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. Denice – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –

    it was a great learning opportunity. it was very detailed and informational. I will implement a lot of this learning in my teaching.

  2. Jordan – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –

    This was a great learning opportunity. I appreciate the flexibility.

  3. Dolores – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    This was very informative and insightful.

  4. Patricia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    It is important all students despite their socioeconomic status be taught and challenged the same across the board. The achievement gap must be closed in order to better our future leaders.

  5. Yvonne – ZAPATA COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    This course is very interesting and has many useful ideas that can be incorporated in our classrooms.

  6. Laura – ZAPATA COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    This course is very informative and provides great ideas.

  7. Amanda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    It was interesting and never thought about nonverbal memory recall. This is going to be very helpful.

  8. eduardo – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    excellent course. i wish we had more time to teach

  9. Diana – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –

    This course be relevant to all learners including those in elective classes,

  10. Vanessa – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    Very interesting.

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