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.
Carrie – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
This course reiterates the importance of building verbal intelligence, and reminds us that most students in poverty don’t have the same experiences/opportunities as students who are not in poverty.
Jan – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent Strategies
Karen – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
I got some great ideas for use in the library. I could easily use my mini-whiteboards for students to sketch about what they are reading and then talk to me and each other about it. I can look for ways to then deepen that activity so ELL’s and low-SES students can continue to build their vocabulary, which will in turn help them to be better readers. It’s a win-win!
Jill – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
interesting
Sharon – HUGHES SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
It was useful.
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great
John – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
Great strategies
Suzette – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This is a good strategy for ELS to develop complex language structure.
Donna – LUMBERTON ISD (verified owner) –
This course shares strategies that can be used daily with all students. I plan to use the ideas presented with my class this school year.
Magdalena – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
Great graphics and knowledgeable presenters