Description
Do you know the effects of poverty on your classroom? Poverty impacts a student’s intelligence and achievement. This is particularly evident in verbal and nonverbal gaps and in memory. Even poverty at the earliest moments of life can have long-term effects on a child. Thankfully, there are ways that educators can address these issues and help students in poverty reach their potential. In this 3-hour course led by Dr. Joyce Juntune, a nationally renowned consultant, educators will learn about how to serve gifted students raised in poverty. Dr. Juntune draws from years of research, both her own and others professionals’, to create sound strategies for supporting these students.
After taking this course, educators will walk away knowing:
- Reasons for gaps in intelligence scores
- Strategies for building complex language
- Mind sketching strategies
- Memory building strategies
- Best practices for serving gifted students in poverty
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.
Jennifer – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great learning strategies!
Carlota – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful
Maria – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very good activities to do with students.
yolanda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Mireya – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Lot’s of good strategies to incorporate into our teaching.
Leticia – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
The course is helpful.
Doris – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Very good
Kristin – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
The content was excellent, but the production value was horrible. The microphone faded in and out constantly which made it difficult to hear. If you are charging people money for these classes then make them worthwhile. This is not 1970. You have lots of great AV equipment that you can use with technology to make a good presentation.
Elvira – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Excellent! Very useful and relevant information
Joy – WESTFALL LOCAL (verified owner) –
This was a very interesting course. Even though I teach remedial reading many of the activities I can use to develop working memory for my students. Great ideas.