Description
One of the most important foundational aspects of working with gifted students is developing a deep understanding of them. What motivates them? How do they think? And how do they learn? Joyce Juntune, Ph.D. answers these questions and more in this 6-hour course. Dr. Juntune focuses on the nature and needs of gifted students, including the characteristics, social-emotional needs, and programming options. Understanding your gifted students is the starting point for preparing them for life-long success.
In this course you’ll learn to:
- Understand sources of energy in gifted students
- Identify indicators of giftedness
- Differentiate between high achievers and gifted students
- Understand statistical distribution
- Identify the four types of gifted students
- And much more!
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies d, e, and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 5.5.
Dr. 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. Dr. Juntune earned her master’s degree in curriculum instruction from St. Cloud University and her Ph.D. in educational psychology from Texas A&M University.
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.
Anne – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and helpful!
Taylor – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was a very informative session.
Carol – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Jena – GIDDINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This course improved my level of understanding of student needs in the gifted program.
Karen – VIDOR ISD (verified owner) –
This course contained a lot of helpful information that I will use in the future.
Melonie – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the course. It was very informative and gave factual reasons why some students do not qualify for the gifted program.
Shala – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course.
Elizabeth – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I do not usually rate anything perfect, but this was very good. Thank you for all you do for gifted students and the teachers. I have not yet had any preAP or gifted classes. This was a big help to prepare me for that added blessing and responsibility next year.
Gregory – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
i have taken a few and a couple in person. This presenter was the least monotone or boring of those i have heard. and her stories were relevant, she didnt try to be overly comedic and also discussed practical ways to use methods discussed in the classroom
Karolyn – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
This is an excellent course that is well presented and packed with valuable information that will help me be better prepared to help my GT students this year.