Events
May 24-26 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Differentiation Presentations
Saturday March 24, 2012
Helping Teachers Make Sense of It All: Implementing Differentiation and Response to Intervention
Presenter(s): Susan S Allan and Yvonne Goddard (Texas A&M University)
SESSION NUMBER: 1457
TIME: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
SUMMARY: Rather than viewing Response to Intervention and differentiation as separate initiatives, administrators and teachers should consider these approaches as outgrowths of the simple concept that education is effective when children are regarded and treated as individuals with different levels of readiness, learning profiles and interests. This session will demonstrate that RtI and differentiation are a natural fit. Participants will be better able to support teachers by unifying the two initiatives.
Monday March 26, 2012
How to select instructional materials that support differentiated instruction
Presenter(s): Susan S Allan (Consultant)
SESSION NUMBER: 3148
TIME: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
SUMMARY: As differentiated instruction has spread, publishers of academic materials have increasingly responded to teachers' needs for support by including activities and strategies geared toward a variety of learning needs. Some of those responses have been very useful, others less so. Session participants will be provided with quality standards with which to evaluate materials. Examples of good quality materials and those that are less good will be demonstrated and discussed to help educators make decisions about which textbooks and systems will best support personalizing instruction.