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. Michele – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –

    I really enjoyed listening to Mrs. Juntune. I loved the practice sessions that helped me to better understand how to use this information with my students. I also appreciated that this material would work for my kinder kids as well as older students. It is a lot of information though and might be best if done in two days instead of one like I did it.

  2. Ruth – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –

    Great course, to help learn about students who come from poverty and have learning gaps and how we as educators can help them learn.

  3. Katy – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –

    I liked that this course gave me ideas I can use in my classroom immediately.

  4. Selena – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –

    It was great, I can’t wait to use some of the strategies I have learned in my classroom

  5. Holly – Private Pay (verified owner) –

    I can implement these strategies with students from a wide range of groups such as special ed and gifted.

  6. Karina – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed this training.

  7. Kaitlyn – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –

    It was good because I work at a Title 1 school.

  8. enedelia – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative, I will be using ideas I learned from this course.

  9. DEBRA – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    This is a great course, not just for students in poverty, but all students can benefit from the strategies.

  10. Lorena – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    I like the way the lessons were develop, specifically the modeling of memory activities. In addition the inclusion of different aspects or parts of the lesson that should be daily performed, why to include them.

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