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.
Jailene – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
after typing responses they do not save. I then have to rewrite everything.
Cynthia – EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD (verified owner) –
This course was highly informative and provided me with the tools to differentiate instruction for my students.
Derya – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I learned lots of instructional strategies in this course. Thank you so much.
Roxanne – LA VILLA ISD (verified owner) –
So many different resources that can be used in the classroom.
Elizabeth – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
It’s great!
Richard – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
More practical than I imagined. A good use of my time.
Carmen – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
Great!
Sandra – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked the course. I think it expanded on a lot of topics teachers need to know.
Michael – WEATHERFORD ISD (verified owner) –
I feel exactly like the student who wrote to you that you discussed in one of the early modules. To be perfectly honest, I feel like the instructor is just super excited/tweaked by options/ideas that are available that teachers can access online. Through all of these courses, so much time is wasted walking through how different web resources work. The few pieces that were actually “learning opportunities” mostly consisted of things that if you’ve taught for any length of time, you already know.
Jose – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
This course presents the material very effectively