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.
Claudia – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent information to help create enriching activities for GT students.
Lee – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Presented various alternative teaching techniques that I could choose from to help my GT students.
Lisa – BENJAMIN LOGAN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Lots of good ideas for gifted differentiation
Aarin – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this course was extremely effective in teaching me ways to differentiate within my classroom without making huge changes to the way I teach. I feel a lot more confident in my ability to differentiate effectively for gifted students.
Kassidy – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Although I have had an extensive amount of professional development on differentiation, this one still taught me a lot. I love that there are several ideas/resources that can easily be implemented that have a positive impact on student interest/choice.
Mallory – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Cant wait to use these tools for my GT students in class
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Engaging & Informative
San Juanita – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative. The activities outlined are keepers. I really appreciate how Dr. Juntune is always talking from the teacher’s perspective. She knows because of all of her experiences. She always shares resources that are easy and effective.
Lorena – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
very interesting course gave great ideas
Jerome – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative