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.
Shanta – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
The course information was great. It was presented in a manner that was engaging and kept my interest. I think that the facilitator did a good job of giving a lot of information without it feeling like I was being overwhelmed or bombarded with strategies.
Jessica – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
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Lisa – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I loved the use of technology incorporated into this presentation. It gives teacher tools that they can begin to explore to make differentiating less time consuming.
Rocqell – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I think this was a wonderful course that covered multiple ways to approach differentiation in the classroom. I really loved all the resources that were provided that I can use in my classroom tomorrow.
Scott – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very informative and eye opening course!
maria – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Good pacing and helpful information.
Janet – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This was great! I learned about of lot of tips and tricks to use to create interest and advance the learning for my students.
Ericka – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I actually enjoyed this training because I was able to learn more fun and new differentiation strategies to implement with my students.
Melissa – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Lot of great material and tools!
Tamara – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I found the information in this training very helpful. I loved the way she used the screencast tool to show how I could benefit from using it in the class. The fact that she walked through the technology instead of just talked about it was cool.