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.
Linda – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
informative
Kelsey – BOLING ISD (verified owner) –
informational
Andrew – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Easy to use
Rodney – BOLING ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Oneida – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course. I can attest to it with my own children.
Elena – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
Topics and information was pertaining to our students.
Monica – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Brian – BOLING ISD (verified owner) –
it was very informative
Aleyda – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
I liked the pace of the course and you can definitely complete it in an hour. The quiz is concise and to the point.
Bertha – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
I agreed for the most part on what Dr. Juntune had to say. I would like to take courses with Dr. Juntune.