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.
Rebekah – Region 17 ESC (verified owner) –
This course gave really good information about what it means to be gifted and low SES.
Melanie – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Although her information was wonderful, it was sometimes difficult to follow her. I would have like to see more of her presentation. Maybe that would have been helpful. There needed to be more application strategies outlined.
Alicia – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
I like dr. John tune. She’s never boring, and she always has great things to share.
Brenda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It is interesting.
Caroline – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative.
Josefina – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great info, especially since I work with low socieconomic students.
Jennifer – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
Good info.
Norma – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune has always been a prominent speaker and trainer. Her vast experiences and passion is contagious.
Cindi – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
The information was very good.
Magdalena – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting to understand the gap and yet so simple on how to help close the gap