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.
Jana – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
It was good, but a little long.
Leonard – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course. I think teachers should take this course to better serve their students.
Maria – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I would have liked to see more strategies for building verbal intelligence.
Rosie – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Agree that we need to develop the students verbal intelligence all students so they can be successful.
Tyanna – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
The course is concise and doesn’t wander.
Stacie – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
This was very interesting!
Isela – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course, but it contained a large amount of information.
Olga – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting
Colleen – GAHANNA-JEFFERSON CITY (verified owner) –
Nice balance of theoretical and practical.
Julia – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
I found this very informative for my current teaching assignment. We must be having more oral language with our students.