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.
Debbie – ALPINE ISD (verified owner) –
It was interesting
Jennifer – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I thought the presenter had relevant information with personal stories to keep the content interesting and moving along.
Crystal – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
I think Dr. Juntune does a great job of breaking down the best ways to work with students with giftedness
Seth – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
good
LaJasley – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
The training gives you information about what Gifted and Talented is but don’t tell you how to actually show it in the classrooms or with students.
Barbara – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
Information was helpful, but I did not enjoy the powerpoint format. I would rather have an assigned reading.
Emily – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
great source of information on GT students along with higher level students.
Samira – FORT BEND ISD (verified owner) –
This course was face paced. I enjoyed the fact there was a note section where I can be able to understand what the video is stating. I am hearing impaired, so it’s hard for me to hear through the videos. I would appreciate closed captioning through the videos.
Christine – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I believe it provided a lot of pertinent information, but was not as interactive as I would have liked. A lot to listen to…
Raymond – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
The course was full of useful information about gifted students and how to better serve them.