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.
Neihssa – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
This course has a wide explanatory of ideas that can be used to differentiate in the classroom.
Lacy – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
This course was extremely informative and benificial to me as a second year teacher.
Patricia – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent explanation of differentiation with strategies which may be used in classroom.
Karla – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
It was very easy to understand and gave great resources and ideas to try right away.
Leslie – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful practical ideas to easily incorporate more differentiation into classroom instruction!
Valerie – MANOR ISD (verified owner) –
I love all the examples that were given. All of the websites for differentiating were really cool. The way she presented the idea of starting with what you already have when it comes to differentiation made it sound more attainable than what I initially thought.
Kayla – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot of new information and ways to implement strategies in the classroom.
Carrie – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
It was a good resource for explaining and exploring the topics.
Yoanna – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Loved Lisa’s presentation. I learned a lot. Thank you
Misti – LA GRANGE ISD (verified owner) –
This course provides a lot of great ideas and resources to differentiate within the classroom.