Differentiation That Works For You
Different students have different needs, and this often means tons more work for the teacher. We will discuss simple ways to groups students, organize work, and shift our thinking so that this becomes a beautiful experience. We will take a step by step look at the process of making these changes over the course of the entire year. You will have so many more tools for your teaching tool box.
Syllabus for 2015 - 2016
0. Meet theTrainer / What To Expect
1. What do you bring: differentiation is already in motion with you
2. This is a process: Why differentiation matters
3. Know your learner and their data
4. Respecting all your learners
5. Flexible environment
6. Flexible grouping
7. Flexible teaching
8. Communicating and collaborating with students
9. Communicating with parents
10. Reflection Week—how has this improved my teaching so far?
11. Content differentiation
12. Process differentiation
13. Product differentiation
14. How do we know it’s working?--Data points along the way/assessment
15. Regrouping using the data
16. Examples for how to use a variety of technology
17. Examples for using tiered instruction
18. Examples for using menus and choice boards
19. What to do when the curriculum doesn’t work
20. Reflection Week—What have I learned and what do I still need answered?
21. Inspiration for your difficult cases
22. Grit/Work Ethic/Perseverance
23. What to do when the curriculum doesn’t work
24. Collaborating with other teachers
25. Collaborating with paraprofessionals
26. Celebrating and communicating successes
27. Good ideas notebook: Planning and preparing for next year
28. TBD based on participant survey
29. TBD based on participant survey
30. Final Reflection Week and Evaluation
