Description
In this 6-hour course, Lisa Van Gemert, highlights the importance of differentiated instruction in meeting the needs of every student with a focus on gifted students. She presents practical classroom strategies and draws a clear distinction between differentiation and “more-ferentiation” (or simply offering more work to gifted students). This course includes practical applications and downloadable handouts.
Broken up into five modules, Ms. Van Gemert provides in-depth information on:
- Guiding principles and key ideas for implementation
- Tactics for creating an environment for differentiation
- Strategies for content (including depth, complexity and student interest)
- The learning process (including options for tiering instruction)
Presenter Bio
Lisa Van Gemert shares best practices in education with audiences around the world using a combination of neuropsychology, pedagogy, experience, humor, technology and sheer fun. She is an expert consult to television shows including Lifetime’s “Child Genius,” and a writer of award-winning lesson plans, as well as numerous published articles on social psychology and pedagogy and the book, Perfectionism: A Practical Guide to Managing Never Good Enough. A former teacher, school administrator, and Youth & Education Ambassador for Mensa, she shares resources for educators and parents on her website giftedguru.com and is co-founder with Ian Byrd of the Gifted Guild, a professional community for educators of the gifted. Lisa and her husband Steve are the parents of three sons and live in Arlington, Texas.
Lindsey – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course! I learned many great tools to use with my students.
Keli – PALACIOS ISD (verified owner) –
Great way to look at differentiation
Genevieve – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
It was interesting to hear personal classroom examples of the different topics. Many resources were giving that you could use in your classroom tomorrow!
Holta – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of great information and tools on how to make differentiation achievable without spending a lot of time.
Elizabeth – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the course. There was plenty of information provided.
Alicia – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I learned so much. Filled with resources that can used for different grade levels.
Taylor – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
This course helped me understand how to best differentiate and how to best teach my students that may be on different levels.
Bethany – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and helpful!
Ricardo – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was easy to follow along and introduced new tools to use with the strategies.
Kim – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
Lots of amazing information that I’ll use.