Description
Great training is the foundation for great teaching. That is why we developed the “30-Hour Core for Educators of the Gifted and Talented,” taught by Joyce Juntune, Ph.D. This course provides the foundational knowledge necessary for working with gifted students. You will learn what intelligences is, how the brain works, how to develop creativity in your students, how to spot a gifted student, and so much more.
This package is 30 hours of training, covering core topics including:
- Nature & Needs of GT (6 Hour)
- Social and Emotional (6 Hour)
- Developing Creative Thinking (6 Hour)
- Differentiation of Curriculum (6 Hour)
- Screening, Assessment, and Identification (6 Hour)
Presenter Bio
Dr. Joyce 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. She has focused the majority of her career on the areas of intelligence and gifted and talented education. Dr. Juntune has served as the executive director for the National Association for Gifted Children and the Institute for Applied Creativity at Texas A&M University.
Jenette – Private Pay (verified owner) –
All of the other courses on this topic were excellent. This course was too much of a repeat of what Dr. J had already said in the past. I felt like it wasted my time and I could have been learning more things to use in the classroom.
Carolina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Wow very eye opening to understand what GT students think and act like.
megan – TIPP CITY EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
Great
Kristen – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I think I got so much insight from this course.
Kathleen – SAN ANGELO ISD (verified owner) –
I will be able to use many things I learned in my classroom
Adriana – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent real-classroom examples.
Deborah – Private Pay (verified owner) –
good
Mary Margaret – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Very eye opening.
Lauren – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Amber – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Lots of good information but definitely repetitive to the other sections.