Description
Lisa Van Gemert, M.Ed.T, describes it this way: Tiered instruction is a quintessential approach to differentiation, in which the same curriculum is tailored to different students’ abilities and interests. Compacting, on the other hand, involves giving a condensed version of your content to a student who has either mastered it already, or will be able to master it quickly.
In this 1-hour course, you will learn:
- 6 steps for effective tiering
- 8 simple rules for compacting
- How to follow the interests of your GT students
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.
Pamela – TROTWOOD-MADISON CITY (verified owner) –
This course made the idea of tiering easier.
Leslie – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Easy to follow along with. Easy to understand. Straight to the point.
Trevor – HERTFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
I enjoy the course and how tiered instruction was explained especially.
Stacy – CARDINAL LOCAL (verified owner) –
The information was beneficial and was presented in a way that I can apply to my planning for future lessons.
Lindsay – LEE COUNTY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
It really helped to explain the differnece between tiering and compacting
Melody – CARDINAL LOCAL (verified owner) –
This was an excellent course and made the principles and methodology not as “scary” and made them seem “doable”.
Nancy – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
Excellent!
patricia – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
Good stuff, concrete ways to differentiate for students.
Angie – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This course gave me the opportunity to think of tiered instruction or small groups in a different way and to help in the planning of content by always starting with the higher level student.
Jeanne – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
Lisa made understanding the difference between these two concepts so much clearer than I´ve gotten in the past. I now feel like I could do this and know how much better it will be for my students.