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.
Amanda – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative. Tough to take as an online course.
Phoebe – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course had several excellent ideas and resources. However, the volume of resources can be overwhelming. I would have liked this course to go more in depth on some of the ideas.
Elizabeth – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course had some good examples of different ideas to use within the classroom.
Catherine – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed it, I wish the list of resources were emailed in a pdf.
Jada – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
This course was extremely helpful and full of great information.
melissa – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I found the course very informative. I learned a lot, she gave so many wonderful resources to try out.
Alyssa – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative
Whitney – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Validated what I am already doing in class with my differentiation. It also gave me a lot of new ideas that I cannot wait to try. Especially because my gifted learners are at home and are in need of a challenge.
Juanda – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
The presentation was amazing! It kept my attention, and I definitely learned some great things from it. I am excited to implement some of the great resources that were shared during this presentation.
Leslie – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course gave great resources to implement within the classroom.