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.
Pamela – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
Great course for learning about gifted
Amy – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
great course.
Olivia – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Useful to have an open mind on the behavior and traits of gifted students, especially how to identify them and how to help them in areas of improvement.
Krystal – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great information!
Alice – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It is a necessary training clearly appreciated and best training ever
Marina – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
It was great!
Cameron – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
The course explained the intricacies of how to identify and test for giftedness, and how it can be missed from methods which are oftentimes usual and in need of revision; it was very informative.
Wendy – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
excellent resources and tools.
Bridgett – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This course is about social and emotional development of gifted and talented learners by showing many different tools to show students how to self manage and self regulate.
Ruth – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I would tell others that this course helps a teacher understand gifted students and how to service them.