Differentiated Instructional Strategies in Practice: Training, Implementation, and Supervision - Softcover

Gregory, Gayle H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761939024 ISBN 13: 9780761939023

Publisher: Corwin, 2003

Synopsis

Differentiated Instruction (DI) is a powerful way to meet the individual and diverse needs of students. Principals, administrators, staff developers, and teacher trainers who are introducing or strengthening DI initiatives in their schools can do so more effectively if they use differentiated staff development activities appropriate to the backgrounds, experiences, abilities and interests of the teachers they are training and supervising. This book uses a "one size doesn't fit all" approach to faculty training, observation, and supervision for DI implementation.

Among the topics covered for DI implementation are quality staff development and job-embedded training strategies for the entire professional learning community; step-by-step training activities using Gregory & Chapman's Differentiated Instructional Strategies (CORWIN, 2002) and other DI resources; suggestions for observation, coaching, and supervision; and an implementation profile to assess how every member of the faculty is progressing toward differentiation. A list of training resources and a full bibliography are included.

About this title

Review

"I think this guide does a very good job of providing information and activities to successfully help teachers, administrators, or school divisions with implementing differentiated instruction." (Pam Maloughney, Gifted Lead Teacher)

"For schools hoping to develop teachers who masterfully utilize differentiated instruction to meet the needs of all learners, look no further than this book. Even the toughest adult learner will be engaged by the many unique instructional strategies incorporated into and modeled throughout the course." (Principal Navigator, September 2006 2007-04-11)

About the Author

Gayle H. Gregory is first and foremost a teacher, having experienced teaching and learning in elementary, middle, and secondary schools, community colleges, and universities. She has had extensive district-wide experience as a curriculum consultant and staff development coordinator. Gayle was principal/course director at York University for the Faculty of Education, teaching in the teacher education program.
Her areas of expertise include brain-compatible learning, differentiated instructional and assessment strategies, block scheduling, emotional intelligence, student motivation, RTI Tier One, collaborative learning, common core, renewal of secondary schools, enhancing teacher quality, coaching and mentoring, managing change, and building professional learning communities. She also a trainer for Visible Learning Plus with Corwin.

She is an author of numerous books related to educational neuroscience and differentiated instruction, assessment, and curriculum, including the following titles:

· Data Driven Differentiation in the Standards-Based Classroom, Second Edition (2014, with Lin Kuzmich)
· Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn’t Fit All, Third Edition (2013, with Carolyn Chapman)
· Differentiated Instructional Strategies Professional Learning Guide: One Size Doesn’t Fit All, Third Edition (2013)
· Differentiated Literacy Strategies for English Language Learners, Grades K–6 and Differentiated Literacy Strategies for English Language Learners, Grades 7–12 (2011, with Amy Burkman)
· Differentiated Instructional Strategies for the Block Schedule (2010, with Lynne E. Herndon)
· Student Teams That Get Results: Teaching Tools for the Differentiated Classroom (2009, with Lin Kuzmich)
· Teacher Teams That Get Results: 61 Strategies for Sustaining and Renewing Professional Learning Communities (2009, with Lin Kuzmich)
· Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Science, Grades K–8 (2009, with Elizabeth Hammerman)
· Differentiating Instruction With Style: Aligning Teacher and Learner Intelligences for Maximum Achievement (2005)
· The Activities for Differentiated Classroom series (2007, with Carolyn Chapman)

She is affiliated with organizations such as ASCD and Learning Forward. Her ASCD publication is The Motivated Brain: Improving Student Attention engagement and Perseverance (2015, with Martha Kaufeldt).

Gayle consults internationally with teachers, administrators, and staff developers.

She and her family of two daughters and two granddaughters all reside in Burlington, Ontario.

Gayle is committed to lifelong learning and professional growth for herself and others. She may be contacted at gregorygayle@netscape.net, www.gaylehgregory.com, and @gaylegregory6.

 

About this edition

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0761939024
• ISBN 13: 9780761939023
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144