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.
Caley – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Good course
Crystal – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
Really effective! Learned so many strategies
Jalayne – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course gives great examples on how to differentiate in your classroom.
Luisa – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Good stuff.
Candice – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and provided many examples to take back to the classroom.
Patricia – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
I LOVED this course. It was very interesting and was PACKED FULL of ideas and websites and choices. I learned so much and am excited about trying some of these next year. =) I even texted a teammate in the middle of the course with some of the information, saying “we have got to try this!”
EDNA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very good.
Chaden – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and engaging
MARTIN – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Enjoyed all of the internet and technology tools that were presented for enhancing instruction.
OMAR – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very long format but very informative