Description
During this 1-hour course, Dr. Juntune shares the findings of research started at Texas A&M University and the interventions being implemented in El Paso ISD to change the way we view and serve gifted students from poverty.
In this course you will learn three steps to improving success rates for low SES:
- Mind Sketching: A teaching technique that encourages students to sketch out the concept behind their answer while they come up with the words to communicate it.
- Building Verbal Intelligence: Children living in poverty have a simple language structure and we must give them a complex language structure.
- How to design a Gifted Program Specifically For These Students
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
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.
Javier – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
5 Stars
Sara – 588 Co-op (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and gave some great insight on dealing with gifted students who come from poverty.
Christy – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
It gave good information but it wasn’t all useful for my grade level.
Mariandrea – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Carrie – DAWSON-BRYANT LOCAL (verified owner) –
Very informative. A must if you work with low SES students.
Andrew – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This was an excellent explanation of intelligence determination and improvement techniques.
STEPHANIE N – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided valuable insight into teaching students with a low SES background.
Elida – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed the course. It helped to understand how so many children from low SES go unnoticed in the advanced or GT programs because of their lack of verbal intelligence and how we can help them develop it.
IRMA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course.
Maggie – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful and relevant course!