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.
Wilda – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very helpful because now I understand the mindset of a gifted child and the difference between high achievers and gifted ones.
Sheenagh – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Informative and helped guide. my thinking to better service gifted students.
Patrice – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome way of opening my eyes to how students who are gifted think.
Yaritza – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I learned new thing that I can implement in my classes.
Martha L – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great and useful inormation
Laura – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Good Course
iesha – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I believe this course was very informative because it taught me how to distinguish between a high achieving student and a gifted student.
Krystal – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
I learned an extreme amount of helpful information about identify and serving gifted students.
Shawn – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
it was good, I learn valuable information for the school year.
Ryan – FORT BEND ISD (verified owner) –
it was super convenient
DENISE – FORT BEND ISD (verified owner) –
very informative
marsha – WODEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was informative and I learned techniques that I will use in my classroom.
Debra – Ashtabula Area City Schools (verified owner) –
I learned a lot! I have already started thinking about how I am going to change my instruction to accommodate the needs of the gifted students that may be placed in my classroom.
Chelsea – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course with a lot of information that is actually helpful in recognizing gifted kids.
Gilbert – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
informative
Amando – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Malinda – HUGHES SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
5 stars; I found the course very interesting and informative
Danielle – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great. Volume issues with the person presenting; it’s much quieter than the rest of the sounds.
Sadie – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I like the self-paced nature of this course.
Juanita – FORT BEND ISD (verified owner) –
I liked it. I was able to understand Gifted and Talented and why it is important to meet the students needs.
Eileen – Ashtabula Area City Schools (verified owner) –
This course gives specific example of gifted testing scores and how to interpret them. It discusses poverty and how that effects gifted. These and many more examples of topics are relevant and helpful to understanding gifted. The handouts are great.
kimberly – Ashtabula Area City Schools (verified owner) –
This was excellent information provided with examples and scenarios to
demonstrate the key ideas. It was extremely informative.
Jillian – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I like that it is all online
Felecia – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
5 stars
Brooklyn – Brazosport ISD (verified owner) –
This course seems outdated the way the videos are taped. I think it would be more beneficial to update the course and make them more interactive.
Alejandra – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
informative with a lot of examples of real scenarios.
Kimberly – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
It is very informative.
Jamie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Loved how it explains being able to find your kids and distinguish them from High Achievers.
LaDonna – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative information about Gifted students and necessary instruction.
Rocky – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I think that the most important thing of this course was that GT students do not all look the same and with GT students we need to find what their interest are.
LILIA – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed the videos.
Elsie – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked this course. It shared a lot of information that will be very helpful to me in my classroom.
Laura – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
very informational!
Andrea – MIAMI TRACE LOCAL (verified owner) –
I learned a lot about gifted children during this training. This helped me identify some specifics steps that I need to take in my classroom, as well as steps my school districts needs to take, in order for us to better serve our gifted students.
Naomi – SAN ANGELO ISD (verified owner) –
I feel this course was very informative and has given me a different perspective as to how I can differentiate my instruction for GT students in my class.
Cherryl – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Informative
Vanessa – NORTH EAST ISD (verified owner) –
I have a much better understanding of the needs of my gifted students.
Robin – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very helpful in understanding the verbal and non-verbal students.
Hayley – SAN ANGELO ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very lengthy, but there was some good information that came from it!
Joy – MARION ISD (verified owner) –
This training helped me identify characteristics of
Brooke – Private Pay (verified owner) –
5 stars! Very informative.
Deborah – Private Pay (verified owner) –
good
Lindy – SAN ANGELO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Amber – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very informative and will help me better serve gifted students placed in my classroom.
Melissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great informative training.
Kimberly – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I found this course helpful. As a second year teacher I was unaware of the ways I could better teach my students. Thanks to this course I am ready to incorporate my learning.
Lorena – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
4 this course gives accurate and helpful information for teachers to understand and implement effective differentiation to Gifted students. It also provide multiple resources to help teachers serve this community of learners.
Priscilla – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course has helped me identify gifted students as well as given me ways to help them
Kristina – HUGHES SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative, great refresher
Carolina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Wow very eye opening to understand what GT students think and act like.