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.
Gabriela – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very well presented and good information.
Iliana – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
So many fun resources (websites) for students to use to show their learning. Tiering and compacting was an eye opener for me. Learning the difference will help me in designing my classroom workflow.
Michelle – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
helpful
Maria – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked this course. It helped me see the importance differentiating in the classroom and how it doesn’t have to be a totally different lesson.
Steven – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course. It was easy t follow and provided a great amount of useable tools and ideas.
Jose – SAN MARCOS CISD (verified owner) –
Very informational
Theresa – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
I liked this training. She was interesting and shared a lot of good ideas.
Amanda – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
informative
jacqueline – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
Extremely informative, definitely will use these strategies for the benefitt of my classroom and students.
brenda – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s an eye opening course.