Description
Making sure gifted students have quality instruction and challenging assignments is widely popular in the education world. But do you know exactly what it means to be gifted and why it matters? This six-hour course, “Identification & Assessment of the Gifted,” addresses issues surrounding gifted students and practical ways to identify them.
Lisa Van Gemert, a leading voice in gifted education, shares an overview of the history of gifted education and its importance today. Educators will also learn how to tell whether or not a student is gifted by using different tests and assessments. Teachers who have a thorough understanding of how to identify and assess gifted students will be able to equip and challenge these students better.
In this informative course educators will learn:
- What it means to be gifted
- Characteristics of gifted children
- How to test intelligence
- The importance of CLD populations
- Traits of twice-exceptional 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.
Mary – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and gave me great insight into teaching GT students.
Jennifer – CLEBURNE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative.
Karla – Colegio Nueva Granada (verified owner) –
It was so informative as a homeroom teacher to learn about the ways that students are assessed and to understand what scores mean. I feel like I know and understand my GT and 2E students much better and can be a better teacher for them.
Shawn – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
Useful information.
Victoria – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was helpful
Stephanie – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course will premit deeper understanding for working with students that are GT even if they haven’t been idetified yet.
Sylvia – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
I believe the course was very helpful.
ryan – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting to someone new to this field.
Michelle – LEANDER ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting.
Arturo – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s great!