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.
Andy – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Great training on tiering and compacting, what they are, and how to do them.
Kristi – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
Very helpful!
Todd – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
Good.
Kara – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
lots of information
Leah – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was good.
Katie – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
I think the ideas were good, but I would like to see more examples.
Kevin – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
Helpful and practical course on ways to tier and compact.
Ashley – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
I appreciate Lisa’s passion for helping teachers become better at serving gifted students in the classroom. This course had some great ideas and strategies that can be easily implemented to get started using tiering and compacting. This one focuses mostly on tiering, but there is some compacting discussed as well.
Vicki – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This class give a lot of good ideas for how to tier and compact lessons. It clearly explains the difference, when, and how to get started.
Kristin – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful. Would really love to have a link to the handout that she describes in the PD. She talks about it but does not put the link in her presentation.