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. TRACY – Springfield City School District (verified owner) –

    This is the best training I have had on closing the gap in poverty. Dr. Juntune explains the difference in how our students learn and shows numerous ways to build verbal intelligence, complex languages and memory. I am excited to try these with my students.

  2. Cristina – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed this course and how it applied for all students

  3. Beatriz – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    Learn so much about this cousrse.

  4. Heather – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –

    There was lots of useful information.

  5. Patricia – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    I was extremely impressed by Dr. Juntune. This was very helpful. She has activities that allowed me to understand how students need a linguistic and non-linguistic form to complete learning.

  6. Claudia – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    The information provided went into depth.

  7. Claudia – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    Great course. Very interesting.

  8. gary – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    This was great for elementary school teachers, but I would like to see it more focused on high school to make it more useful for high school teachers.

  9. Justin – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    There are definitely some good strategies shown here. It would best be done in person with a group to get the most of the sketching and sharing activities.

  10. Laurie – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –

    It is interesting.

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