A Critique of the Proposed National Education Policy Reform
Making instruction work
1. Making Instruction Work Berkeley County School District “to challenge and empower our students to be successful in a highly competitive world.” Link
3. Literature Discussion Groups Discussion Director Connector Illustrator Passage Master Vocabulary Enricher Summarizer Literary Luminary Researcher
4. Goals Who are our students? What are some strategies for differentiating instruction? What are strategies for flexible grouping and what does it look like?
7. 7 What would you say if someone told you I want to respond to your child’s talents and needs and provide an education that maximizes his or her potential?
16. Misunderstanding about Differentiation Differentiation is a set of instructional strategies. It’s adequate for a district or school leader to tell or even show, teachers how to differentiate instruction effectively. Differentiation is something a teachers does or doesn’t do. “I already do that!” Differentiation is just about instruction.
24. Best Practices that “fit” differentiation The use of assessment to inform instruction Response to Intervention Teaching for understanding Higher order thinking Flexible grouping Challenge and accountability Acceleration – yes, acceleration!
35. Literature Discussion Groups Discussion Director Connector Illustrator Passage Master Vocabulary Enricher Summarizer Literary Luminary Researcher
36. Technology Tools for Differentiated Instruction VoiceThread Letters from the Internment Camp There is a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom PhotoStory 3/Movie Maker Green Eggs and Ham The BFG PodCast- Audacity (Ask help desk) This I Believe-Temple Grandin
39. Discussion Groups What does differentiation look like in your classroom? How can you begin to address the needs of all learners in your classroom? What implications does differentiated instruction have on you as a teacher? Where do we begin?
40. Credits http://www.caroltomlinson.com/ Leading and Managing a Differentiated Classroom by Carol Ann Tomlinson and Marcia Imbeau The Differentiated Classroom by Carol Ann Tomilinson Sir Ken Robinson: Differentiated Teaching Differentiated Instruction Ignites Elementary School Learning produced by Edutopia A Vision of Students Today by Michael Wesch http://www.edutopia.org/
Editor's Notes
Vision with a purpose……The Lonely but Beautiful Path
What does good teaching look like?
What does learning look like?
Brainstorm all learning styles of the learner-
Flexible Grouping
Vision with a purpose……The Lonely but Beautiful Path
