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.
Sandra – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD – SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great way of applying differentiation in the Real World
ilse – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Mariza – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
The instructor was personable and had great ideas.
linda – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
The course is engaging.
Ruby – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course covers the steps and processes that a teacher can take in order to differentiate their lesson for his/her students. It is very useful information.
Lupita – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Loved it! Very informative and great ideas!
Rebecca – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Overall, I think it provided a lot of good info. When doing it online, I would have liked to have a copy of the handout she kept referring to, even if it was just a digital download.
Adam – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course. The presenter was very engaging and gave very detailed instruction.
Norma – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was hands on. Presenter shared a lot of useful websites.
Alexsis – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s great although it would be nice to have access to a downloadable handout to have it handy as a pdf ot to be printed out.