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.
Travis – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
good info
Cary – Morgan Local Schools (verified owner) –
Great course! Included several differentiation tools to use in the classroom.
Liza – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I truly love the course Differentiation in the Real World (6hr) because it goes into specific detail about each topic. You can easily relate to your content and apply it immediately.
Murat – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD – SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT (verified owner) –
perfect
Marko – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
The information needs to be relevant to P.E. also. I feel The material she spoke about was nothing new and more relevant for the classroom.
Daniel – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course! I really enjoyed it!
Bricia – ASHLAND CITY (verified owner) –
Very helpful and informative.
Jessica – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course with valuable tools and strategies.
Zujai – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course offered several resources to differentiate for all levels of abilities.
Elysha – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very useful!