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.
Roxanne – LA GRANGE ISD (verified owner) –
Great strategies ready to be used in the classroom
jennifer – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great instructor.
Shauna – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked listening to Lisa during this training. She gave so many options on how to make it happen in the classroom!
Sara – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Good course for basic introduction in to differentiation.
Miguel – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great information overall.
Charles – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great
ferhat – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
it helped me to gain different ideas for good education.
Ria – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
This course was very insightful and provided me with a lot of useful information about differentiation as well as other beneficial products or tools that I can adopt in my classroom.
Lollita – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
Really help full in gaining a full understanding of what differentiating means and the how tos.
Maegan – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) –
This was a good course. It had some useful ideas for implementing activities in the classroom on a more differentiated level, particularly in terms of technology usage.