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.
Yvette – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This course was really informative. Sound was a little low.
david – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great, great course. Not only did it teach me a lot about GT students, but it’s a really good model for how recorded PD should be designed.
Sheryl – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
This course is excellent and full of facts and aides to help a teacher in any classroom.
Jacqueline – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome! loved the activities.
Joyce – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course. Love Dr Juntune!
Nora – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
very informative!
LaDonna – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Informative.
Maricela – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
Creative ideas. Very useful.
Anita – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
The course is enlightening.
Jeremiah – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
I like the information about different types of tests.