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.
Kristen – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Very good strategies for differentiation.
CARLOS – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
it was good and had a lot useful information
Emily – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
It gave me some great ideas.
Nathalia – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was an good source of letting teacher know how to differentiate and tier accordingly.
Noreen – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided links and ideas to help differentiate.
Elena – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
Fantastic training!
Ivan – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course, good information!
Erin – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided a lot of great tools to use in my classroom!
Marissa – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
Lisa Van Gemet’s course, “Differentiation in the Real World” was filled with practical and innovative strategies and techniques that can be easily implemented as soon as the training is over!
Paul – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
This course contains useful strategies for the classroom teacher. It does give some background but not so much that you want to exit. I especially liked the discussion of tiering and compacting, as I have some small prior experience with mastery-based learning. In all, a good training with plenty of suggested and useful websites that provide materials and options for the hard-pressed teacher. I believe I can go beyond what I am doing now, thanks to these modules.