Closing the Achievement Gap for Students Raised in Poverty (6-Hour)

$90.00

Rated 4.84 out of 5 based on 1070 customer ratings

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.

Additional information

Core Area	Creativity & Instructional Strategies, Nature & Needs
Hours	6 Hours
Organization	Juntune
Grade Level	Elementary, Secondary
Presenter	Joyce Juntune, Ph.D.
Course Content	Gifted, Instructional Strategies, Literacy, English, ELL

1070 reviews for Closing the Achievement Gap for Students Raised in Poverty (6-Hour)

Rated 5 out of 5

Chris – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) – March 31, 2020

This was a VERY interesting and FUN training.
Rated 5 out of 5

Omar – SPRING ISD (verified owner) – March 31, 2020

Extremely useful information for the type of students I teach.
Rated 5 out of 5

Christi – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) – March 31, 2020

I really enjoyed this course. I learned something new, learned how to use it in my classroom, and think it will be effective.
Rated 5 out of 5

Gregoria S – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) – March 31, 2020

Pretty good, but super long
Rated 5 out of 5

Angela – PLANO ISD (verified owner) – April 1, 2020

This was helpful information for teaching struggling readers from a poverty background or low verbal ability.
Rated 5 out of 5

Virginia – SPRING ISD (verified owner) – April 3, 2020

None
Rated 5 out of 5

Kirstin – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) – April 3, 2020

i think it was very beneficial
Rated 5 out of 5

Ninfa – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) – April 8, 2020

Very informative
Rated 3 out of 5

Toni – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) – April 8, 2020

It was fine
Rated 5 out of 5

Magda – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) – April 8, 2020

This is a course that resonates very well in my district and classroom. I truly enjoy listening to Dr. Juntune and her expertise. This is the second time that I have taken her course and I still continue to learn more from her.