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.
Benjamin – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Great information!
America – EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD (verified owner) –
It was interesting.
Sheridan – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Great information and learning opportunities
Danadevi – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – AUSTIN (verified owner) –
Course provided the thorough understanding of differentiation and compacting.
Iris – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
The course was engaging and will help me in providing course material for gifted students.
Lidia – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
The lesson was quite informative, and I’m excited to continue learning from Lisa.
Gabriel – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It gave me some good ideas for teaching.
Sylvia – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
There is a lot of information that is truly helpful in the actual application of differentiation that I wish I knew before today. I am definitely going to apply it in many ways. It is truly a great course that I would recommend to everyone.
Sarah – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Maria D. – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Great course, I learned a lot about differentiation and how to implement it in my lessons