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.
Nicolas – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
outstanding
Jacob – RIESEL ISD (verified owner) –
Good
Consuelo – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Viviana – PRESIDIO ISD (verified owner) –
As a Special Education Paraprofessional most of the content here was geared for the teacher of record. But I did find some of the content interesting so that I can better understand how the teacher of record uses different strategies and can help them when it comes to using the Differentiation Strategies in the classroom when needing to assist students whose abilities are lower, midlevel or high functioning achieve their academic needs.
Ellen – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
it was great
Kim – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I received great ideas to use in my classroom from this course.
Kristen – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Informative and well paced.
Marissa – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great information and resources to help in teaching highly able students.
Lisa – HARPER ISD (verified owner) –
I think it gave a lot of helpful ideas for the classroom.
Callen – HARPER ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative. I do feel that it is hard to use a lot of the information with Physical Education, but I will be able to implement some strategies.