Description
On the surface, perfectionism and procrastination seem like competing qualities. If a student wants things done perfectly, won’t he/she stay on top of deadlines? In reality, perfectionism and procrastination go hand-in-hand to create struggles for many gifted students.
In this 1-hour course, you will learn:
- Possible origins of procrastination
- The cost of perfectionism
- Perfectionism vs. striving for excellence
- Interventions for perfectionism
- Interventions for procrastination
This course is aligned with NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 7.1, 7.2, 7.3.
Extend your learning and earn another CPE credit! This course has a recorded Virtual Extended Learning Session where Lisa Van Gemert provides strategies and application tips. Click Here: Moving Past Perfectionism and Procrastination – Extended Learning Session
Melissa – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very helpful and really broke down the differences between excellence and perfectionism.
Sylvia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great insights on the relationship between perfectionism and procrastination.
Laura – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Helpful and practical suggestions
Francisca – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Great tips.
Rodney – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Working with GT students holds these ideas true and in perfectionists and changing their views to being strong strivers is important.
Cristal – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Leslie – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I found this course very helpful both personally and professionally.
Erin – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course a lot. I felt like I learned a lot about myself through it as well! I know that this will be very helpful for me as a teacher to know tips, tricks, and guidelines that will help my perfectionist students succeed.
Lynette – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –
This is an outstanding lecture on what is going on in the head of our perfectionists and procrastinators. As a teacher and as a parent, I found this to be a very good course.
Terri – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It provided some very good information for dealing with students who struggle with the idea that they have to be perfect.
Angie – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course for students and adults.
Diana – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very interesting course.
Jimmie – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course is great in assisting with identifying the characteristic of the perfectionist and the procarastinator.
Peter – TEAYS VALLEY LOCAL (verified owner) –
Loved this course. Lots of interesting information, great anecdotes, and practical solutions. I learned a lot from this course and was engaged the entire time. Would recommend it, especially if you’re working with students who have perfectionist tendencies. Glad I took this one!
Stephanie – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
My takeaway is to get students to understand that mistakes are okay and give several examples of talented people who have made alot of mistakes but didn’t let them stop them from trying.
Jeremy – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
Interesting.
Melissa – Pilot (verified owner) –
I am also a recovering perfectionist, so I was glad to have tips to help me, so that I can, in turn, help my students and also help my parents to help their children.
Caitlin – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Easy to understand and had lots of great tips
Trish – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
This was an excellent course that helps you realize that perfectionism is behind many of the struggles we face with gifted students. By slightly altering the way we say and do things, we can better set up our GT students for success.
Kelly – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Respectful presenter, good material.
Yvette – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
This will help teachers be mindful of students’ procrastination tendencies.
Michael – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
Great information that will enhance my teaching.
Vonda – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
4 stars
Great session- fantastic for parents of gifted kids
Good for teachers of gifted students to recognize what the student struggles with
Cynthia – WASHINGTON LOCAL (verified owner) –
Loved it!
Denise – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I liked the focus on the behaviors and the ways of thinking of students that are perfectionists. This was a good training.
Lana – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
I really could relate to the concepts taught in this course. So important!!!
Lisa – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent and usable information!
Mandy – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
Very good information and easy to follow along. The presenter made her points clear and easy to understand; very focused presentation.
Catherine – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was more good tips and reminders, nothing new, but enjoyed it as good reminders for my perfectionistic students and also my own tendencies.
Tessa – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
I found the course educational, but would have liked some more specific strategies on how to handle these at the high school level.
Rani – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great clarification between perfectionism and striving for excellence
Mary – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It would have been nice to have all the information in one complete power point as opposed to two incomplete. Very confusing. Tarnished an great lesson.
Raquel – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great refresher and provided updates on SMART goals and growth mindset
KIMBERLY – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I wish everyone would understand perfectionism. I’m not gifted but I struggle with perfectionism. I think it would help coworkers understand each other.
Melinda – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Jessica – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Amalia – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
Enlightening information and practical interventions.
Sandra – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Deanna – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
This course was a good one. I gained personally from this course as well have a better understanding of several of my GT students.
Amy – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
This was very informative.
Carmela – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful!
Maribel – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Awesome
KERI – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Gilberto – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
a lot of info to digest in a short amount if time. but good information
Chase – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
This course provides a good understanding concerning a topic that is prevalent everywhere. Awareness and understanding is always the key to success.
Sylvia – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was good!
Debra – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative. The ideas are very applicable in the classroom.
Nicole – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
It was very interesting!
Trudy – SINTON ISD (verified owner) –
Good ideas.
ESTHER – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great course to help me better understand my students and myself too.