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. theresa – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed this course and found it very relevant for all teachers to involve and teach their students more effectively.

  2. Katelynn – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –

    I have never heard of “mindsketching” before, but I think it is an interesting strategy. Many of the points that were made in this training made since to me when thinking about the makeup of my class. I found this beneficial to help close the gap between verbal and non-verbal intelligence with my students.

  3. Melissa – ELYRIA CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed this course, but found that most of this is learned by experience in the classroom as well.

  4. Teresa – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –

    This course is excellent to help students develop complex language.

  5. Randi – Coshocton City Schools (verified owner) –

    I was able to get my gifted hours of training for the year by using this module.

  6. Shawn – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    I actually learned some excellent strategies for increasing verbal intelligence that I can implement in my classroom.

  7. Celia – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –

    I think that this course will be very helpful. I appreciated being reminded of how important language is for students and was thrilled to be given strategies that will help my students achieve.

  8. Marlene – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –

    I thought this course was excellent. i got ideas I can use immediately with my students that are very relevant. Most of my students have trouble with reading comprehension, and I got great ideas to help them.

  9. Judith – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –

    The course contained a lot of ideas for closing the gaps between students with low verbal skills and those with high verbal intelligence that were simple to implement.

  10. Cathleen – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –

    Good classroom activities

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