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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Description

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. Clarissa – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –

    These courses are just not helpful to apply direct use in my classroom. When they are talking about referring to book pages, I felt really lost and wasn’t able to make the connections that were necessary for understanding.

  2. Irma – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    I loved the simple language and examples Dr. Juntune used throughout her presentation. I was better able to make connections and learn new material.

  3. Amanda – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    Great!

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

    I run into this problem frequently with students who have trouble with memory. The information that was presented in this course will be very useful.

  5. Soraya – ANTHONY ISD (verified owner) –

    It was a great tool and very comprehensive, easy to pick up the ideas and learning objectives that are easy to understand and build from.

  6. Mauricio – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    great

  7. Emily – CLEAR CREEK ISD (verified owner) –

    Great, very informative!

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

    Dr. Juntune makes this training very interesting and it helped me see things that I wouldn’t have thought about. Everything she talked about was so relevant to my students.

  9. Crystal – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed this presentation, it is very detailed and easy to comprehend.

  10. Michelle – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    This course is helpful to assist in teaching students in this category.

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