Closing the Achievement Gap for Students Raised in Poverty (6-Hour)

$90.00

(1070 customer reviews)

Presenter: Joyce Juntune
Core Area: Differentiated Curriculum
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 6

Gifted students can be found in all walks of life. With more than seventeen percent of Texans living in poverty, it is vital that educators understand the different perspectives and challenges that create achievement gaps for gifted students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Learning how to close these gaps for gifted students can help you set them up for success throughout life.

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Gifted students fall through the cracks for a variety of reasons, but perhaps the saddest is that we don’t always recognize their giftedness because of a narrow definition of intelligence. Students living in poverty are often the victims of this definition bias. Why? Because our very definitions of intelligence often hinge on verbal skills, which are typically a weakness in gifted students from low socioeconomic environments. Joyce Juntune, Ph.D. explains in Closing the Achievement Gap, that the intelligence is undoubtedly there, but environment and lifestyle lend themselves to a different perspective and skill set that educators must learn to recognize and hone. 

In this 6-hour course, you will learn:

  • How poverty impacts achievement
  • What intelligence looks like in and out of poverty
  • How to foster verbal skills in students with nonverbal strengths
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies a, b, c, e, f, g and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 2.2, 3.3, 3.4, 5.1.

Dr. 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 where she teaches graduate-level courses in her expert areas of intelligence, child and adolescent development, educational psychology, giftedness, and creativity. Dr. Juntune earned her M.S. in curriculum and instruction from St. Cloud University and her Ph.D. in educational psychology from Texas A&M University.

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. 

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1070 reviews for Closing the Achievement Gap for Students Raised in Poverty (6-Hour)

  1. Christine – EVERMAN ISD (verified owner) –

    I have been teaching in a high poverty district for 23 years and I found this information extremely informative. It provided many ways for me to increase all of my students’ academics by doing simple activities. This training has opened my eyes to the perception of some of my students and what I can do to assist them in the classroom.

  2. Maimoona – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (LUBBOCK) (verified owner) –

    It was fun. I loved the incorporated real life humor and the activities. Thank you.

  3. Raquel – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –

    Wow it is good !

  4. LaMar – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –

    It contains some new strategies I will be implementing in my class.

  5. Karla – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    This is an amazing course that teaches us how to better serve our emergent bilinguals and students with large gaps in learning.

  6. Elidia – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –

    I really enjoyed learning a few good ideas.

  7. Rosa – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    Definitely! I know it will be a great benefit to ALL students.

  8. Melissa – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –

    Great

  9. Laura – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –

    Relatable in so many ways. Can’t wait to use some ideas in the classroom!

  10. Marsha – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –

    It was very informative and I will be using the different approaches Dr. Juntune used in her training; including the self-contained looping to increase stability in student learning. Mindsketching is a tool that I will use to build by students’ vocabulary skills and language.

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