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. Elizabeth – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –

    Speaker was very engaging

  2. Kelli – VIDOR ISD (verified owner) –

    I really enjoyed this training. Dr. Juntune provides information and strategies that are easy to implement in a classroom with little preparation but that will make a big impact on students’ verbal learning.

  3. Nan – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    This course has made me think about what students of poverty need in order to be successful in a regular classroom. It has made me more aware of how to help these students connect with the learning so that they are not left behind just because they learn differently.

  4. Yara – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –

    The training was well presented and explained very well. The information given will be very useful in the classroom

  5. Josie – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    This session was informative and relevant, along with the activities that helped put meaning and make connections.

  6. Oralia – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –

    I love the information given in the sessions which are very direct and well explained.

  7. LaEricka – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –

    This course was very informative.

  8. Scott – Region 17 ESC (verified owner) –

    Great informational class.

  9. Maria – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –

    I teach a ta low SES School, and I have been pondering and asking how can I help my students to learn, retrieve information and follow instructions.
    This course gave me great variety of strategies to help me to be successful and help my students to learn.

  10. Yolanda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative and helpful to understand learning of students in poverty.

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