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.
Jennifer – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
The course was great with tons of information.
Jennifer – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I loved it. She went at a good pace and it was very understandable
D – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Easy to understand and to take it to the classroom
Emily – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
This was the best G/T update I have attended
Bianca – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
The training had a lot of good, relevant examples and resources I love the ability to pause and go back if I missed something.
Esther – EULA ISD (verified owner) –
This course was exactly what I needed for my students and myself. I feel like I will be a more effective teacher not just to gifted learners, but to all of my scholars.
Dianna – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
I feel like there was really good information and it was presented in a way that I could easily understand.
Laura – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was good, but a little too long.
Daniel – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Kind of long, but very informative.
Monica – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting course lots of ideas to take back to the classroom.