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.
Justin – CLEVELAND ISD (verified owner) –
Super informational but lenghty
Esmeralda – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very knowledgeable and exemplified areas that allowed me to see the many aspects of Giftedness..
Elizabeth – CLEVELAND ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course, and learned so much about gifted students in our schools today.
John – OLENTANGY LOCAL (verified owner) –
This was very helpful! I was able to work at my own pace through the videos. I loved the instructor – she was great!
Emma – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very nicely detailed and tailored to utilized to meet GT students’ needs
Ronda – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It was useful and appliable.
Guadalupe – TORNILLO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very informative. Mrs. Juntune is a very passionate and knowledgeable person on the subject. You can really understand what the whole GT program is about and now have techniques to help support GT students at school.
Rhonda – HUNTSVILLE ISD – TEXAS ONLINE PREP (verified owner) –
I am glad I am doing the 30 hours again. After teaching for this long, I found myself agreeing with many of her points and want to do a much better job providing G/T with opportunities to work together, explore more deeply and engage them personally in my online setting. The presentator was funny, knowledgeable and made her points talking about her experiences and not just what research and standards say.
Guadalupe – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great informative workshop!!!
Renee – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
This course was very informative for classroom teachers working with gifted students.