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)
Paul – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
This course contains useful strategies for the classroom teacher. It does give some background but not so much that you want to exit. I especially liked the discussion of tiering and compacting, as I have some small prior experience with mastery-based learning. In all, a good training with plenty of suggested and useful websites that provide materials and options for the hard-pressed teacher. I believe I can go beyond what I am doing now, thanks to these modules.
Marissa – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
Lisa Van Gemet’s course, “Differentiation in the Real World” was filled with practical and innovative strategies and techniques that can be easily implemented as soon as the training is over!
Erin – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided a lot of great tools to use in my classroom!
Ivan – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course, good information!
Elena – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
Fantastic training!
Noreen – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided links and ideas to help differentiate.
Nathalia – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was an good source of letting teacher know how to differentiate and tier accordingly.
Emily – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
It gave me some great ideas.
CARLOS – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
it was good and had a lot useful information
Kristen – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Very good strategies for differentiation.
Erika – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Amazing course. A lot of resources and strategies o use in the classroom.
Brandi – HUNTSVILLE ISD – TEXAS ONLINE PREP (verified owner) –
This was a good course.
Mitra – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course gave me a new sight in differentiation.
I really enjoyed participating in this training.
Jesus – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
I think all teachers should use this course for their professional development.
Courtney – HUNTSVILLE ISD – TEXAS ONLINE PREP (verified owner) –
I love Lisa! She is so good at giving teachers tangible resources and practical advice on how to apply these concepts to your classroom!
Abigail – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This is an excellent course. There is so much information and tools we can use for the classroom. I will be reviewing this course again because there is so much information I do not want to miss.
Malik – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
It is very informative but has a lot of unnecessary information.
Tara – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Great course with a lot of tools to be able to differentiate effectively.
Alejandro – ZAPATA COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome!
Andrew – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It was fine.
Daniel – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great resources and information
Kirstin – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed that she shared actual websites and activities for the students to complete.
Maria – ZAPATA COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I found it very useful and interesting ideas for implemeting differentiation in my classroom.
Cristina – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD – SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I like that I was introduce to a good amount of tools that I will be able to utilize and implement in my classes. I did not anticipate that I would be engaged as I was with the session. I was very refreshing.
Celia – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
There are lots of great technology and examples of differentiation given in this course.
Melissa – Victor Elementary School District (verified owner) –
Lots of useful content to go right into the classroom and try.
Adriana – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
It’s a great course.
Katherine – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great information. She was very in tune with how teachers feel and what they face each day, but still had great feedback to give.
Jacklyn – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Wish I could go deeper with it. Great information
Rose – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
It is all right but slightly redundant, as in the same concept was said in many different ways. Ironically I felt like a bored G/T student.
Ihsan – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very informative! Lots of great ideas
Domonique – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I think that this course is much needed. There are many teachers who fail to differentiate without realizing and this is a very useful tool for teachers who struggle with such.
Benjamin – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting data.
SONIA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course….I like that different examples were given including lots of websites that can be used to differentiate.
CHRISTINE A – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This was an awesome course. I learned that it doesn’t have to take more time to differentiate it just a different way to approach planning for instruction.
Angela – HUNTSVILLE ISD – TEXAS ONLINE PREP (verified owner) –
Great!
Melissa – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It is very informative.
Daisy – FERRIS ISD (verified owner) –
I would recommend this course for teachers who have not had previous trainings.
Amanda – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
It was long and she talked a lot. Need more hands on.
Ashley – HUNTSVILLE ISD – TEXAS ONLINE PREP (verified owner) –
Excellent!
Ryan – SAN DIEGO ISD (verified owner) –
it’s very informative.
Claudia – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –
This is an excellent course, because it helps you think about differentiation in a different way and gives you options.
MYRIAM – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I learned many things about differentiation that I did not know before and how I can better help my students in the classroom.
Melissa – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I have listened to this speaker before. She has great resources!
Hope – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Although much of this course was highly informational I found that the tiered learning lesson plans of math and language arts to drag on far too long with information that could of been simplified. I also thought that the difference and similarities between tiering and compacting could of been further explained. As I still felt somewhat confused regardless of taking notes and listening intently. Other than that I enjoyed learning about differentiation in this course.
Chaerli – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – AUSTIN (verified owner) –
I think it was great, however, extremely long.
Amy – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
This course gave many strategies that will support my instruction and how I can differentiate my instruction.
Devin – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
good
Sandra – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was helpful. She gave a lot of tools that can be used both in the classroom and during remote learning.
Elizabeth – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I felt I learned what I could implement for my gifted students.