First time LAs
Define Differentiation in Instruction
Identify Strategies for Differentiation
Returning LAs
Apply Differentiation Techniques in Lesson Planning
Evaluate the Effectiveness of Differentiation
Rethinking How We Do School - and for Whom from the book Differentiated Classroom : Responding to the Needs of ALL Learners (in Canvas)
Discussions
What is the best teaching you have experienced?
Part 1
What do the best teachers know and understand?
How do they prepare to teach?
What do they expect of their students?
What do they do when they teach?
How do they treat students?
How do they check their progress and evaluate their efforts?
Using your thoughts from Part 1, create a full list of descriptive words for each category. (Write these on the board.)
Identify your top 5 words by circling them.
What do the best LAs do?
What do the best LAs know and understand?
How do they prepare to teach?
What do they expect of their students?
What do they do when they teach?
How do they treat students?
How do they check their progress and evaluate their efforts?
If possible, plan to gather student data, including assessments, observations, and student work samples, to identify individual strengths, needs, and learning preferences for effective differentiation.
Collaborate with peers, classroom teachers, and other stakeholders to share insights, discuss challenges, and develop effective differentiation plans and practices.
The Myth of ‘Learning Styles’ The Atlantic
Teachers
Students
“What the Best College Students Do” (by the same author)