Differentiation in the Classroom

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Course Details

  • 18 Hours
  • 1.8 CEUs
  • 3 ASCI Credits
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Course Summary

“Like students, teachers grow best when they are moderately challenged. Waiting until conditions are ideal or until you are sure of yourself yields lethargy, not growth.” – Carol Tomlinson

Do you believe that students learn at different rates? Do you think that students have different strengths and needs? Does it feel overwhelming or almost impossible to meet those needs in every lesson? This is where differentiated instruction can help. This new buzz word in education is actually a time-tested technique that perhaps, you currently use with your classes. For example, most teachers already provide choice, use a variety of teaching materials, or tier their instruction, but there’s more to it. Differentiation requires teachers to assess students and adjust the content, process and product to meet their students’ needs. It may sound daunting, but with a few fresh examples and tips for executing differentiation in your classroom, it can be a powerfully effective tool for reaching all students. This course will walk you through the various definitions of differentiation, how it is effectively (and ineffectively) being used in classrooms across the country and provide tips and resources so that you can begin to truly differentiate instruction in the classroom.

Projects To Be Completed
  1. Defining Differentiation
  2. Formative Assessments (Make your own using Google Forms)
  3. Instructional Strategies for Content, Process, Product
  4. Teaching Up and Tiered Instruction
  5. Quiz: Is… It… Differentiation?
  6. What Would you do? (Applying differentiation strategies)
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Course Details

  • 18 Hours
  • 1.8 CEUs
  • 3 ASCI Credits
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Prerequisites

Basic computer file management knowledge, e.g. opening, saving and uploading files, creating folders; Word Processing skills; Basic Internet keyword searching skills

Materials

  1. Internet
  2. Adobe PDF reader
  3. Google Account (gmail or google drive)- Directions for creating this free account are in the course.

Professional Learning Objectives

  1. Using course text and an option of resources, learners will answer the questions to show a comprehensive understanding of the term, differentiation, as applied to classroom settings with 100% completion.
  2. Using course text and Google Forms, learners will create a formative assessment that demonstrates their ability to navigate and create forms with 100% completion of required skills.
  3. Using course text and Internet resources, learners will describe successful instructional strategies that will differentiate for content, skills and process with 100% completion.
  4. Using course text and Internet resources, learners will complete a Teaching-Up survey to assess their own current state of differentiation and create three Tiered Activities that show a comprehensive understanding of differentiation with 100% completion.
  5. Using course materials and the provided online quiz, learners will complete the quiz to discern differentiation from other strategies with 90% accuracy.
  6. Using course materials and the provided scenarios, learners will respond to a classroom situation using appropriate differentiated teaching strategies and evaluate those strategies with 100% completion.

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