Learning Community for Administrators
"Differentiated instruction... is about shaping instructional methods and classroom practices in response to the diversity of students in our classrooms" (Manitoba Education and Training, Success for All Learners xi).
Differentiated
instruction generally begins with formative assessment.
It involves the partners in the learning community in planning to meet students' cognitive and developmental goals, and to accommodate the learners' interests and learning styles. Differentiated instruction in the multilevel classroom is also planning for strategic instruction from multiple curricula. Planning for learners with exceptional needs includes meeting the specific learning outcomes identified in their individual education plan (IEP). 
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Administrators facilitate differentiated instruction in the multilevel learning community when they
- validate teachers' formative assessments
based on focused observation to inform instruction and improve student learning
- 
(115 KB) - support beginning teachers in planning
from one or two Foundation for Implementation documents
and moving into others as confidence and
knowledge grows
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- share an understanding of a classroom continuum of learning built on formative assessment for learning and grades as benchmarks for summative assessment.
- emphasize the importance of the Model of Explicit Instruction in the classroom
-
(952 KB) - encourage use of the multiple intelligences
model and student choice (27 KB)
- provide authentic materials and quality texts
for supporting inquiry in a collaborative
classroom
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- timetable large blocks of uninterrupted
time for workshops (60 to 90 minutes) and integrated themes
- offer time for professional learning
about differentiation and for planning
with other multilevel teachers
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- inform parents about what differentiated
instruction looks like
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- engage parents in setting goals and
action plans for learning
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- celebrate learners' accomplishments
as they meet their learning goals
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