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.
Christopher – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided a good perspective on options that I have for teaching GT students
Teresa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
As a new teacher I really enjoyed this course it gave me helpful tips.
Pamela – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of great ideas on how to differentiate in this course! Some things that do not take very much prep but can extend their thinking and knowledge. I prefer in person training opposed to online, only reason for the 4 stars.
Cristel – SINTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great class learning how to use diagrams to stimulate students thinking.
MICHELLE – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The course provided great information on strategies that I will be implementing in the classroom.
Adam – ASHLAND CITY (verified owner) –
Every summer when I complete gifted hours, I always make sure I pick one by Dr. Juntune because I know it fill be filled with practical concepts I can use in class and not just hours of endless theory.
Fernanda – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this course was amazing. Great ideas on how to differentiate gifted students.
Elizabeth – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
excellent
Sarah – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this course was great and some really great resources to use in the classroom.
Kengi – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and gives you a good place to start with GT kids.