Description
Ms. Van Gemert suggests that the best way to add rigor to gifted education is to focus on the quality of work rather than the quantity. This way, gifted students will be challenged academically without having to do lots of extra work.
In this 1-hour course presented by Gifted Guru, you’ll learn the best ways to add rigor to your gifted instruction.
The course is full of strategies you can use in your classroom today like:
- Rubrics for rigor
- Chart examination
- The writer’s toolbox
- Magical musical tour
- Storybird
- And much more
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.
Cheryl – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This is a fantastic, fast-paced course that goes over numerous resources for the ELA classroom, most of which are free. Bravo!
Jessica – East Muskingum Local Schools (verified owner) –
Great course
Tiara – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter was knowledgeable and provided a great deal of resources that I can look into in the future!
Jamie – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It was very informative!
Lauren – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course provided a great deal of information in a reasonable amount of time. Very enjoyable!
lynda – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It was helpful
Shayne – ROCK HILL LOCAL (verified owner) –
It was good.
Melody – Pilot (verified owner) –
Great resources!
Laura – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great information!
Anthony – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
A lot of great ideas for adjusting your lessons to increase the rigor of student work