• Facilitator's Guide to Differentiating the High School Classroom: Solution Strategies for 18 Common Obstacles

Facilitator's Guide to Differentiating the High School Classroom: Solution Strategies for 18 Common Obstacles

Author(s) Kathie F. Nunley
ISBN10 1412965950
ISBN13 9781412965958
Format Paperback
Pages 48
Year Publish 2008 May

Synopsis

Help teachers overcome the 18 most common obstacles to differentiating instruction for high school students!

Designed to accompany the best-selling book Differentiating the High School Classroom: Solution Strategies for 18 Common Obstacles, this facilitator's guide provides staff developers with the necessary tools to demonstrate how teachers can confidently meet the challenge of differentiating instruction in high school classrooms. Facilitators will be able to address concerns voiced by real teachers, such as "I have too much content to cover," or "I can't grade all those different assignments," or "I thought I was differentiating." Use this guide to help participants review and understand critical pedagogical and curriculum issues as you lead discussions about effective ways to

  1. Identify individual students' learning styles
  2. Approach content in ways that give students choices
  3. Vary the process for achieving learning objectives
  4. Create different methods to assess what students learn
  5. Use assessments as teaching tools

This chapter-by-chapter study guide features ? Chapter summaries

  1. Discussion questions
  2. Timed activities
  3. Prompts for journal writing
  4. Practical applications
  5. Overheads and activity sheets

A workshop evaluation form Whether used to help lead independent studies, one-day workshops, or extended workshops, this guide gives facilitators a solid background to successfully lead trainings for groups of any size—pairs, small workshops, or large seminars.

About The Author:
Kathie F. Nunley delights teachers from around the world with her practical solutions to the challenges of today’s diverse classrooms. With more than 15 years of high school classroom teaching experience in both urban and suburban schools, she is the developer of the Layered Curriculum method of instruction. Nunley is a noted speaker at state, national, and international conferences and has authored several books and articles on brain biology and teaching in the mixed-ability classroom.