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.
Karla – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I learn a lot really helpful information
Desiree – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very informative and will help you understand the needs of your students.
Nekolondria – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed learning this information.
Rebecca – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Leticia – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
very informative and not too lengthy.
Philip – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
I don’t feel like I really learned much, and the course was much longer than it needed to be.
OMAR – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was quite insightful. It enables the teacher to identify how to better serve gifted students.
Ana – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Being able to understand the difference between an average students and GT one, is allowing them to have a difference of opportunities for them to become more successful.
Diana – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very interesting. I learned many things I could apply in the classroom.
Jenevieve – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
It was interesting
Holly – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
This was a waste of time.
David – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
Great course, very informative.
ARNOLDO – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
I think this is an excellent course. I believe that it would have been better if I had attended in person.
Mileena – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great! Very informative! 🙂
Melissa – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I thought that this course was great. It made me look a gifted students differently.
LaToya – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and interesting.
Maggie – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Great course- a lot of good information needed to differentiate students in the classroom and how to meet the needs of all.
Kinsey – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Keanna – DESOTO ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed the visuals and audio that the course had.
Jerry – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course
Breanna – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informing.
Frank – 588 Co-op (verified owner) –
Very good, individualized method of presentation. More focused learned opportunity.
Allison – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
To the point. Good visuals. Very good information.
Ines – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
Very useful for understanding how to work with gifted and talented students
Jamie – DESOTO ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed the quick assessments at the end of each module.They weren’t too long but quick enough to access the content of the lessons.
Angelica – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent information and helpful. Allows for a different perspective of what to look for to identify a gifted student from a high achiever. Gives a variety of differentiation ideas and plans.
elvia – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very informative and highly recommend this course to parents as well.
Jonette – DESOTO ISD (verified owner) –
I truly enjoyed the information that was presented in this course. There was a lot of valuable information that I plan on using in my classroom.
Janet – Brazosport ISD (verified owner) –
This was very informative about GT students and the different types of GT students. I learned about ways to use ddata to drive my decisions on how to service them according to their interests and ways they learn.
Cheryl – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and helps you to think outside of the box in helping and teaching gifted students.
Samantha – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Meh, it was ok
Cynthia – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
I think that this course helps me understand my gifted students better and it gives me the tools to better differentiate to help those students learn in the way that best accommodates their needs.
Janice – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I really love the format of this course. I love the video, print out option, websites offered, questions submitted and able to view others comments were helpful as well.
Miriam – LEANDER ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course. Would like to see more practical things that I could use in my classroom.
James – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very good course.
Jason – VALLEY VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
Very interesting and informative.
Adam – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I think the speaker did a very good job describing what gifted students need. I would like more examples/hands on modules of projects that could be used in a gifted classroom. I know as a teacher I need to create these but having some proven content I could practically use would be helpful as I am a new teacher.
Ivor – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This is a professor from my amateur. She explains the topic very well. She gives many examples and it is easy to learn from her.
Emily – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
I have learned a lot through this course that will allow me to better understand and serve my GT kids.
Stephanie – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
It was very interesting.
Jaimee – TEAYS VALLEY LOCAL (verified owner) –
Awesome! Very interesting material presented in a way that was easy to listen to and understand.
CHRISTINA S – DICKINSON ISD (verified owner) –
Great examples and scenarios.
Nolan – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Nicholas – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
I think this was a fantastic overview of the needs of gifted students and opened my eyes to the possibilites and nuances of any school’s gifted population.
Scott – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I think it offers insights that even experienced teachers will gain from.
Courtney – FORT BEND ISD (verified owner) –
This course was great! It’s very informative with great resources.
Erika – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was put together very well. I learned a lot about GT and it was very engaging.
Kerry – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This is a very informative course.
Shannon – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
It is not a bad course. I just would of rather take it in person.
Steven – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
It was helpful.