Description
Do you ever feel like you’re behind the 8-ball when you do a walk-through, or hold a traditional assessment instrument up against a gifted classroom? That doesn’t have to be the case when you have tools specific to assessing gifted classes. Lisa Van Gemert uses her experience evaluating G/T strategies in the classroom to offer a fresh look at assessments.
In this 1-hour course, you will learn to:
- Empower teachers to grow in their strengths
- Discern the difference between good goals and ambiguous goals
- Look past personal preferences to give effective assessments
- Use language that fosters healthy relationships with teachers
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.
Angela – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
great course! very helpful for administrators and teacher leaders
Travis – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I thought the course was extremely helpful for both future administrators and teachers to see how important it is to never lose the skill of teaching no matter what role you may have.
Gilda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Kassie – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –
Great course! While this was primarily for the GT student, I love your courses because they not only help guide me as a new school leader, but they also allow me to implement strategies for all kids!
CHARLES – 588 Co-op (verified owner) –
Pretty informgative but I found the checklist discussion confusing
Dave – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
ok
Joann – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
well developed
Pearl – SPRINGTOWN ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the class; it does need to be updated to remove PDAS.
Heather – VIDOR ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter made several points that impacted me as administrator – quite a few “aha moments.”
Julissa – RIO GRANDE CITY CISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed it.