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.
Joy – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Loads of helpful resources.
Diana – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent resources and ideas for teaching.
Monica – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Thank you for these trainings.
Nilda – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
This set of modules helps teacher know ways to allow students to be creative in how they acquire knowledge and express their understanding.
Laura – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
The course is very engaging, and gives a lot of practical and interesting strategies to use in class with the students to make our classes fun and engaging for the students.
Claudia – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the ideas and resources I can use in class.
Peter – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course and I learned a lot.
Ana – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
This course is great because I really learned a lot from it! I found many different instructional strategies and resources that I can implement in my classroom. I highly a recommend this training to all teachers.
Candy – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Great course.
Robert – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
All the tools here I’m sure you will find one that will help you in your own classroom.