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. Ana – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –

    This course gave great information that could be used to close the achievement gap.

  2. Hilary – Pilot (verified owner) –

    Excellent information on strategies to help my low socio-economic kids to reach their academic potential. In fact, the strategies are great for all students.

  3. John – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    Very good food for thought with practical application–challenging!

  4. Kathleen – NORTHSIDE ISD – SAN ANTONIO – REGION 20 (verified owner) –

    Lots of practical tips for all students coming from a low SES background, not just gifted students.

  5. Rochelle – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –

    It was a great course!

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

    I loved this course. I got many interesting methods to utilize in my classroom for vocabulary acquisition, bridging the gap between my students that are high nonverbal and low verbal to build verbal intelligence, increasing fluency, and strengthening memory.

  7. Dawn – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –

    This was valuable information. I will use these teaching methods.

  8. Cristina – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –

    I think that all teachers should take this course to better be able to serve our students, and help the to be successful.should be

  9. Leslie – MARION CITY (verified owner) –

    Very useful material to apply in the high poverty schools.

  10. Maria – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –

    Very helpful and informative.

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