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.
Pamela – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Denise – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
enjoyed course
Corina – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Really good info, but seems better geared for teaching younger students. I teach MS kids, most of them from two-parent households of middle income.
Sherri – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I will really enjoy trainings like this one. I can take back to the classroom the skills I learn and use them in the classroom.
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I always learn so much from her presentations
Dennise – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
The course was great.
Michelle – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
I liked that we had to practice what the students will do in class.
Ruby – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
I am excited to take back to my classroom these strategies and begin using them right away.
Julia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent, great strategies presented!
Melissa – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I like the way the presenter demonstrated and led audience through easy hands on activities that we could use in our classrooms.