Differentiated Instructional Practices:
Maximizing Learning for ALL Students

15 Professional Development Hours
March 10–11, 2009 in Phoenix
7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Daily

How do effective teachers respond to the diverse learning needs of each and every one of their students?

Differentiated instructional practices are powerful tools to not only address the needs of elementary learners but also the very diverse needs of junior high and senior high learners — including the gifted, talented, and highly motivated students. Secondary teachers are discovering the practical strategies of “differentiation” to be just what they need to better meet their students’ varied needs.

No two students learn exactly the same. Meeting the needs of ALL students should be our goal. So why do we teach as if all students are identical? Here's your opportunity to explore a vision of highly performing classrooms in which heterogeneity is honored through differentiated instruction. Discover how teachers in academically diverse classrooms address student differences in readiness, interest, and learning profile in order to provide more engaging and effective instruction. Topics to be addressed include:

• The critical need to know the uniqueness of each student
• The proven strategies to address students' needs relative to their readiness, interests, and learning profile
• Targeted avenues of differentiated practices — content, process, product, and classroom environment/affect
• The powerful role of formative assessment

Workshop content is based on the revolutionary research of Carol Ann Tomlinson and Rick Wormeli. Leave this dynamic training with increased competence and confidence in meeting the diverse and ever-changing needs of students.

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