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.
Victoria – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
lots of great info
Ashley – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
The information was engaging and presented in a way that I am confident using in my own classroom.
Cathy – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
Lots of great information.
Macy – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
This course gave a lot of great recommendations for resources used for differentiation.
Joy – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed all the “tips and tricks” to integrate differentiation in the classroom.
Kim – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
I love all of the wonderful ideas and resources Lisa provides. It offers clarification as well as a path to differentiate in a classroom.
Griselda – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It was wonderful!!! This is exactly what I need to differentiate in my classroom!
Guadalupe – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I learned so much from this course. Differentiating was so scary to me because I was not sure if I was doing it right.
Thomas – PRESIDIO ISD (verified owner) –
I thought Lisa was pretty sharp, then I got to the part of the presentation when she mentioned she was the ambassador for MENSA. Excellent presentation just slightly above my pay grade!
Kylene – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Lisa Van Gamert is a great facilitator. She makes the content interesting, fun to learn, and meaningful. I can implement things in my classroom right away!