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Diplomas Now Summer Institute | July 8-9, 2013 | Baltimore, Maryland
DN’s Role In Differentiated Instruction
Liz Looney- Director of School Partnerships City Year Miami
Diplomas Now Summer Institute | July 8-9, 2013 | Baltimore, Maryland
Session Agenda
Introduction
Warm up
Discussion and Role Play
Wrap Up and Reflection
Diplomas Now Summer Institute | July 8-9, 2013 | Baltimore, Maryland
Session Objectives
Participants will:
Understand how to maximize the role of all student support personnel during differentiated instruction.
Be prepared to lead teachers and Corps Members in planning for optimal collaboration during differentiated instruction.
Diplomas Now Summer Institute | July 8-9, 2013 | Baltimore, Maryland
Warm up- What is Differentiated Instruction
Write a definition of differentiation that you feel clarifies its key intent, elements and principles
Explain to a new member of your team what differentiation is in terms of what a teacher would be doing in the classroom, why they would be doing it, and how a CM could support. Your explanation should create an image of a DI classroom
Develop an analogy, metaphor, or visual that you think represents and clarifies what differentiation is or what is the most important aspect to understand regarding differentiation
Diplomas Now Summer Institute | July 8-9, 2013 | Baltimore, Maryland
Differentiated Instruction
What is differentiated instruction or DI?
Teaching with student differences in mind and starting where the students are
instead of an approach that assumes all students of a given age or grade are
essentially alike. Teachers can differentiate content, process, product, affect, or
learning environment to meet to student needs.
What is the purpose of differentiated instruction?
The goal is always maximum student growth and individual success!
Diplomas Now Summer Institute | July 8-9, 2013 | Baltimore, Maryland
Differentiated Instruction
Why is DI important?
Students are working just above their comfort level that both challenges them to grow and
allows them to be successful. This specific attention allows for genuine student
development both academically and socially.
How might DI be challenging for teachers?
Requires additional planning and constant attention to individual student progress.
What classroom conditions are ideal for DI?
Multiple adult supports, separate space for small group instruction.
Consistent access to student data.
Diplomas Now Summer Institute | July 8-9, 2013 | Baltimore, Maryland
Discussion: Before the Lesson
With a partner, discuss what you feel needs to happen during the
planning of a lesson to ensure successful DI and purposeful use of all
classroom supports. (3 minutes)
Diplomas Now Summer Institute | July 8-9, 2013 | Baltimore, Maryland
Role Play
What are the plusses and deltas of this planning scenario?
What would you and your partner do differently?
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Discussion: During the Lesson
With your partner, talk about what the classroom would ideally look
like, feel like, and sound like during a differentiated instruction lesson.
(3 Minutes)
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Discussion: After the Lesson
With your partner, discuss what steps need to take place with teachers, students, and classroom support personnel after the lesson is over. (3 Minutes)
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Wrap Up & Reflection
Key takeaways?
Next steps?
Questions?
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Collaborating with Differentiated Instruction
Before the lesson During the lesson After the lesson
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Works Cited
Tomlinson, Carol Ann, and Susan Demirsky Allan. Leadership for Differentiating Schools & Classrooms. Alexandria: ASCD, 2000. Print.
Tomlinson, Carol Ann. Differentiation Central. Institutes on Academic Diversity in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, 2009. Web. 20 Feb. 2013.
