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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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

Cheryl – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) – June 18, 2020

Good information!
Rated 5 out of 5

Georgina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) – June 18, 2020

Course was very detailed and provided enough examples of how to explore the theory presented in the course.
Rated 5 out of 5

Karen – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) – June 20, 2020

I really enjoyed this course. I will be moving to a different campus with these demographics and this really HELPS give me a heads up on how to tailor my teaching to their learning.
Rated 5 out of 5

Kacie – CLEBURNE ISD (verified owner) – June 22, 2020

This was very helpful as I work with my students of poverty!
Rated 4 out of 5

Jennifer – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) – June 22, 2020

I enjoyed the instructor a lot. Very informative
Rated 5 out of 5

Jessica – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) – June 23, 2020

I was able to obtain information from this course that is easy to use in my day to day teaching.
Rated 5 out of 5

Miguel – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) – June 23, 2020

Informative course.I learned some great ideas for teaching literacy. I feel Mind-sketching is a great way for students to record their learning and then share their ideas with others. Then give them time to readjust their thinking, if need be. I agree with students communicating in complete sentences.
Rated 5 out of 5

MELANIE – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) – June 23, 2020

This is a great course. Mind sketching is a great tool to help students.
Rated 4 out of 5

Robert – CONROE ISD (verified owner) – June 24, 2020

These are great strategies to help your kid who struggle with memory.
Rated 5 out of 5

Aide – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) – June 24, 2020

This is an excellent course for those teaching in a Title 1 school. We need to remember to build verbal intelligence and this course has excellent resources.