Differentiated Instructional Strategies Professional Learning Guide

Support differentiated instruction schoolwide with this expert guide! The best-selling Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn’t Fit All has been revised to include new strategies and a Common Core lesson-planning template—and this workshop-friendly professional learning guide remains the ideal accompaniment. Inside you’ll find step-by-step training activities for job-embedded professional development, guidelines for small study groups and larger staff development meetings, and: Guidance for individualized support and mentoring Suggestions for evaluation, coaching, observation, and supervision of differentiated instructional practices Research-based responses to concerns about change Implementation and evaluation tools to measure schoolwide progress Resources for implementing large-scale differentiation initiatives

In this fascinating book, the author of The Hinge Factor and The Weather Factor surveys revolutions across the centuries, vividly portraying the people and events that brought wrenching, often enduring and always bloody change to countries and societies almost overnight. Durschmied begins with the French Revolution and goes on to examine the revolutions of Mexico in 1910, Russia in 1917, and Japan in 1945, as well as the failed putsch against Hitler in 1944. His account of the Cuban Revolution is peppered with personal anecdotes for he was the first foreign correspondent to meet Castro when the future leader was still in the Sierra Maestra. He concludes with the Iranian Revolution that ousted the Shah in 1979 another that he personally covered and, in a new preface, extends his analysis to the Arab Spring.Each revolution, Durschmied contends, has its own dynamic and memorable cast of characters, but all too often the end result is the same: mayhem, betrayal, glory, and death. Unlike the American Revolution, which is the counterexample, few revolutions are spared the harsh reality that most devour their own children. Durschmied is a supremely gifted reporter who has transformed the media he works in. Newsweek A] light and lively narrative that serves as a useful introduction for the general reader. Library Journal

Support differentiated instruction in every classroom with this updated expert guide! Keeping up with differentiated instruction (DI) developments can be hard, but you’ll stay on track with this updated guide. The official companion book to the bestselling Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn’t Fit All, this workshop-friendly resource offers step-by-step training activities for job-embedded professional development, plus guidelines tailored for both small study groups and larger staff development meetings. This new edition of Differentiated Instructional Strategies in Practice: Training, Implementation, and Supervision has been revised to include new strategies and a Common Core lesson-planning template. This professional learning guide remains the ideal accompaniment. Inside you’ll find • Guidelines for providing individualized support and mentoring • Suggestions for evaluation, coaching, observation, and supervision of DI practices • Research-based responses to staff members’ concerns about change • Implementation and evaluation tools to measure schoolwide progress • Resources for staff developers and principals implementing large-scale differentiation initiatives No differentiated classroom is complete without Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn’t Fit All—and no administrative office is complete without its dedicated book study guide. Put the two together and make a successful transition to brain-friendly differentiated classrooms throughout your school. Praise for the previous edition: "An excellent resource for understanding the key concepts and strategies of differentiated instruction. Participants in training based on this curriculum will experience the instructional strategies firsthand, facilitating their application in the classroom." —Maria Timmons Flores, Assistant Professor Lewis & Clark College "The book′s major strengths are its fluency, readability, and connection of theory and practice. The activities are doable and will make sense to a classroom teacher." —Belinda G. Gimbert, Coordinator, Transition to Teaching Program Newport News Public Schools, VA

Examine how PLCs provide the decision-making platform for the rigorous work of differentiated classroom instruction. A practical guide to implementing differentiation in the classroom, this book offers a road map to effective teaching that responds to diverse learning needs. Takeaway objectives at the beginning of each chapter guide discussion, and each chapter ends with action options of highly interactive strategies.

This book offers step-by-step activities compatible with leading differentiated instruction (DI) training materials. It uses a "one-size-does-not-fit-all" approach to faculty training, observation, and supervision for DI implementation, enabling teachers, trainers, and principals to identify their own unique strengths and concerns as they work to engage students in the classroom. After "Introduction: Adults Need Differentiated Learning Opportunities Too," Part 1, "Building School Capacity through Professional Development," includes school capacity and student achievement and job-embedded strategies for differentiated professional development. Part 2, "Book Study Using 'Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn't Fit All'" and Other Training Resources," discusses: creating a climate for learning; knowing the learner; assessing the learner; adjusting, compacting, and grouping; instructional strategies for student success; and curriculum approaches for differentiated classrooms. Part 3, "Managing Change in the Professional Learning Community," looks at the implementation process and observation and supervision. Training resources are listed. (Contains approximately 144 references.) (SM).

Gregory's revised, research-based edition covers step-by-step training activities; offers guidelines for coaching, supervising, and evaluating staff members' implementation of differentiated instructional practices; and includes reproducibles on a CD-ROM.

This companion to the bestselling differentiated instruction guide features step-by-step training activities, guidelines for individualized support, research-based responses to concerns, evaluation tools, and coaching tips.

The definitive guide to differentiated instruction The Best of Corwin:Differentiated Instruction features a tapestry of critical information to guide teachers in implementing differentiation. Helpful tools include standards-based lesson- and unit- planning templates, graphic organizers, and brain-based research. The compilation also provides: Strategies for understanding students' needs Tips for accommodating various learning styles Curriculum approaches for data-driven instruction Proven best teaching practices Guidance in creating a positive learning environment Also included is a chapter that offers an in-depth look at middle and high school learners and the need for differentiation to satisfy their developmental needs.