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 – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
This course is engaging and interesting.
Arghya – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Effective and excited to implement in future class
Margaret – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Good course but somewhat overwhelming in content
Perla – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
This was great! It had tons of resources, the way that they support GT was explained, and we were given examples on how to use it.
Jacob – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was great it opened my eyes to how Gifted students see the world.
Danielle – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD – SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Answered some of the main questions I had about differentiation including student choice and grading differentiation.
Shabnum – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –
Great course. Learned a lot! Will start using tier and compacting in my classroom from now on.
Rachel – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas on how you can differentiate the lesson based on the students ability or knowledge.
Sharai – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD – SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I think this course was very interesting. It provided a lot of great examples and ideas that can be implemented in the classroom.
Patrick – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
It was helpful!