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.
Todd – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Informative.
Angela – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I enjoy the resources and examples that are provided.
Marco – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Good information on how to identify and work with GT students.
Jennifer – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
Great course that hits a lot of things I did not previously know about the identification of gifted students.
Gustavo – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Really informative, makes you think of teacher bias and how it may hinder your thoughts of gifted students
Lydia – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great! Very informative.
Elizabeth – CANUTILLO ISD (verified owner) –
Very in depth and specific examples to identify gifted students.
alfredo – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
very inciteful, and eye opening
Danna – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It is a great training to understand how you can help GT students.
Michelle – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
As a high school teacher, I would have liked to have seen more of a focus on that age group.