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.
Teresita – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course!
Lauren – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I love this course as it helps you as the teacher learning how to teach and identify a gifted student.
Megan – Brazosport ISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course! I will be using the expand a sentence and letters as tools activities in my classroom from now on!
Jessica – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
This was very informative on going through the different needs of gifted students.
Kimberly – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative. I learned things I did not know before.
anita – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
This course makes me wonder why GT is not under the umbrella of Sped. GT students requires significant modifications to be successful in the learning environment .
Maria – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I LOVED THIS COURSE!!
Susan – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of information. Notes with highlights and resources would be helpful.
Deisy – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I loved the course.
Emily – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
She suggests quite often changing the curriculum or moving around teaching days, I guess she doesn’t have a team that is required to stay together but I am so I’d like to know how this independent study stuff can happen if I also have to stay on schedule with the other teachers