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.
JANETT – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very Interesting, indeed. Very impressed with the study of gifted students. I’m recommending this course to my peers.
Cody – 588 Co-op (verified owner) –
Most interesting portion was the High Achiever vs gifted learnern.
Analie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course! Very informative!
Yonatan – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very informational
Ashlynn – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Michelle – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of great information to help teachers that are becoming certified
Ngozi – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
It’s very informative and interesting
Arinn – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course had lots of interesting and useful information, but was sometimes repetitive or anecdotal.
Shelbi – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
it was effective!
Claire – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the course, but I need more visuals!
Sarah – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
The scenarios were helpful.
Lilliana – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent information,
Sylvie – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
It’s insightful.
Elizabeth – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
I thought it was a well thought out training for individuals needing help planning differentiation for GT students.
Nicole – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Yes
Jose – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
its ok
Nawshin – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
its great and convient
Cassandra – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I found myself bored mid-course; monotonous expression of material and non-engaging; information, knowledge, and experiences shared were interesting
Amber – DESOTO ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very informative course.
Hayle – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course was great, but doing it online made it much less engaging
Virginia – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
It was fine. I think that the questions and quizzes at the end of each section were reasonable.
Erica – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course, concise in content but in depth.
Sara – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
The speaker’s voice is grating. The majority of the time, when she is excited and trying to emphasis something, it almost sounds as if she is shrieking. Also, when she speaks softly, she is unintelligible.
Cynthia – Private Pay (verified owner) –
It is a great course with so much information.
Salli – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Thank you
Valerie – Brazosport ISD (verified owner) –
It was fine.
Daniel – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
This was very beneficial.
Alfreda – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
I think the course is great!
Zerlina – DESOTO ISD (verified owner) –
good for learning about the needs of gifted and talented students
Ike – DESOTO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course. Outstanding instructor. Learned so many wonderful things about gifted students.
Martin – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very good course.
Eric – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful! I learned things I did not know and learned about the inner minds of GT kids. It has already reframed my class procedures.
Alfonso – ZAPATA COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
this is very informative.
Gary – DESOTO ISD (verified owner) –
Easy navigation.
Paula – DESOTO ISD (verified owner) –
Very enlightening! The course explained in detail how gifted students learn and how teachers can impact their learning.
Abel – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
good
Janelle – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
it wasnt boring like most PD
John – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
It was alright.
Danielle – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot of valuable information in this course.
Victoria – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great, but long for content.
Joshua – WACO ISD (verified owner) –
It was required.
Diana – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Victoria – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
great!
Blair – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
Speaker is entertaining.
Shakira – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It was great! Interactive.
Queenie – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I like the idea of completing my hours online..I am not always able to attend workshops because of my small children
Maria – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the topic, but the course was long.
Tabitha – Brazosport ISD (verified owner) –
It was great, very informative, and I particularly liked the story telling aspect of the lecturer. .
DIEGO – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
It well worth, but I would change the format.
Janice – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
Informal