Understanding Giftedness - Course for Administrators and Counselors (6-Hour)

$90.00

Rated 4.78 out of 5 based on 451 customer ratings

Presenter: Dr. Joyce Juntune, Texas A&M University

Core Area: Social Emotional, Nature Needs

Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary

Hours: 6

Understanding gifted children is serious business. They sit in our schools and sometimes go unidentified or remain underserved. Understanding the nature and needs of gifted students empowers teachers to meet their needs and prepare them for success.

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SKU JJUN-176 Categories Administration / Leadership, Gifted, Instructional Strategies, Joyce Juntune, Juntune, Nature & Needs|Social & Emotional, Ph.D. Tags Administration, elementary, Gifted, giftedness, GT, Instructional Strategies, Leadership, Nature and Needs, OAGC Characteristics, ODE competency d, secondary, Social and Emotional

Description

In Dr. Joyce Juntune’s Understanding Giftedness, administrators and counselors receive a six hour course that packs the experience, and insight of one of Texas’ leading educators on Gifted and Talented into a straightforward, comprehensive presentation.

In this course, you will learn:

Where giftedness comes from
What it means to be gifted
Gifted and talented vs. the High-achiever
How to engage the gifted
How to motivate G/T students

…plus 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.

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.

Additional information

Core Area	Nature & Needs, Social & Emotional
Hours	6 Hours
Organization	Juntune
Grade Level	Elementary, Secondary
Presenter	Joyce Juntune, Ph.D.
Course Content	Gifted, Instructional Strategies, Administration / Leadership

451 reviews for Understanding Giftedness – Course for Administrators and Counselors (6-Hour)

Rated 5 out of 5

Amber – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) – July 28, 2019

Great course! Very informational and relatable.
Rated 5 out of 5

Niria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) – July 28, 2019

Great information
Rated 5 out of 5

Cynthia – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) – July 28, 2019

Excellent. Helpful insights for counseling
Rated 5 out of 5

Paula – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) – July 29, 2019

Very engaging and informative.
Rated 5 out of 5

Tamika – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) – July 30, 2019

I think this course really opened my eyes to what I should be aware of when teaching gifted students this coming school year.
Rated 5 out of 5

Rico – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) – July 30, 2019

Great course. Learned more than I already knew about gifted students.
Rated 5 out of 5

Megan – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) – July 31, 2019

Overall, a good refresher for nature and needs.
Rated 5 out of 5

Crystal – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) – July 31, 2019

Excellent resources, tools to share w staff, and books for future reference.
Rated 4 out of 5

Jessica – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) – August 1, 2019

Good information, some of it seems a bit outdated
Rated 5 out of 5

Yvonne – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) – August 2, 2019

This course gave me a better understanding of GT students and how to best educate them.