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. Rachel – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –

    This is the most informative and actionable training I have done in YEARS! I did one-hour clips of this training last year, just for mindsketching, and now I feel like I actually know what it is and HOW to implement it!

  2. Mendie – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –

    It was a very informative session. I like that most of her research is from a local district, making it easy to relate.

  3. Robin – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –

    This course was very informative and provided helpful, useful tools that can be incorporated into the classroom. It also allowed me to practice the skills myself so that I am prepared to use them with my students.

  4. Kim – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –

    This course provided great activities, with the research and reasoning that went along with each one. I came away with several practical activities to implement in the classroom.

  5. Jeffrey – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –

    I was very interested in how to get the best out of low ses students and this gave me a better understanding of how to do that.

  6. Jodi Lynn – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –

    Excellent course with thought provoking perspective on how to approach instruction for children from poverty.

  7. Elena – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –

    I loved Dr. Juntune’s presentation. She is engaging and provides realistically helpful tools for the classroom.

  8. Ruth – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –

    Great information.

  9. Teresa – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –

    Mind Sketching is very important in helping students attach a sketch to remember information

  10. Nicole – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –

    it was nice

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