Easy to digest, practically helpful, and eye opening! Highly recommend, especially to new teachers!
Abigail – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Informational
George – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Course had many great examples with students as well as information to utilize in the classroom
M – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Useful and informative on gifted students.
Samantha – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
great
Erica – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very informative with meeting the needs of gifted students.
Humberto – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative.
Carel – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
liked it i thought it was interesting
Jacqueline – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Love it! Learning a lot!
Adriana – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Course has been incredibly thorough and informative. It was a good refresher to things we know but probably forget to implement with our kids.
Maria – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
In person would be much better
Gisel – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course! I learned to support Gifted Learners in various ways besides academic ability.
Amanda – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very well explained.
Mandi – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Good course with lots of good information on the gifted population.
Irma – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
It was great course a bit outdated but still informative.
Rodolfo – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course gave me the tools that I need to work with gifted students.
Daniel – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s fine
Chelsie – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoy learning different ways to enhance a gifted students education
ruth – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
informative real life examples of giftedness
Ileana – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Love it
Mallory – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great for intro to gifted support.
Tristan – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Good
Deyanira – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course.
Cassandra – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
I actually found this very interesting and informative. Juntune is a great speaker and very easy to understand and follow. I actually want to have more of her courses. I can do a whole course in a day because she is that interesting and entertaining.
Jorge – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I shall.
Mitzy – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very helpful in learning which strategies are the best when in comes to gifted students.
Aida – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
The course opened my eyes on how to differentiate between high achievers, average and gifted students.
Maria – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting.
Santos – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course! Helps a lot to identify our students.
Idalia – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Although I would prefer to take this course in person, Dr. Juntune’s delivery of these strategies and information is easy to follow and understand.
Roxanna – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great online training
Paulo – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course that really gives insight to the gifted and talented students
Amanda – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very interesting and informative.
Deidre – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
The instructor was very knowledgeable in this subject area. She was easy to listen to. The videos were engaging.
Victoria – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s good to have resources.
Nereyda – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very good explanation.
Pedro – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course gives relatable examples from real teachers.
Yareth – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
The course was ver informational
Ruth – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Interesting
Bob – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Joseph – PRIORITY CHARTER SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
There is so much information. I wish that I had the handouts for the course to refer to even though I was taking it virtually.
Prisilla – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Amazing to learn about gifted students.
Alexander – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course served as an interesting window into how I can better educate gifted students.
Georgiana – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course has giving a great amount of example and love the way it is explained.
Elizabeth – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course provides good information about the nature and the needs of gifted students!
Yessica – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
The course really helps you understand misconceptions of gifted students.
Bryan – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
the course chould offer more strategies on how to integrate gifted education more seamlessly with the regular curriculum or how to advocate for gifted programs within schools that may lack resources or understanding of giftedness.
Alberto – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Saul – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great course. Very educational and informative.