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.
Andrea – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
I would highly recommend this course to those teaching in high poverty areas. It provided me with a better understanding of my students as well as giving me ideas for activities that will enrich their language development.
mario – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Great course and resources. Innovative and backed by research.
Carolina – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great strategies for my ELL students.
Crystal – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
It was very informative and great to actually see the instructor through video instead of listening to a machine the whole time.
Adriana – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
Gret strategies for vocabulary heave classes.
Vicki – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
It was very good. The information was excellent.
Karla – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed learning how I can help my students by developing verbal language and creating mental images
Blanca – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informational and helpful. It has given me a better understanding of how students learn, as well as things I can do to help them learn.
Minerva – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This is an excellent presentation on how to help close the achievement gap. The information has helped me better understand why we have problem with students learning and how to help the succeed.
Alexandra – Springfield City School District (verified owner) –
This course provided a lot of helpful tips and strategies I could start using in my classroom immediately to address gaps in achievement.
The strategies were well explained, and broken down in meaningful ways that could be applied to all content areas.
Donna – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Fabulous!
Noemi – FT SAM HOUSTON ISD (verified owner) –
This is an amazing course. This is really for all kids not only those that are considered in poverty.
Samantha – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This course is extremely informative to help understand your students better.
Hilda – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course helps us understand better our students needs and how we can help hem become better thinkers.
Mindy – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
great ideas to take back to my classroom
Bridgette – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Matthew – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune put a lot of things in perspective.
Heather – Springfield City School District (verified owner) –
This was a great course in order to learn more about the cognitive learning of students in poverty. It gives several different resources and strategies to teach these students, as well as others.
Nora – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It had very useful information.
Jeremy – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –
It was put together well and easy to follow. I really enjoyed this course.
Hector – ZAPATA COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I think that this course will help us in our classroom and help us with students specific needs.
Sandra – ZAPATA COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Maria Eugenia – ZAPATA COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Course is very informative/excellent info.
Dagoberto – ZAPATA COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Very Informative
Alonzo – ZAPATA COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This just reinforces the fact that teachers have many different learners with very different backgrounds that teachers are responsible to cultivate a love for learning regardless of the diverse learners that we teach.
Francisco – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune has great lectures and is well experience in the field of education.
Janice – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
Great course
Wilfredo – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course is filled with great information about how to target those students raised in poverty.
Gerardo – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
4 stars
Cary – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
awesome!
Lylia – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD – SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very informative
Anna – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I feel that mind sketching is a perfect way of determining whether students have grabbed or understood concepts. I believe that a lot of discussion with students is important and having them repeat the steps in a given assignment is important.
sandra – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I believe it has great new ideas.
Camillia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
the course was very interesting. Thank You.
Susan – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
This course is very informative and I am able to assist my diverse group of students in closing their achievement gap.
Marissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course
Robert – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
very good
Daniel – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was great
Erika – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I loved it. I teach in a Title 1 district so this is training is perfect to implement with my students.
Stephanie – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I found it very interesting. I loved her stories and the activities to show us how to implement in the classroom.
Karla – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course
Marisol – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I truly enjoyed the course.
Celina – TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD (verified owner) –
Very good information for the lower levels, but how could we use this at the High School level
Brenda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative. I will definitely be using this knowledge to improve my own and my students’ success in the classroom.
michelle – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
excellent
Tiffany – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Love it being online. The only thing is you are working alone, self-paced some of the activities cannot be completed
ELIAS – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Loved the idea of mindsketching! I feel my students will greatly benefit from this strategy! Thank you for sharing the importance of closing the gap between verbal and nonverbal communication!
Gilbert – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
its wonderful
Nathan – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
good
Kimberlee – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune provides useful insight into the struggles of students from low SES backgrounds and offers strategies and activities to help them progress in their academic literacy and understanding.