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

    Great course on how to help all students, but especially students from poverty. Dr. Juntune gives lots of strategies, examples, and ideas that you can use everyday in every content of study.

  2. Ashley – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –

    This was amazing and very informative!!! It gave great ways to help close the gap for our students in poverty.

  3. Monica – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –

    I really like this course because it gives you a better perspective on how you can help students that are raised in low income areas that do not always have the advantages that others have.

  4. Janet – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –

    This course was an eye-opener for me! I just assumed my students had the same interaction with their parents that I did as a child. But this course has made me see that isn’t so. Going forward, I will be looking to close the gap with these techniques.

  5. Taylor – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    Great!

  6. Ashley – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –

    It was informative.

  7. Sandra – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –

    The course presents activities I can easily implement in my lessons.

  8. Blanca – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –

    It is a good course for teachers.

  9. charlene – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    This course is one of the most applicable and useful I have attended in quite a while. I have come away with an increased knowledge of areas where my students need help and several activities I can use to accomplish this.

  10. Frances – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    This is an excellent course and I highly recommend it. Specially when working with ELL students.

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