Description
Gifted children require differentiation in the classroom to meet their unique needs and insure that they are adequately challenged in the classroom. It’s important that they receive the education they need for their development without disturbing or isolating the rest of the class. Join Dr. Juntune as she walks you through the unique minds of gifted children and explains why they need differentiation. She addresses how to practice individualized differentiation on a daily basis without placing a taxing workload on educators.
This course will teach you:
- Why differentiation is essential
- Why it needs to be taking place constantly and cannot be relegated to certain times of the day or week.
- How tapping into the interests of students is invaluable to differentiation
- In-class strategies to naturally incorporate differentiation into the school day
- How to differentiate with limited work on the part of the teacher
- Why enrichment is not enough
- Why offering choice is crucial
And much more!
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies a, b, c, e, f, g and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 5.1, 5.2.
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.
Anna – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course really gave a great understanding and ideas to use when differentiating for all students and especially for gifted students.
Sherrie – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
I found this course very informative with great ideas to implement for students. These are easy to use too.
Jena – GIDDINGS ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot of ways to help students extend their learning. I have a better understanding of how to reach gifted students and their interests.
Amanda – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative and engaging. I appreciate learning to implement a bank of activities to use with my students that can be used with various levels of learners.
Kelley – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune is one of my favorite presenters for Gifted and Talented courses. She really knows the workings of our gifted population and has some great insight on how to teach them. This course was wonderful! I learned so many great ideas and ways to differentiate for my gifted students and cannot wait for next year to try them all out!!
Mark – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
The teaching strategies are useful and can help gifted students in skills they need to succeed in college.
Jennifer – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This was concise and very informative. This course gave many great activities to use for all students, and practical ways to challenge gifted students, without creating a ton of extra work for the teacher.
Kimberly – GIDDINGS ISD (verified owner) –
It was good.
Gabriela – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
It is eye opening to know the needs of GT students and the difference amongst them. I have learned to really be aware of their needs and influence their learning.
Shelby – SWEENY ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course. There is a lot of valuable information given to assist with gifted students.