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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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. 

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

  1. Evelio – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Loved this course

  2. Celinda – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    This course has taught me so much both professionally and personally.

  3. Rhonda – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    Excellent course for all educators. Great info on early learning in children as well as writing strategies for all levels.

  4. Karen – SOUTH POINT LOCAL (verified owner) –

    Great information that is useful in the classroom.

  5. Stacy – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    I really enjoyed this course. Loved the personal examples that were given in this presentations. She gave great examples of how teachers can use Mind Sketching.

  6. Ve – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    This was a great course. I love that Dr. Juntune was positive about the potential of the students we serve. She encouraged us teachers to do the work it takes to help the kids. She was very frank on how we are hurting the students when we don’t take the steps necessary to start where they are and build from there. Dr. Juntune gave us so many practical strategies for increasing verbal intelligence of our students that i can see myself doing. I like that we actually practiced the strategies. She also gave the reasons why we must increase the verbal intelligence our the students.
    Dr. Juntune kept me engaged in the training. Very well done presentation!

  7. Jenny – New Lexington City Schools (verified owner) –

    Great information that I look forward to using. I think the content of this course will greatly improve my teaching.

  8. Elda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    I thought it was great. I learned a lot.

  9. Lizette – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Very interesting and useful information

  10. Tina – STRATFORD ISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative! Definitely a worthwhile course!

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