Differentiation Made Easy

INSTRUCTOR(S): Marilyn Sharrow, Glacier Creek Middle School, Cross Plains, WI
GRADE LEVEL: K-12
SUBJECT: All

How can teachers meet individual needs and interests while still covering standards and district objectives?  Find out how by taking this course!  This course offers strategies for teaching a diverse classroom, management strategies for guiding flexible teaching and learning and new roles for the teacher in a classroom designed to reach diverse learners.  In this course, you will develop plans for flexible teaching and learning with the purpose of reaching every learner.  You will also develop routines and procedures for effective leadership, organization, and classroom management in a differentiated classroom.  Plus, you will create differentiated lessons and a full unit to put to use right away in the fall!!  Meet the needs of all students in our classroom and be ready to start the new school year well prepared.

In this workshop, participants will:

• Understand the meaning of differentiation

• Develop management strategies for the role of the teacher in a differentiated classroom

• Develop differentiated projects and units

• Learn how to create and develop differentiated instruction plans for students in mixed-ability classrooms, so all students are engaged and learning

• Reflect on prior practice, issues with differentiation and ways of enhancing classroom instruction and assessment.

Wisconsin State Teacher Standards Addressed: 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10
Wisconsin Model Academic Standards Addressed: