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.
Rosalinda – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great information and resources
Shannon – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
Provided informative examples of students and their different strengths and abilities.
Rebecca – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
no
Rosaura – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This is a very informative course. It provides you with resources and examples of gifted students.
Norma – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course has given me many ideas and how to approach gifted students so that I get to know them and give them the best opportunity to do their best in class.
Pedro – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
very interesting
Jessica – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Excellent
Scott – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
engaging
Juan – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Brenda – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s long and can be compressed.
Jiovanni – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information provided.
Amber – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
I like how they talk and give past experience with their students.
Sendy – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Great examples of GT students and types of DLP.
Enedelia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It is very informative of the needs of gifted students.
myriam – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great coarse.
Ciara – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the quiz element.
Jorge – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I believe that as a first year teacher this course showed me a lot. I am barely getting used to my average students and I only have one gifted student, but now I feel more knowledgeable of how to help him be successful.
Amor – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It helped me understand what GT actually met and the different expectations as a teacher should have when having a GT student in the classroom.
Rachel – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course really helped me to be able to identify children who are gifted, analyze student data and plan a Differentiated Learning Plan that will best meet the needs of the gifted child.
Elsa – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very informative I truly enjoyed learning everything there was in this course.
Amanda – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I think it was very informative in seeing the difference between an averaged student and a gifted student.
Jiun – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It is an outstanding course with a lot of valuable information.
Cynthia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Amazing and very informative course!
Ana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Thank you for the information and examples given.
Lorena – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I like the way the professor explains and provides character to the student examples. I enjoyed this course.
Roderick – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the course. Her stories, while entertaining, are a little long.
Adrian – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner) –
I felt it was a bit long, there was extra information that wasn’t needed
Yesenia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I am fascinated with all the information. I think that great information is being shared.
Kristina – MARBLE FALLS ISD (verified owner) –
Great resources were shared and the lessons were paced well so that I could work on this over the course of a week.
Maria – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative , not only for GT students, but for average and high achievers.
Maribel – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner) –
It is a good course as the presenter gives very good real life examples to explain a certain topic.
Mayra – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting and informative course.
Kimberly – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
This course was extremely informative and eye opening to how we service and disservice our gifted students.
Jonathan – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Start with this one; I was given a GT section and no one explained what I had to do with those kids, just that they were simply marked as such.
Fany – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course is great to teach educators about the need to differentiate instruction for gifted students.
Ashley – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Ava – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
good
Cynthia – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very informative and it gives you ideas and information on how to work with gifted students.
Lisa – Bexley City Schools (verified owner) –
I learned a lot this course.
Manuel – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Very interesting information that will help me identify gifted children, not only at the classroom but also on a daily life.
Jennifer – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Karina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was an awesome course.
Alberto – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
An excellent course.
Trisha – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very detailed and helpful.
Catherine – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The course is great and straight to the point. It also allows time for reflection, which allows the educator to gain more out of the course.
Marissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative !
Crystal – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very detailed and gave great examples of how to serve GT students.
Elsa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative. Information and examples were well organized.
Lesley – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very specific with real student examples. There was a lot of repetition which helped focus on what you needed to learn.
Bianca – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I would till others about this course and reflect what I have learned in my lessons and classroom.