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.
Paulina – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Training is very informative and provides a lot of resources for teachers to implement in the classroom.
Arturo – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Overall, a good course
Juan – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I was very informative.
Leslie – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Long but beneficial information was presented.
Jacqueline – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD – SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Excellent source of information.
Lillian – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
I personally find the format of this awkward. I’m not really participating in the PD, so showing me a video of someone giving one doesn’t really do much for me. The information is useful, but I’d rather it be more compressed and less dependent on listening to a speaker.
Raegan – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Thought this course was helpful in learning about differentiation but she referred a lot of things to do with technology and in my classroom I don’t have 1 to 1 of technology so I need different ways to use this without technology.
Mitzi – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Long, but good!
Kathryn – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
5 stars
Rachael – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent! Lots of engaging tech resources for me to try out. 🙂