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.
Deborah – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoy online learning because I can go at my own pace and I can always go back and revisit a previous learned topic.
Kendra – St Marys City Schools (verified owner) –
good
Kelly – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
Very engaging and informative training.
Xavier – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
I found the course to be very insightful and was full of many resources that I could use right away.
Israel – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
A bit too long. The content can be delivered a bit faster pace, but I digress.
Ovidio – PREMONT ISD (verified owner) –
good ideas and good choices of things that will engage students
Kirti – Pilot (verified owner) –
Extremely helpful.
Ashley – PREMONT ISD (verified owner) –
there needs to be reading portions to access online as I prefer to read as opposed to listening to audio only
Nichelle – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I truly enjoyed this course. I have so much to look into as far as sources. It makes me very excited about the upcoming year!
Gracie – PREMONT ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very knowledgeable and should be shared among all professional staff.