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 3 out of 5

Cassandra – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) – March 21, 2022

Needs to be streamlined
Rated 5 out of 5

VALARIE – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) – March 28, 2022

Excellent information provided. It helped me develop a greater understanding of the needs gifted students have that are way too often overlooked.
Rated 5 out of 5

GABRIEL – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) – March 29, 2022

I strongly suggest this course even if you are not and administrator or counselor!
Rated 5 out of 5

Michelle – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) – March 30, 2022

It was excellent.
Rated 4 out of 5

Chad – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) – April 11, 2022

Gifted education is still researching the same topics. There are some parts that need updates (Texas State Plan for GT, for example) but overall, very informative.
Rated 4 out of 5

Allison – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) – April 11, 2022

Liked flexibility of being able to complete at my own pace.
Rated 5 out of 5

Stephen – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) – April 26, 2022

awesome!
Rated 5 out of 5

Jasmine – Brazosport ISD (verified owner) – May 4, 2022

It’s a great course, but I just have to find the time to complete it while being uninterrupted to pay close attention to the details.
Rated 5 out of 5

Laura – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) – May 31, 2022

I thought this was a great course to give me a better understanding of giftedness.
Rated 4 out of 5

Quasha Monique – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) – May 31, 2022

I feel that this presentation opens our eyes up to the need to recognize, understand, and meet the needs of ALL of our scholars.