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.
Holly – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Lots o good information presented.
Clementina – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Informative
Guadalupe – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Was interesting to know about the non-verbal and verbal gaps children have.
Paula – HUNTINGTON LOCAL (verified owner) –
This is an excellent course for teaching students living in poverty.
Kathryn – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
I thought the speaker was engaging and that the information was very helpful. In my mind I already knew what she was saying, but hearing it said clafified some things for me, and helped me to understand some of my students more clearly. I has some good take aways that I will use in my classroom.
Keith – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
This held solidly grounded information presented in a captivating manner.
Louis – GALENA PARK ISD (verified owner) –
I would love to have attended this in person.
Kyle – New Lexington City Schools (verified owner) –
I work in an SES school district. The information provided help explain some of the struggles we face.
Gregory – DAYTON CITY (verified owner) –
Great.
Sherri – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
I think that this course applies to both gifted learners and basic education students living in poverty so it is helpful to all educators.