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.
Rodrigo – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It was a good help
Vanessa – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great course for differentiation ideas.
Frederick – EAST CHAMBERS ISD (verified owner) –
It was good
Mehreen – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful!
Julie – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I found this professional development highly helpful and easy to follow along. the topics were interesting and straightforward. Lisa gave a lot of very helpful tips and great insights of how to effectively differentiate in the classroom.
Raquel – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course! It provided many tools that can be used in the classroom. I enjoyed learning new websites that I could incorporate in the classroom that would help my students understand the material and engage in interactive activities.
Ashley – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great refresher for ideas previously learned. What I like most, is the specific examples of how to apply differentiation, i.e. software, activities, puppets,
Kristen – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
This course was helpful when learning how to teach gifted students
Shawn – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
it was great
Ashley – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great information on differentiation!