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.
Megan – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Great and informative course!
Jane – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course is great
Maria Esther – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great course for teachers who teach 2nd (maybe 1st) grade on up. A lot of what the instructor/ presenter talked about really does not apply or can not be applied in the early childhood classroom.
Nancy – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I really found this course interesting and helpful. I have always looked for more in depth ideas and understanding of differentiation and this course gave me the understanding and strategies to deliver better differentiated instruction.
Elida – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Phenomenal course that will definitely help me to differentiate instruction in my classroom. I enjoyed learning about technology and all the websites that were provided.
Adrienne – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
I thought there were some key items that could be useful for differentiation in the classroom but there was also a good bit that I felt were general resources versus directly related to differentiation.
Victor – CANUTILLO ISD (verified owner) –
Needs to be more engaging for teachers and elaborate more on non-traditional classroom settings like PE.
David – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD – SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT (verified owner) –
good
Thomas – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of good ideas and tools for the tool box
Kimberly – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
It was good, I do not have any GT learners in my class. Some of the differentiated examples were good for a highly specialized classroom.