VESC™’s online course Differentiated Instruction 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.
The online course provides in-depth exercises, reflective questions, readings, and external information resources to make learning engaging and meaningful. As they engage in the various activities that comprise the online course, the participants use a variety of interactive strategies; these strategies are simple, but highly structured. These same strategies are to be used with students in the classroom to develop their communication and higher-order thinking skills
TOPICS COVERED IN THE ONLINE COURSE
DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION
- What is Differentiated Instruction?
- Lesson 1: Overview of Differentiated Instruction
- Lesson 2: Components of Differentiated Instruction
- Lesson 3: Getting Started with Differentiated Instruction
- Managing a Differentiated Classroom
- Lesson 1: Roles and Responsibilities of the Teacher in a Differentiated Classroom
- Lesson 2: Classroom Climate and Routines
- Lesson 3: Assessing Student Progress
- Lesson 4: Establishing Effective Learning Environments
- How to Differentiate Content
- Lesson 1: Student Self-Assessment/Pre-Assessments
- Lesson 2: Strategies to Differentiate Content
- Lesson 3: Compacting the Curriculum
- How to Differentiate Process
- Lesson 1: Learning Styles of the Students
- Lesson 2: Multiple Intelligences of the Students
- Lesson 3: Grouping of Students
- How to Differentiate Product
- Lesson 1: Identifying the Outcome of the Learning
- Lesson 2: Developing Projects
- Planning and Implementing Differentiated Instruction
- Lesson 1: Strategies to Plan and Implement Differentiated Instruction
- Lesson 2: Establishment of Differentiated Instruction in Your Classroom
REQUIRED TEXTS
Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn’t Fit All; by Gayle H. Gregory and Carolyn Chapman; published by Corwin
Constructive Communication and Structured Thinking in the Classroom with Graphic Templates for Structured Thinking Skills, Vol. 1 (2 book set); published by VESC™
VESC Implementation Strategies for Constructive Communication and Structured Thinking; published by VESC™
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