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. Amy – Coshocton City Schools (verified owner) –

    I think this was great information for all learners.

  2. Priscila – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative

  3. Gustavo – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    good

  4. Erin – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –

    Information was clear, and the interactive features (reflection questions, memory games) helped to cement information retention.

  5. Robert – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –

    Course was very motivating because it seemed that the speaker was talking directly about my class. I took many notes so that I can be a better teacher this coming school year. I am so glad that I took this course.

  6. Julie – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    I thought this course offered many new ideas and confirmed that many things I am doing are supporting all of my scholars.

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

    i think this course is vital to help our students that come from challenging social economic backgrounds

  8. Maria Antonieta – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    I learned new strategies I can’t wait to use in my class.

  9. Dora – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    I liked it a lot because I got some new ideas that will be helpful in my classroom.

  10. Rachel – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –

    very relevant

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