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.
Angelica – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Very convenient to fit your schedule an informative.
Stacy – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
The strategies for implementing differentiation and the examples of how to create the differentiation were thorough and enlightening.
Maria – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –
Excellent! I got a lot out of it.
Dinesh – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Highly effective. Beneficial resources.
Adam – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I really loved this course and how interactive it was. I appreciated how practical some of the advice actually was compared to other training courses I have taken.
Jarrett – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –
I am required to do a total of 30 hours of training for my GT certificate and even though I enjoy and believe the information is helpful for us to be better teachers for students, it can certainly be more efficiently presented in a shorter amount of time without sacrificing the quality of this training.
Amanda – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very informative. I liked all the example given.
Katie – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (WACO) (verified owner) –
It was really helpful with the differentiating process.
Julissa – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting and informative. Great ideas!
William – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –
very thorough