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.
THERESA A – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I did receive clarification on areas of differentiation so I feel it was a beneficial course for me as an educator.
Nadeen – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Its interesting and has useful information to hep teaching
Jason – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
very informative, great ideas to use in the classroom
Troy – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was good.
Kenya – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Yes a good course
Deven – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I teach special ed and can use many things I learned in the course with them. What a lot of people forget is just because a student is sped in an area they could be GT in another. i personally have scene this with a student. He could barely read but was a GT math student. Just had to have the questions read to him.
Jenny – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Resources and strategies given were interesting and useful.
Courtney – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
It helps you to understand how to differentiate in the classroom and benefit all of the students. It gives you some really good ideas that I am now able to use.
Tracy – East Muskingum Local Schools (verified owner) –
She provided a lot of good resources. There was also a lot of content and it took a long time to go through it all and provide effective feedback.
Brittany – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I didn’t have papers to go along with. It was confusing