Description
Making sure gifted students have quality instruction and challenging assignments is widely popular in the education world. But do you know exactly what it means to be gifted and why it matters? This six-hour course, “Identification & Assessment of the Gifted,” addresses issues surrounding gifted students and practical ways to identify them.
Lisa Van Gemert, a leading voice in gifted education, shares an overview of the history of gifted education and its importance today. Educators will also learn how to tell whether or not a student is gifted by using different tests and assessments. Teachers who have a thorough understanding of how to identify and assess gifted students will be able to equip and challenge these students better.
In this informative course educators will learn:
- What it means to be gifted
- Characteristics of gifted children
- How to test intelligence
- The importance of CLD populations
- Traits of twice-exceptional students
Brandy – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
This was tough to sit on my own time and complete 18 hours. Lisa is very knowledgeable and matter of fact about giftedness.
Richard – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
The information here is absolutely useful and enlightening
Arturo – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I thought the course was good. It showed how gifted students are tested and how we as teachers must be talent scouts and not gates holding our children back.
Nikki – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
This course covers so much but in a manner that it is easy to follow. Thank you!
Amy – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
It was insightful about the awareness of point of view in gifted students.
Michelle – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great coverage of a challenging topic !
Hope – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellently done by Lisa. I also loved her examples of kids she has worked with in the past and the jokes were an extra bonus. 🙂
Souaad – CANUTILLO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Mallory – FERRIS ISD (verified owner) –
The last portion was the most interesting.
Erika – CANUTILLO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course
Michelle – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
As a high school teacher, I would have liked to have seen more of a focus on that age group.
Danna – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It is a great training to understand how you can help GT students.
alfredo – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
very inciteful, and eye opening
Elizabeth – CANUTILLO ISD (verified owner) –
Very in depth and specific examples to identify gifted students.
Lydia – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great! Very informative.
Gustavo – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Really informative, makes you think of teacher bias and how it may hinder your thoughts of gifted students
Jennifer – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
Great course that hits a lot of things I did not previously know about the identification of gifted students.
Marco – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Good information on how to identify and work with GT students.
Angela – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I enjoy the resources and examples that are provided.
Todd – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Informative.
Lindsay – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Cassie – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was great.
Thien – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I believe the course is very good.
Erika – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
In depth on characteristics and different testing methods
Deena – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course as it gave me more insight into the common traits of gifted learners.
Miranda – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Sarah – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
I found this course to expand my thoughts about Gifted Students. Particularly, students who have exceptionality traits which many would use to rule out the potential that these disabilities somehow restrict them from being seen as gifted.
Lyndi – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I love the incorporation of real life success stories that didn’t start out that way.
Brenda – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I truly enjoyed the training. I have learned a lot and am taking with me a lot of strategies I can use in my classroom.
MARITZA – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This is an amazing course that everyone should take!!!
Milagros – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
This training is beyond insightful and very engaging!
Greogry – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very enlightening, fascinating, critical knowledge for an educator.
laura – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
This course presents critical information concisely and in a way that will be practical to implement.
Kelly – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting!!
Dolores – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very relevant to the type of identification process my district uses.
John – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was great yet again. Lisa is an amazing once again.
Tiffany – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and eye opening.
Timothy – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Enjoyable
Phillip – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Must pay attention.
Ashley – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
It was great!
Trisha – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
It is hard to do these type of Professional development online. it would be better to go to the actual class.
Nora – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Julia – CANUTILLO ISD (verified owner) –
It is a bit difficult, but it is worth sitting through it.
Xochitl – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
It’s a very insightful course.
Christopher – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Good
Cynthia – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
It was very insightful!
idalia – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
great and informative
Brittany – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very good!
Sheryl – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Abel – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Greate course, I love that it keeps track of your classes taken.