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.
Yvette – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
A lot of information. Great info. My brain did hurt a bit.
LAURA – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Great source of information
Annette – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
It was good.
Lizet – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
I love this presenter. Others have spoken to me about her but this is the first set of trainings I have used. She is concise and gives so many ideas and materials for future use.
Maria – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course.
Darrian – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
It was great.
Celina – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
thank you!
Christian – MANOR ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this was a great course on how differentiation works and how you can be effective with these strategies.
Adrian – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I like it.
Crystal – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course provides you with many online resources to differentiate instruction for gifted students.