Description
In this 6-hour course, Lisa Van Gemert, highlights the importance of differentiated instruction in meeting the needs of every student with a focus on gifted students. She presents practical classroom strategies and draws a clear distinction between differentiation and “more-ferentiation” (or simply offering more work to gifted students). This course includes practical applications and downloadable handouts.
Broken up into five modules, Ms. Van Gemert provides in-depth information on:
- Guiding principles and key ideas for implementation
- Tactics for creating an environment for differentiation
- Strategies for content (including depth, complexity and student interest)
- The learning process (including options for tiering instruction)
Elysha – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very useful!
Zujai – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course offered several resources to differentiate for all levels of abilities.
Jessica – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course with valuable tools and strategies.
Bricia – ASHLAND CITY (verified owner) –
Very helpful and informative.
Daniel – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course! I really enjoyed it!
Marko – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
The information needs to be relevant to P.E. also. I feel The material she spoke about was nothing new and more relevant for the classroom.
Murat – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD – SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT (verified owner) –
perfect
Liza – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I truly love the course Differentiation in the Real World (6hr) because it goes into specific detail about each topic. You can easily relate to your content and apply it immediately.
Cary – Morgan Local Schools (verified owner) –
Great course! Included several differentiation tools to use in the classroom.
Travis – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
good info
maria – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
it was good but too long
Jessica – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
There were a lot of really good resources referenced throughout the training.
Rocio – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great! Very informative training!
Brenna – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
It was helpful knowing how to differentiate my classroom.
Leslie – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
The course was easy to follow. I love that she present examples of how to do differentiation in a classroom. Also, she gave tools that teachers can use to facilitate the differentiation process.
Margarita – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
She was a great presenter that gave so many great examples about differentiation. She gave so many online resource that we can implement in the classroom to help with differentiate.
William – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Useful
Stephanie – FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
It offered a lot of ideas without being overwhelming.
Jacqueline – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Really good!
Jesus – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great tools and techniques to differentiate instruction for all of the students in your class
Gregg – CARDINAL LOCAL (verified owner) –
Van Gemert is one of the best, if not the best, presenter for GT instruction. She provides the rationale for the concept, but gives tools, resources, and instruction that apply to the whole class-any class. She lives out the GT = Good Teaching mantra.
Rachel – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
Applicable ideas to take back to my classroom
Jessica – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course, I feel like there is so many things that I can take with me. Thank you!
Virginia – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Presenter was great and she had great examples
h – CANUTILLO ISD (verified owner) –
This was a good course with practical applications.
Christian – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Straight forward and informational.
kari – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
I really loved it. She was engaging and shared a ton of resources.
Michael – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
it was good. some videos are long.
Kara – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas!
Anthony – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Tanner – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
This was an excellent dive into differentiation. I wish it was more interactive over the computer.
David – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I liked that it included many new strategies and practical applications. I found the part about grading to be helpful for me personally.
Amanda – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the exposure to the variety of technology resources, and use of graphics.
Staci – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Great refresher course for teachers who have been teaching G/T for at least 10 years or more.
mark – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was well done and gives a lot of ideas of how to differentiate.
Matasha – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
I loved the course. I have gained a better insight about differentiation. I no longer see it as a tool my administrators want me to do that will waste time. This will definitely benefit my students and enhance my instruction. I also gained some very valuable resources to use in my classroom.
Tracey – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course and thought it offered some great insights into differentiation in the classroom.
Hai – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I love all the strategies/tools provided by Lisa.
Roseann – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
5 stars because you are given websites, ideas, tools, and more than will help you differentiate easily in the classroom
Alis – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was informative
CELINA – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed all the websites that she talked about. I did not know they existed and were free.
Ruben – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Simple straight forward way of using differentiation in the classroom.
Angelina – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided very meaningful information and strategies to use in our classroom. Just needs to be updated as there are a few websites that are no longer available.
Jori – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Presenter included a lot of useful tools, I would have given five stars if there were more examples of the tools incorporated into varying curricula.
Katie – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Overall this was a good training. The presenter made a joke about mental illnesses during Module 1 or 2 and that really turned me off for the remainder of the training. Mental illness is not a joke and it is not okay to make people with mental illnesses feel like they are less than others. Please consider editing this portion out.
Silvia – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Very well designed and easy to follow.
Kai – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
loved ythe course and ready to start using in my classroom
Terri – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
great tips and tools
Mignon – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
The course was well planned and informative.
Mary – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of useful information, maybe even an overload.