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.
Kaitlyn – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Loved it. It gave me good ideas to use in my classroom.
Roberta – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
This course is great!
Monica – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
I liked the different examples of differentiation.
Jessica – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
I liked it a lot. I learned a lot and I like the Idea of tiering instruction for all my students not just GT
Ashley – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This was an informative course with strategies that can be put to use in the classroom.
Kelly – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Easy to follow along.
Patricia – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course. I love the websites that were shared to help us make learning fun
STACEY – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Finally someone that really knows how to teach teachers. Lisa is to the point, not boring, and explained how to explain to kids about differentiation.
Rodrigo – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
It is a good refresher about differentiation.
Joanna – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – AUSTIN (verified owner) –
It’s good. VERY long. No closed captions.