Differentiated Instruction Professional Development Study Set

The Ventures Educators’ Classroom Challenge™ Differentiated Instruction study set provides teachers with very practical organizational and instructional strategies that can be used to implement Differentiated Instruction in the classroom.

Issues around assessment, the grouping of students and ways to differentiate across curriculum content areas are thoroughly explored as part of the Ventures Educators’ Classroom Challenge™ Differentiated Instruction program.

The set contains many practical tools that will help teachers whether they are looking to introduce or enhance Differentiated Instruction in the classroom. As they engage in the various activities, participants will use a variety of interactive strategies; these strategies are very simple but highly structured. These same strategies can be used with students in the classroom to develop their communication and higher-order thinking skills.

Self or Group Guided Agenda
Agenda/Week 1: What is Differentiated Instruction
Agenda/Week 2: Role of the Teacher in a Differentiated Classroom
Agenda/Week 3: Ways of Differentiating by Learning Styles, Interest and Multiple Intelligence
Agenda/Week 4: Flexible Grouping
Agenda/Week 5: Assessing Students
Agenda/Week 6: Managing a Differentiated Instruction Classroom
Agenda/Week 7: Differentiating – Content, Process and Products
Agenda/Week 8: Student Self-Assessments

Book #1: Differentiating Instruction in the Regular Classroom; by Diane Heacox; published by Free Spirit

Book #2: How To Differentiate Instruction in Mixed Ability Classrooms; by Carol Ann Tomlison; published by ASCD

Book #3: Fulfilling the Promise of the Differentiated Classroom; by Carol Ann Tomlison; published by ASCD

Book #4: Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn't Fit All; by Gayle H. Gregory and Carolyn Chapman; published by Corwin

Book #5 and #6: Constructive Communication and Structured Thinking in the Classroom with Graphic Templates for Structured Thinking Skills, Vol. 1 (2 book set); published by VESC

Book/Guide #7: Ventures Educators’ Classroom Challenge™ 8-12- Week Self- or Group- Guided Toolkit with Agendas, Exercises, and Classroom Instructional Materials; published by VESC

Book/Guide #8: Ventures Educators’ Classroom Challenge™ Implementation Strategies for Constructive Communication and Structured Thinking; published by VESC