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.
Daniela – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
Excellent information and strategies to apply in classroom.
Raul – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Opens your mind to new techniques/approaches to teaching.
Mary – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
I really liked all useful information about all the different strategies and resources to use to differentiate in the classroom.
laura – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
I enjoyed her enthusiasm and examples and explanations of the pedagogical concepts behind differentiation.
Isabella – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It gave me a lot of insight on the different strategies catered toward GT students and what is actually differentiation and what isn’t differentiation.
Wanona – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative, good information
Juliana – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Speaker provides many resources for teachers to try in their own classrooms according to their students needs and the comfort level of the teacher.
Denalda – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is a great way to train virtually; however, in person training would have been better.
Victoria – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this to be a thorough training regarding differentiation. It reviewed the basics of differentiating and I learned new strategies to implement to teachers.
Ahmet – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Although I am not a core teacher with full classrooms, I did learn a lot about and agree with the methodology of differentiation. The presentations were well paced and just the right amount of formality/informality. The teaching resources and other tips and tricks shared throughout the presentation were interesting and I look forward to utilizing them.