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.
Yaquelin – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
The course is full of useful information!
Dellanira – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
This course is extremely interesting and shows relevant information.
Sonia – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Great information.
Isabella – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
I really loved this course. The instructor is funny, interesting and knowledgable abou the topic.
Cynthia – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Good information, great insights.
Berrones – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
I would prefer to have the trainings in person.
Roberto – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
I would rather have the course in person rather than online.
Ashley – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot about the perspective analysis of GT students that I can easily understand what they look like in my classroom.
Nadia – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Presenter is very informative.
Michelle – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Again, great course–but again, the same concern as previously mentioned. It does not make sense to say that the cultural imbalance of G/T identified students is more due to class than race, but also say that white, lower-class children are identified at a higher rate than black, lower-class children. Race and class are both responsible for the bias. Shying away from the fact because it’s “uncomfortable” is not going to help in creating ideal classrooms, etc.