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.
Anthony – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Kara – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas!
Michael – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
it was good. some videos are long.
kari – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
I really loved it. She was engaging and shared a ton of resources.
Christian – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Straight forward and informational.
h – CANUTILLO ISD (verified owner) –
This was a good course with practical applications.
Virginia – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Presenter was great and she had great examples
Jessica – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course, I feel like there is so many things that I can take with me. Thank you!
Rachel – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
Applicable ideas to take back to my classroom
Gregg – CARDINAL LOCAL (verified owner) –
Van Gemert is one of the best, if not the best, presenter for GT instruction. She provides the rationale for the concept, but gives tools, resources, and instruction that apply to the whole class-any class. She lives out the GT = Good Teaching mantra.