Book Study - Strategies for Differentiating Instruction - Best Practices for the Classroom (6-Hour)

$90.00

Rated 4.75 out of 5 based on 99 customer ratings

Presenter: Lisa Van Gemert, Gifted Guru
Core Area: Differentiated Curriculum
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 6

Please note: You will need a copy of the book Strategies for Differentiating Instruction: Best Practices for the Classroom for this course.

Differentiation is a much discussed and extremely important topic in education. However, many teachers may still be struggling to implement it. How do you reach many students at different levels of readiness and knowledge? In this 6-hour course, Lisa Van Gemert, M.Ed.T., will take you through the book “Strategies for Differentiating Instruction: Best Practices for the Classroom,” providing discussion, reflection, and practical tips for implementation in your classroom today!

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SKU GIGU-289 Categories Differentiated Curriculum, Gifted, Gifted Guru, Instructional Strategies, Lisa Van Gemert, Literacy Tags Differentiated Curriculum, elementary, Gifted, GT, Instructional Strategies, Literacy, OAGC Differentiation, ODE competency a, ODE competency b, secondary

Description

In this 6-hour book study, Lisa Van Gemert, M.Ed.T., takes you chapter by chapter, asks questions for reflection and calls out action items to provide a practical application for the book’s many recommendations and concepts. In addition, you will have access to downloads and other materials to help you implement differentiation in your classroom.

In this 6-hour course, you will learn:

Different ways to define academic success
How to create a comfort zone for learning
Understand preassessment and how use it
Implementation strategies for tiering in the classroom
Strategies for assessment

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.

Additional information

Core Area	Differentiated Curriculum
Hours	6 Hours
Organization	Gifted Guru
Grade Level	Elementary, Secondary
Presenter	Lisa Van Gemert
Course Content	Gifted, Instructional Strategies, Literacy

99 reviews for Book Study – Strategies for Differentiating Instruction – Best Practices for the Classroom (6-Hour)

Rated 5 out of 5

Norma – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) – March 7, 2023

Her comments and thoughts were very insightful and interesting. It’s always nice to hear what someone else is thinking when they read a book!
Rated 5 out of 5

William – Springfield City School District (verified owner) – March 9, 2023

I really appreciate the piece-by-piece discussion format of the class!
Rated 4 out of 5

Monica – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) – March 15, 2023

This format of study was very beneficial to my learning style and time. The book itself offered ideas/strategies that I was already familiar with, but explained them in a new way so that I could specifically use them for differentiation.
Rated 5 out of 5

Patricia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) – March 27, 2023

I think it is very interesting and valuable to implement the ideas in the classroom.
Rated 5 out of 5

Kathryn – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) – March 30, 2023

I loved this course. The book was easy to follow, Mrs. Van Gemert was fun to listen to and easy to understand. It was a really good book study.
Rated 5 out of 5

Marcy – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) – March 31, 2023

Great content and broken into chunks for those that can’t sit for the full 6 hours at a time.
Rated 5 out of 5

Gregory – DAYTON CITY (verified owner) – April 3, 2023

Good section on Venn Diagrams.
Rated 5 out of 5

Amy – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) – April 7, 2023

I thought Lisa was very informative and shared great ideas! I really enjoy her courses!
Rated 5 out of 5

Maria – Pilot (verified owner) – April 7, 2023

I really enjoyed this book review and our presenter did awesome explaining the different points and how to work with differentiation.
Rated 5 out of 5

Janet – NEW KNOXVILLE LOCAL (verified owner) – April 9, 2023

I will definitely share this book and ideas with my colleagues!