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.
Juliet – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Leah – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and gave me some great ideas to use in the classroom!
Virendra – CLEVELAND ISD (verified owner) –
The course is very useful and informative.
Monalisa – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
The strategies discussed in this module are very innovative and I cannot wait to use them in my classroom.
Kristy – PASADENA ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent professor!
Shelby – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Pretty entertaining.
Jessica – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
great course
Tim – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I found this to be a fantastic course that opened my eyes to so many different approaches to GT students. I am anxious to put these to use and to discuss with other GT teachers the successes they have experienced.
Danielle – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I love that I got to take this course! I believe that all teachers should take this course so that they are better able to understand their students!
Bonnie – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This was very informative.