Description
Incorporating creativity into the classroom isn’t just about making art projects or decorations. It’s about teaching students to approach problems creatively and become richer, deeper thinkers. Lisa Van Gemert, award-winning educational consultant, guides teachers through an in-depth look at how to bring creative instruction into their classrooms. This six-hour course, “Creativity and Instructional Strategies,” dives deep into what creativity is and how to use it in the classroom.
In this course educators will learn about:
- How creativity affects a student’s learning
- Resources for cultivating a creative classroom
- Creative activities
- Humor and creativity
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.
Pamela – TROTWOOD-MADISON CITY (verified owner) –
She is a fabulous presenter. I just love all of the ideas she gives. She is also very creative.
Erinn – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
Extremely informative! I have gained some much needed instructional resources from this training.
Kimberly – TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD (verified owner) –
the course is amazing but a couple of the recourses are out dated due to covid making technology a bit more accessible and easy to use.
Maria – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Love it
Dafne – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very interesting and a lot of resources for us to use in the classroom were provided.
Julie Joy – MANOR ISD (verified owner) –
This is excellent
Lee – TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD (verified owner) –
There were many creative ideas with resources to help teachers.
Zaida – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
Loved the ideas and the course. Wish it had close captioning because sometimes the instructor talked a little too fast/soft and it was hard for me to understand what she was saying.
Stephanie – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This course provides great resources for teachers to use in their classrooms!
Shawna – MANOR ISD (verified owner) –
Great!