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)
Marisa – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
I loved all the tools Lisa shared to help us create more fun and engaging lessons. Also I loved the ideas to keep things relevant and practical.
Ellen – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
it was great
David – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Good job.
Hailey – EAST CHAMBERS ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative, Lisa gives great examples and keeps things interesting while lecturing. I like her usage of pictures/examples.
Homer – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This provided technology resources that can be utilized in class.
Sarai – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very organized. Very informative.
Amber – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
It was a lot of talking and I do better with videos watching how things are used with students in the classroom. I zoned out a few times and had to go back and replay.
Enrique – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It is great
Dina – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
It was great.
Christina – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Informative
Michell – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Good informative course
Stacy – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
This course talked about some resources you can use in the classroom. It talked about the importance of differentiation for GT learners.
Jaren – EAST CHAMBERS ISD (verified owner) –
This is a well lined out course. It really brings to light issues within GT curriculum that may otherwise go unnoticed.
Beverly – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
It was very helpful!
Elisa – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
The information presented was new and fresh, but the presenter kept referring to her handout which I did not have an an online participant.
Brenda – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative. I feel like I have a greater understanding of how to differentiate instruction in my classroom.
Patricia – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –
The course covers how teacher can differentiate in the classroom. Great link ideas to apply in the classroom. All the school administrators should take this course!
Carl – EULA ISD (verified owner) –
Ms. Van Gemert did a great job of presenting strategies to teach differentiation including tiering and compacting. This course is definitely geared to the classroom setting.
Jeremy – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
I’m getting tired of “new teaching methods” based on theories and not practical application. I’m getting tired of everyone believing that each school is set up to apply these new trends.
I’m getting tired of PhD’s coming along, forcing their ideas on the rest of society when we cannot have time to test previous ideas in full.
Teaching is a skill. Like most skills, there is typically few ways to truly apply them. Stop overworking your teachers with these theories simply because they are new.
Michelle – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
It was great
Rachel – STANTON ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this. I was able to take the things she was teaching and incorporate it into a PE classroom setting. There are gifted children in all areas of education, not just mathematics and reading. 😛
Julie – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Good examples on how to implement in classrooms.
Ashlyn – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great example with resources and full explanation of differentiation
Paula – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
I love the way she tells the difference between tiers and compacting. She makes her ideas clear and gives a lot of good resources that are easy to use in the classroom.
Gerald – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
The course was detailed and informative. Great presentation skills to hook in the student teacher.
Rebecca – LA GRANGE ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this course was very applicable and useful. She presented the course in a way that was easy to understand and she provided a ton of tools that can be implemented right away in the classroom. She’s also interesting and funny! My only complaint was that there were almost no examples for the social studies/history classroom.
Kameron – Private Pay (verified owner) –
This training course was very beeficial in a way that it challenges you to reflect on the way you already teach your class.
Norma – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
This course did allow mw to learn a few different things that
I didn’t know. This will allow me use these strategies with students.
Margaret – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful and insightful
Daphney – EAST CHAMBERS ISD (verified owner) –
I just feel that in person would be a better option, this one wasn’t horrible but I think I would learn more and focus more on an in person course, but that’s just me
Lorren – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Good stuff
Michael – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
I think that this course was great!
Toby – EAST CHAMBERS ISD (verified owner) –
It was ok. Had lots of interesting points.
Brian – DRISCOLL ISD (verified owner) –
The information is good. I felt like there were some transitions missing when the topics changed abruptly.
Connie – EAST CHAMBERS ISD (verified owner) –
There are definitely good resources from within this training that I will be referring back to in order to use them in my classroom.
Rebeka – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Provided plenty of ideas to differentiate instruction
Tasha – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
It was good.
Leah – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informational!
Karla – MANOR ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome!
Mirella – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
Extremely informative!!
Misti – LA GRANGE ISD (verified owner) –
This course provides a lot of great ideas and resources to differentiate within the classroom.
Yoanna – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Loved Lisa’s presentation. I learned a lot. Thank you
Carrie – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
It was a good resource for explaining and exploring the topics.
Kayla – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot of new information and ways to implement strategies in the classroom.
Valerie – MANOR ISD (verified owner) –
I love all the examples that were given. All of the websites for differentiating were really cool. The way she presented the idea of starting with what you already have when it comes to differentiation made it sound more attainable than what I initially thought.
Leslie – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful practical ideas to easily incorporate more differentiation into classroom instruction!
Karla – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
It was very easy to understand and gave great resources and ideas to try right away.
Patricia – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent explanation of differentiation with strategies which may be used in classroom.
Lacy – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
This course was extremely informative and benificial to me as a second year teacher.
Neihssa – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
This course has a wide explanatory of ideas that can be used to differentiate in the classroom.