Description
For many educators, the idea of adding rigor to their gifted students’ instruction means simply increasing the amount of work they do. Education specialist Lisa Van Gemert calls this a travesty and says that this approach effectively punishes gifted students for their abilities.
Ms. Van Gemert suggests that the best way to add rigor to gifted education is to focus on the quality of work rather than the quantity. This way, gifted students will be challenged academically without having to do lots of extra work.
In this 1-hour course presented by Gifted Guru, you’ll learn the best ways to add rigor to your gifted instruction.
The course is full of strategies you can use in your classroom today like:
- Rubrics for rigor
- Chart examination
- The writer’s toolbox
- Magical musical tour
- Storybird
- And much more
miriam – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the list of books suggested in Mensa and how the presenter mentioned that by reading a variety of books benefits students because they can quote lines they have read while writing making the writing more interesting.
Jennifer – NORTHRIDGE LOCAL (verified owner) –
Love the practicality of the topics discussed. I can see myself using some of these ideas without a lot of adjustment in what I do.
Stacy – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course- highly recommended! I love the clarification of rigor not meaning more work, but higher level work.
Karen – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I love all the ideas and resources shared in this course. Very helpful!
Crystal – HILLSBORO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent! Awesome information, strategies, and resources.
Tiffany – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great resources for supporting secondary readers and writers!
Pura – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
informative
CLAUDIA – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
Great information and different way of presenting rigor.
Erin – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
Interesting ideas.
Alma – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very informative and provided plenty of strategies to use in the classroom.
Christina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
WOW!!! This is an entire wealth of information for teachers.
It is like going into an ice-cream shop and wanting this and that and this and that.
Thank you for sharing the wealth of information.
Amy – NORDONIA HILLS CITY (verified owner) –
Great ideas to increase rigor in my ela classroom.
Stacey – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Useful information
Julie – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Great resources!
Elizabeth – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Kim – ST MARYS CITY (verified owner) –
This is a great course that offers many outstanding ideas.
Edward – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
A lot of useful strategies that I plan on using in the future.
John – OLENTANGY LOCAL (verified owner) –
Practical and easy to understand strategies for the ELA classroom.
Jordan – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
I walked away with many ready-to-use tools, resources, and lessons! Very applicable to the high school ELA classroom.
Cassandra – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
This is one of the best courses I have taken on this site. I have actionable take-aways that I can (and will) use in my classroom NOW. Excellent all around!
Anthony – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
A lot of great ideas for adjusting your lessons to increase the rigor of student work
Laura – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great information!
Melody – Pilot (verified owner) –
Great resources!
Shayne – ROCK HILL LOCAL (verified owner) –
It was good.
lynda – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It was helpful
Lauren – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course provided a great deal of information in a reasonable amount of time. Very enjoyable!
Jamie – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It was very informative!
Tiara – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter was knowledgeable and provided a great deal of resources that I can look into in the future!
Jessica – EAST MUSKINGUM LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great course
Cheryl – HPS – HOUSTON NORTH (verified owner) –
This is a fantastic, fast-paced course that goes over numerous resources for the ELA classroom, most of which are free. Bravo!
Jill – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
very good information
Sandra – SAN DIEGO ISD (verified owner) –
Thank you for the nice ideas for the classroom!
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was very boring. The title of the course peeked my interest but once the presenter started she lost me completely.
Cynthia – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
GReat
IVAN – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Not only were there several strategies used, but they are explained with enough detail to make a decision on whether you are interested in them or not.
Emily – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this training. The presenter is definitely an expert in this field!
Rebecca – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course provides useful tools for differentiation.
Edith – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
gives great examples, resources & very well explained
Sylvia – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked all the resources offered.
Kristin – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Not only was this course interesting, it also had some resources I can include in my classroom immediately.
Shannon – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
Great!!!
Paola – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Sharon – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
This course is geared towards middle grades to high school level. It does not provide as much for early childhood levels.
Veronica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was informative.
Henry – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Karen – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided a valuable collection of methods for increasing rigor in the English classroom; none of them are difficult to implement. I found several strategies and helpful resources that I will incorporate in the upcoming school year.
Kelly – ORANGE CITY (verified owner) –
Well done.
Sarah – DAYTON CITY (verified owner) –
Strategies seem a little dated and not necessarily urban education friendly.
Edith – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I learned more on how to help my student be better readers, writers with all the resources providedin this training.
Lindsay – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
This course gives some great ideas for the high school English classroom!