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. Valerie – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    I learned several strategies that can be used in the classroom to help raise the vocabulary scores of my students.

  2. guadalupe – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –

    Fabulous information and presenter. Makes so much sense on our students in all grade levels and beyond.

  3. Benjamin – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –

    Amazing course, so glad I enrolled

  4. IDA D – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    I thought this course was brilliant this year working with this group of very low students. I realized that they had not been taught how to memorize so I started to make up little games to help them. Then I realized they did not know how to ask questions so I bought the game guess who? I model the game and sat with each pair that played the game to make question asking , monitored the details they needed to look at and eliminate.Well this course let know I am on the right path and now I have tools to help me with my students.

  5. Dominic – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative course. Recommended.

  6. Amy – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –

    I thought the presenter was engaging and easy to listen to. She gave great examples and suggestions.

  7. Sommer – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –

    informative and brought forth some concepts that i was thinking about before.

  8. Lisa – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –

    Very informative.

  9. Emily – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –

    I love Dr. Juntune’s courses. She is vibrant and has the best anecdotes!

  10. Linda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    highly recommend

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