1. Differentiated Instruction Inclusive Practices

2. 2 Agenda Key Principles of Differentiated Instruction The Heart of Differentiation: What, Why, How, Who Steps to Differentiation Instructional Strategies Management Strategies

3. Pennsylvania’s Commitment to Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) Recognizing that the placement decision is an Individualized Education Program (IEP) team decision, our goal for each child is to ensure IEP teams begin with the general education setting with the use of Supplementary Aids and Services before considering a more restrictive environment.

4. 4 What it is/What it’s not

5. 5 Differentiation seeks to…. “...provide varied learning options in a classroom to make curriculum and instruction the best possible fit for learners who, though they have many things in common, differ in some important ways from one another.” (Tomlinson, 1998) Curriculum and Instruction

6. 6 Differentiating Instruction

7. 7 Respectful tasks Meaningful tasks Teachers/Students collaborate Teacher honors student differences Content critical Flexible grouping Key Principles

8. 8 Readiness Interest Learning profile Process Product Content Students Vary Teachers Vary Key Principles

9. 9 ASCD Differentiating Instruction Video Series Creating Multiple Paths for Learning Carol Ann Tomlinson, 1997

10. 10 Differentiation Instruction Links for Universal Design for Learning Tailors teaching and learning to the needs of each student

11. 11 In a Nutshell… Differentiated Instruction : Is valuable at every level and subject area Helps students become successful learners Stretches students in the learning process

12. 12 Instructional and Management Strategies A strategy is a set of plans and skills used in order to gain success or achieve an aim.

13. 13 Instructional and Management Strategies How to select strategies: What are the students’ goals and outcomes? What are the students’ learning needs? How can the strategy be aligned to goals, outcomes, and needs?

14. 14 Instructional and Management Strategies Explicitly teach strategies I Do Do You Do WeWe We

15. Instructional and Management Strategies Jig Saw Activity: Each strategy is written on a different color of paper Home group 3 different colors Each person read one strategy Expert group Same color Design a visual organizer Return to home group Teach strategy to home members

16. 16 What It Is/What It’s Not Differentiated Instruction IS: Using assessment data to plan instruction and group students Teaching targeted small groups Using flexible grouping (changing group membership based on student progress, interests, and needs) Matching instructional materials to student ability Tailoring instruction to address student needs Differentiated Instruction Is NOT: Using only whole class instruction Using small groups that never change Using the same reading text with all students Using the same independent seatwork assignments for the entire class Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts, 2005

17. “Fair does not mean that every child gets the same treatment, but that every child gets what he or she needs.” Richard D. Lavoie

18. 18 Contacts This training was developed collaboratively as part of Response to Intervention and Inclusive Practices Train-the-Trainer Materials Carol Good cgood@pattan.netcgood@pattan.net Debbie Brown dbrown@pattan.netdbrown@pattan.net