1. MISSION To provide high quality, cost effective, life-long education programs and services to students, schools, school systems and communities. VISION To serve the educational needs of the total community.

2. Success for ALL Universal Design for Learning Differentiated Instruction Formative Assessment

3. “The fact 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 kids.” - Theodore Sizer, Brown University

4. What is Differentiated Instruction? DI is occurring when… DI is not occurring when… Edit & Revise Timer

5.  DI is only individualized instruction  Rotating through stations automatically differentiates instruction  DI just focuses on a student’s weakness  DI is chaotic  DI is three static reading groups Common Misconceptions…

6. …An approach to teaching that advocates active planning for student differences in classrooms, in the context of high quality curriculums. Carol A. Tomlinson DI defined…

9. Pretests Vertical Teaming Formative Assessments Interest Survey Poohsonality Multiple Intelligences Survey VARK Survey Doors to Student Characteristics Ways to Open Doors

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11. Learning Environment Content Process Product Which PATHWAY is the teacher taking to meet student needs? Video 1Video 1 Video 2 Video 3Video 2 Video 3

13. Readiness Interests Learning Profiles Putting it ALL together for ALL to succeed!

14. Sentence-Phrase-Word Sentence- that was meaningful to you, that you feel captures a big idea of the text. Phrase- that moved, engaged, or provoked you Word- that captured your attention or struck you as powerful. Differentiated Instruction

15. What connections from the video’s content can you make with what you now know about differentiated instruction? In our PLC, we will improve DI in our school by…

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