Differentiated InstructionIntroduction

Learning has to do with what the students accomplish.”

Harry Wong

“Learning has nothing to do with what a teacher covers.

Professional Learning Communities

Outcomes for Participants

• Align DI with PLC Learning Questions

• Understand the Importance of DI

• Define Differentiated Instruction

Participants will be able to:

Teaching Para-EducatorAdministration

Standards

Teaching Standards:• Uses strategies to deliver instruction

that meets the multiple learningneeds of students

• Selects strategies to engage all students in learning.

• Uses a variety of methods tomonitor student learning.

• Demonstrates competence inclassroom management

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We accept high levels of learning for all students as the fundamental purpose of our school and therefore are willing to examine all practices in light of their impact on learning.

PLC Big Idea #1 Focus on Learning

To have a mission of learning for all You must believe all students

can learn at high levels You must take responsibility to

ensure that all students learn.

Excellence for All

4 Learning Questions

What do we want each students to know or be able to do?

How will we know they have learned? What evidence do we have of the learning?

How do we respond when students don’t learn or struggle?

How do we respond to those who have already learned?

Student Learning Expectations

Formative Assessment

Differentiation/Enrichment Response to InterventionPyramid of Intervention

Learning Supports

4 Learning Questions

What do I need to know? Where am I now? How do I get there? What happens if I struggle or

fail?

Student Questions

What do we want students to know and be able to do? Standards/Benchmarks (Learning Outcomes) Classroom SMART goals & SMART targets

How will we know if they can do it? Formative assessments/cycle Multiple data sets Protocol for data analysis (ASW)

How will we respond when they can’t? Core Instruction Differentiated Instruction Enrichment Pyramid Response to Intervention Learning Supports

Learning Focus

Differentiated Classroom

Instruction &

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Student Engagem

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Management

Culture

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Instruction & Assessment

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Definition of Differentiated Instruction

Differentiated Instruction is an approach that empowers both teachers and students to maximize learning for all by providing multiple pathways for students to take in information, make sense of ideas, and express what they have learned.

Carefully crafted instruction responds to individual profiles, interests and readiness by modifying content, process and products.

Through DI, teachers take into account who they teach, what they teach, where they teach and how they teach.

Definition of Differentiated Instruction

Differentiated Instruction (DI) is an approach that empowers both teachers and students to maximize learning for all by providing multiple pathways for students to take in information, make sense of ideas, and express what they have learned.

Carefully crafted instruction responds to individual profiles, interests and readiness by modifying content, process and products.

 Through DI, teachers take into account who they teach, what they teach, where they teach and how they teach.

Teachers of effective heterogeneous classrooms recognize the similarities and differences in students

and proactively plan for these differences.

The basic premise of DI is that students are different.

Cassandra Erkens, 2008Anam Cara Consulting, Inchttp://www.anamcaraconsulting.com

Differentiated Instruction Continuum

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HighlyDifferentiated

AssessmentLearning ProfileTiered ActivitiesCurriculum CompactingLearning ContractsIndependent StudyFlexible GroupingAnchor ActivitiesLearning Centers/StationsProblem-Based LearningProject-Based Learning

“One-Size-Fits-All”

Differentiated Instruction Continuum

EVERYONE IS ON

THE JOURNEY!!

Not Differentiated

HighlyDifferentiated

AssessmentLearning ProfileTiered ActivitiesCurriculum CompactingLearning ContractsIndependent StudyFlexible GroupingAnchor ActivitiesLearning Centers/StationsProblem-Based LearningProject-Based Learning

“One-Size-Fits-All”

Let’s visit a few classrooms …

Vicki Barrett’s fifth-grade math class…

Case Study

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Scott Marsh’s fifth graders are also…

Read and Discuss:How is each differentiating instruction?

Definition of Differentiated Instruction

Differentiated Instruction (DI) is an approach that empowers both teachers and students to maximize learning for all by providing multiple pathways for students to take in information, make sense of ideas, and express what they have learned.

Carefully crafted instruction responds to individual profiles, interests and readiness by modifying content, process and products.

 Through DI, teachers take into account who they teach, what they teach, where they teach and how they teach.