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.
Glenda – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Good information
Billy – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent material for getting to know your GT students, the non-negotiables with them, and developing and implementing differentiated learning plans for each of them.
Nathan – LEANDER ISD (verified owner) –
There is great information presented.
Neila – Private Pay (verified owner) –
The information was valuable and will be helpful in the future. I would appreciate a module that gives ideas and examples of ways to do differentiated lessons that meet the needs of a specific student and scenario. A sample lesson plan would be helpful.
Morgan – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful course.
Cheryl – LEANDER ISD (verified owner) –
This course helped me to better understand the difference between the gifted student and the high achieving student.
Aimee – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
These learning modules were presented in easily digestible chunks. I really liked being able to read other’s responses to reflective prompts. This helped confirm my understandings as well as provide new insights.
Monica – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This course gave great examples of what to find in a gifted student.
Angela – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative.
Gloria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I loved this training!