Description
Gifted students fall through the cracks for a variety of reasons, but perhaps the saddest is that we don’t always recognize their giftedness because of a narrow definition of intelligence. Students living in poverty are often the victims of this definition bias. Why? Because our very definitions of intelligence often hinge on verbal skills, which are typically a weakness in gifted students from low socioeconomic environments. Joyce Juntune, Ph.D. explains in Closing the Achievement Gap, that the intelligence is undoubtedly there, but environment and lifestyle lend themselves to a different perspective and skill set that educators must learn to recognize and hone.
In this 6-hour course, you will learn:
- How poverty impacts achievement
- What intelligence looks like in and out of poverty
- How to foster verbal skills in students with nonverbal strengths
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies a, b, c, e, f, g and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 2.2, 3.3, 3.4, 5.1.
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 where she teaches graduate-level courses in her expert areas of intelligence, child and adolescent development, educational psychology, giftedness, and creativity. Dr. Juntune earned her M.S. in curriculum and instruction from St. Cloud University and her Ph.D. in educational psychology from Texas A&M University.
Mary – PARMA CITY (verified owner) –
I learned a lot of great strategies and research
Michael – Bedford City School District (verified owner) –
I thought it was very useful and gave a lot of strategies!
EDNA – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Super useful, lots of practical ideas that a teacher can implement immediately.
Allison – DAYTON CITY (verified owner) –
This course gives a lot of great information. However, I think it is best suited for elementary and middle schools. There were some things I can take to my high school classroom, but not all.
Claudia – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very beneficial and I will be able to implement the suggestions/strategies immediately.
Mary – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
This was helpful coming from a school with a high level of poverty.
Dailynn – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Lots ofo great info to use for ALL students.
Lauren – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
It was helpful to learn about memory!
Jahazia – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I learned many great ideas to take back into the classroom.
Maria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I really loved this course.
Martha – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It was very informative.
Sara – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I really liked this course. It gave me new strategies I could definitely implement in reading/read aloud and for math as well.
Rigoberto – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
excellent
LaQuitia – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Very good presentation.
Michelle – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
This was so worth the time! The activities and information in here were invaluable and can be used/applied to many of our learners.
Lindsey – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) –
IT was informative but very long.
David – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course and the points she made are really eye opening. I definitely agree that with all students, but especially students from poverty, the goal is building verbal literacy and intelligence. One of the things I liked the most was having students read, sketch and explain to a partner.
Rogelio – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Actually I had never heard of the presenter Dr. Juntune, but that I have I am a fan of hers. She is one of the best presenter I have ever seen. I will need to see more of her and get her books too. Her information was very relevant and she was easy on the ears and eyes. Great material presented by her and I am glad I discovered her here. I can relate to her topic since the region that I am in is predominantly poverty stricken students and this thought me great amounts of information about how to enhance their learning even more. Thank you and have a great day.
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Flor – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
This course is extremely interesting since it helps us have a better understand of our students’ needs. It also provides simple and doable activities that we can implement in our classroom.
Graciela – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
This course is engaging and beneficial to all learners.
Jesus – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Excelle t
Veronica – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Excellent presentation. Very interesting. Great presenter.
Juana – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I found this training to be very knowledgable and reflective. There are a lot of interesting ways in which we can reach out to our students.
Eliana – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Interesting
Sarah – Jefferson Area Local Schools (verified owner) –
Great ideas, easily applied and easily understood.
Christina – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and great examples provided by trainer
Veronica – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very interesting and offered a variety of strategies and activities which can be implemented with little preparation.
Nicole – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Good information. too much story telling from the speaker.
Sofia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Insightful
It included activities and strategies that I can use right away
Khrystal – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
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Hal – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
This particular course seems mostly geared towards younger students. I would like to see one geared specifically for high school students. Some of the activities can be adapted, but others are too low level.
Jennifer – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune gave expert advise on how to help our low ses students to meet their learning needs. I am excited to implement these skills in my classroom.
Danielle – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
John – ALVARADO ISD (verified owner) –
There are many useful exercises that can be used in the classroom.
Clarissa – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very interesting course, especially if you teach at a Title 1 school.
Anjelica – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course. I really enjoyed her style of teaching it and I learned many new things.
Crystal – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I liked the idea of sketching images to remember words or stories.
Carlos – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
The presenter was right on target.
Sandra – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this training because I learned many new ideas and or strategies that I will be implementing in my classroom.
Renee – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I highly enjoyed this lecture. I am going to incorporate many into my day for the students.
Jenna – CRESTVIEW LOCAL – VAN WERT COUNTY (verified owner) –
This was more of a new way to look at learning in the classroom. It definitely taught me something I didn’t know of before!
Sara – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very interesting and simple things that we can do in class to help our student succeed.
Tami – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I like the reflection responses.
Joseph – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Great course and should revolutionize teaching approaches.
Alma – ALVARADO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very relevant as I work in a Title I school.
Luis M. – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
it contains an interesting perspective
Martha – YSLETA ISD (verified owner) –
I would highly encourage all educators to take this course to help understand how students learn. Our numbers of ELL and low socio-economic students are increasing. This training would definitely help our nonverbal students.
Ana – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
Was able to refresh what I’ve previously learned and more.
Marcel – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Kenneth – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
This course is great. Dr. J is very knowledgeable and interesting to listen to.