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. Michelle – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –

    This course was well developed and sequenced

  2. Sandra – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    It was very informative.

  3. Charlotte – BOLING ISD (verified owner) –

    This course discusses a valuable truth about low socioeconomic students and addresses simple methods to close the gap among all students.

  4. Ann – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    This course was an extremely valuable course to take.

  5. Linda – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    This course was an eye opener. It has made me reflect, dig deep and truly change my mindset as to how to approach students raised in poverty. Dr. Juntune delves into specific ways to closing the achievement gap in such an engaging course.

  6. Maria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    I think this an excellent course that should be viewed by all teachers.

  7. Martha – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    This is a very interesting course presented in a very teachers-friendly manner to put in practice with all of our classes, and as soon as possible.

  8. Elena – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    If you’re looking for strategies to help students strengthen their memory, verbal skills, comprehension skills, and writing skills, I highly recommend you take this training. Dr. Joyce Juntune, Ph.D. combined her personal experiences, research, and teaching experiences (all levels) to make this training forever memorable! I loved this course!

  9. Marcie – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    I liked that this course gave several strategies to implement.

  10. Andrea – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    I think this course builds upon a great way to connect the resources and tools from Gifted and Talented to a more broad spectrum -at risk students. It also incorporates what we know about bilingual education and literacy research and how important it is the development of correct and structured language.

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