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.
Diana – Colegio Nueva Granada (verified owner) –
It provides a lot of useful resources for teachers
Cassidy – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome
Manuel – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It gives great examples of what you can do for your students in differentiation.
Dawn – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the examples shared.
Ada – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative.
MAGDALENA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Engaging speaker.
Alyssa – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great
Jacqueline – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative about different technology ideas to bring and use in the classroom.
Jazmine – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
So many great ideas I will take back to my classroom.
Cynthia – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
I loved the resources mentioned