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.
Ms. Van Gemert uses data and research to explain the educational and personal benefits that students gain when they learn to think creatively. She addresses common myths about creativity, such as that it’s only useful for lower elementary grades or for certain subjects. After taking this course educators will have the resources, inspiration, and knowledge they need to make their classrooms engaging and exciting through creativity.
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
Megan – MANOR ISD (verified owner) –
The resources make the training more personalized by seeing examples that could work for many different functions.
Kelly – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Lisa is so creative and knowledgeable. I really learned so many things from her that I can take and use in my classroom this year. I loved the course!
Julie – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great activities that you can use in your classroom.
Megan – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This course provides a lot of information and great resources for teachers.
Norma – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot about things that I could use in the classroom.
Michelle – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
5 stars
Alexandra – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
It was informational
Kimberly – EAST CHAMBERS ISD (verified owner) –
There a so many different ideas that are offered in this course that would be very useful in the classroom.
Paula – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
I really like the way that she explained everything and gave so many different ideas and tools to incorporate what I learned in the classroom.
Veronica – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
Very good course.
Vickie – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
I found every part of this course of great value. I had never heard of the majority of the programs and am excited to use them during the up coming year!
Daphney – EAST CHAMBERS ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course, it gave me new strategies to implement into my everyday classroom to make myself and my students more successful
Sonia – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It is a very informative course and very well constructed.
Karen – EAST CHAMBERS ISD (verified owner) –
Well planned and new and challenging ideas.
Rebeka – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very easy to follow along to
Kameron – Private Pay (verified owner) –
A very well put professional development.
Adrienne – BETH YESHURUN DAY SCHOOL (verified owner) –
Great course for ideas to implement into the classroom.
Toby – EAST CHAMBERS ISD (verified owner) –
Very well thought out with a lot of good information.
Margaret – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
This was very helpful and insightful.
Lacy – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
I love this course taught by Lisa. It was so informative. I love all of the resources she shared with us. I am a second year teacher, so this Professional Development was amazing for me.
Denise – EAST CHAMBERS ISD (verified owner) –
Some really good, fresh ideas.
Kristina – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Good Resources
Britanie – RIVER VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
I will enjoyed this course and highly appreciate all of the resources given.
Melissa – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I love all the resource ideas and the FISH classroom mentality.
Angela – GREENEVIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course provided a range of creative activities for the classroom. Having used many of the activities before (or very similar activities), I felt affirmed in my instructional choices. I was also happy to discover a few new activities and strategies.
Carrie – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
This was a good course with content that could be applicable for different age groups.
Kayla – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this source and the information it provided.
Lindsay – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas given and good resources available!
Sarah – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
She tends to go too in detail about certain sites.
Karla – MANOR ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome!
Hanna – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I like this course as it provided lots of online tools and games I can do with my students.
Stefani – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
It was informative, interesting and challenged my way of thinking.
Cecile – MANOR ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of resources are provided
Francisco – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course very interactive and fun. I like all the resources Lisa shared.
Tiffany – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
I feel this course has been one of the most worthwhile professional development courses I have taken.
Ashley – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course was very informative, and I am going to take what was learned and implement it into the classroom. She also provided great resources that I had never heard of .
Natalie – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
As a seasoned teacher it is always nice to see different ways to create better more interesting lesson plans for students success. I enjoyed this course because I have learned many new ideas to incorporate into my daily classroom lessons.
Heather – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course is great for those who need new ideas on how to teach Gifted and Talented
Ieshia – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Good information.
Emily – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
It gave great strategies to use in the classroom for all grade levels!
Shawna – MANOR ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Stephanie – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This course provides great resources for teachers to use in their classrooms!
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.
Lee – TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD (verified owner) –
There were many creative ideas with resources to help teachers.
Julie Joy – MANOR ISD (verified owner) –
This is excellent
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.
Maria – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Love it
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.
Erinn – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
Extremely informative! I have gained some much needed instructional resources from this training.
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.