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.
Taylor – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course is beneficial to anyone who is interested in learning about GT.
Lamont – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course helped me further understand my gifted students.
Kimberly – PALACIOS ISD (verified owner) –
At times, I thought it was slightly difficult to relate back all the things Lisa brings up to my 7th grade math students, but maybe that’s just because I’m new to teaching and had two toddlers crawling all over me while I was trying to watch these trainings. I think it would be a tremendous help if we had access to her handouts that she provides to in person trainees.
Mariela – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course! Thank you Lisa!
Ari – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course and felt that the information was highly relevant. I also appreciate the presenter actually including a variety of different brain breaks and activities involving movement, actually showing us good lesson structure! Often times we are taught about it but never actually have it modelled to us, and when presenters actually structure their sessions this way it shows that they truly to believe in the importance of it for the educational process.
Amapola – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
It was good and informative.
Scott – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Excellent course content & delivery
Diana – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
In person hands on would be better.
Ryan – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Good
Melissa – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I love all the resources and examples, video clips, jokes, given to help enhance this course. I enjoyed it and I would recommend it to all educators.