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Are you struggling with how to meet the needs of the varied ability levels of your students? This online training course helps teachers effectively analyze the learning styles and readiness of students and effectively develop a differentiated curriculum to meet the needs of a diverse population. You will gain a clear understanding of multilingual, special education, and academically diverse classrooms and understand how to adjust their lessons to accommodate the different needs and learning styles of your students.

"The content and resources from this class were both interesting and rewarding. I've been a teacher for a long time and a lot of this material I found to be very useful and helpful with my teaching." - Laurie Kolodny

Three Enrollment Options

Course Registration Only $124

Course plus graduate level credit from USD ($124 plus $200)

Course plus continuing education units from USC ($124 plus $200)

 

Topical Outline:

Unit One What is differentiated instruction? Assignment #1: Write an autobiography Assignment #2: Article reflection Test #1 Unit Two  Knowing the learning styles of your students  Diagnosing the difference of readiness among students  Accommodating different learning styles & abilities  Test #2 Unit Three  Special needs students in the mainstream classroom  The mixed-ability classroom  The multilingual classroom  Assignment #3: Respond to a classmate  Test #3

Unit Four  Creating an environment for learning  Managing the differentiated instruction classroom  Adjusting and grouping instruction  Test #4 Unit Five  Strategies for differentiating your curriculum  Guidelines for tiered assignment  Test #5 Unit Six  Differentiated instruction lesson plans and tips  Differentiated instruction and technology  Resources for incorporating differentiated instruction  Assignment #4:  Create a three-tiered lesson plan

 

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