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.
Jesus – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great tools and techniques to differentiate instruction for all of the students in your class
Jacqueline – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Really good!
Stephanie – FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
It offered a lot of ideas without being overwhelming.
William – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Useful
Margarita – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
She was a great presenter that gave so many great examples about differentiation. She gave so many online resource that we can implement in the classroom to help with differentiate.
Leslie – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
The course was easy to follow. I love that she present examples of how to do differentiation in a classroom. Also, she gave tools that teachers can use to facilitate the differentiation process.
Brenna – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
It was helpful knowing how to differentiate my classroom.
Rocio – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great! Very informative training!
Jessica – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
There were a lot of really good resources referenced throughout the training.
maria – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
it was good but too long