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.
Kelly – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent information to give a broader concept of the challenges of students raised in poverty and how to help build their verbal intelligence.
Allyson – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
good job
Kelli – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
loved it
Claudia Melissa – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Makes relevant connection will TELPAS
Marcia – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –
This course is okay, but I would allow the participant to view the power point presentation during the entire time, or view a split screen, instead of viewing the speaker as often;
Stephanie – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting about poverty and the way they learn.
Jennifer – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This session was enlightening and motivating yet short on concrete things teachers can do in their classrooms for their students. I felt like I didn’t get classroom strategies until almost video section 49 out of 76.
Melanie – HILLSBORO ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting and enlightening!!
Ana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course.
Erika – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –
Quick and gets the point across.