Lab 4 Pre-Work: Varying Abilities and Differentiated Instruction

This workshop will explore defining the varying needs of students in the classroom, will share practical teaching strategies, and will focus on utilizing inclusive language and frames around students with disabilities.  

Read: Music in Special Education Chapter 1

Current Profile of Students with Disabilities in Public Schools with Implications for Music Professionals

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vkeufhOxpx5xYTiIUa3VuB2JAGBB09z4/view?usp=sharing

This reading supports instruction of students with disabilities in music. Read: 

• Pages: 4-6 (Definitions and Terminology)

• Pages: 9-14 (Factors Affecting Student’s Ability to Learn, and Language)

Watch: CAST UDL Video 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1B6yQXsr0c

Watch the CAST UDL video to gain a basic understanding of what UDL is and how to utilize UDL in the classroom.

Pre-workshop Survey:

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Complete the pre-workshop survey to give us a better understanding of your experience and your ideas around disability.

Implementation of Strategies and Planning:

Visual schedule

Create a visual schedule for your classroom using age appropriate visuals

Task analysis

Create step by step instructions for a lesson you have coming up.

Adaptive tool creation

Create an adaptive tool for your class either focused on adaptation for a student with motor challenges or an intellectual disability. 

For the discussion session, bring an online version or picture (such as for the adaptive tool) of one of the above tasks to share with the cohort members in your TATI discussion group. 

TATI Lesson Plan and Template Activity

Varying Abilities and Differentiated Instruction

Lesson Plan: Add one strategy linked to supporting students with varying abilities and incorporating differentiated instruction. 

Template: Add a reflexive question or prompt to the lesson plan template. 

Please bring your revised lesson plan and template to discussion session.

As we conclude Lab 5, you're encouraged to journal and reflect on some or all of the following prompts:

1. What strategies have you implemented in your classroom? Why did you choose these strategies?

2. How might you measure the impact or the effectiveness of these strategies? 

3. In what ways has your understanding of how to support students disabilities/varying abilities deepened through this lecture?

4. When thinking about disability inclusion, how can we reframe our language or accessibility options to include students with disabilities in the classroom more?

5. How might disability inclusion extend to the families of students, their communities, and concerts or parent meetings. 

Lecture Recording

Lecture Slides

Additional Resources:

• Accessibility Planning Checklist 

• Arts and Disability Resources 

• Warm-Up Activity 

• Scenarios