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.
Cassandra – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome course!
Veronica – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Good pacing
Evelyn – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful in providing the tools needed to identify gifted students and the tools necessary to guide them through what it means to be gifted.
Michael – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very well paced and great instruction
Ryan – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Highly useful.
Monica – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas such as the venn diagram, the independent study etc.
Erin – JASPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great.
Jessakah – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was full of great ideas to elicit creative thinking. There are strategies that only take a few minutes to do, but yield high results.
Kathleen – PRIORITY CHARTER SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
I think the “fluid” and “crystalized” segment was extremely valuable. I also like the different types of tests that can be performed on GT students, but I also feel that non-gifted students could benefit from those types of tests. A lot of great stories from Joyce; she is a plethora of information! I highly recommend this course for ALL teachers.
Sarah – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course does a great job of introducing the concept of giftedness.