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Differentiation - HoDs meeting
1. Differentiation
HoDs meeting
Monday 5th December 2011
Karyn West - 2011
2. Students in our classes
Year 9: Case Study
Cognitive Special Needs x 5
Language Disorders x 10
High Anxiety x 1
Hearing issues x 1
Gifted and Talented x ??
4. Why bother?
That students differ may be
inconvenient, but it is inescapable.
Adapting to that diversity is the
inevitable price of productivity, high
standards, and fairness to the students.
~Theodore Sizer
5. What can I differentiate?
Depth of Classwork Assessment
knowledge or activities
skill completed /
Instructional
Strategies
WHAT HOW EVIDENCE
Image from Tomlinson, Carol Ann. The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the
Needs of All Learners. Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 1999.
7. Differentiating Process
To support all students
Admit Slips - teacher
helps in the synthesis
of learning by reading
anonymous student
writings aloud to begin
or end a class.
Tic Tac Toe - Students
must complete a certain
Fishbone Diagram -
number of tasks or must
Organising tool to help
reach a certain total
students visualise how
value of tasks. Tasks
events can be
might address Gardner’s
connected.
Multiple Intelligence.
8. Differentiating Process
To support all students
PALS (Peer Assisted
Learning Strategies) -
A structured reading
strategy in which pairs
of students use
"Paragraph Shrinking,"
"Partner Reading," and
Cubing (similar to the
"Prediction Relays."
thinking hats) -
students must examine a
Want more? http://
topic from a variety of
perspectives. www.beesburg.com/
edtools/glossary.html
9. Educational Leaders...
Your role as a leader is even more
important than you might imagine. You
have the power to help ...
[students] ... become winners.
~ Ken Blanchard