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.
Joe – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It is a great course to reinforce your thought or new learning
shannon – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
it was great
Tonja – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
I love the various examples and scenarios given.
Ariadne – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
good idea of tier system
Mike – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great training!! Refreshed my bucket and made me more aware of what I needed to improve on.
Karina – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
It was resourceful and helpful
Kathryn – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
It was so good that it was almost overwhelming. So many ideas in one PD was awesome!
BEULAH MAYURI – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
The course was very helpful, it gave a very clear understanding how to effectively use differentiation to reach every student, especially the high performing students
Aliece – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
This presentation was a bucket load of indepth information in a very short amount of time. I really appreciated the contuinually quick pace and flow of the presenter. She did so much more than just reading us the slides that we can read for ourselves.
Cristina – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD – SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and I learn about finding was to keep the students interested.