The Differentiated School: Making Revolutionary Changes in Teaching and LearningLooking for advice and guidance on how to implement differentiated instruction throughout your school? Learn from the experts. Administrators and teachers alike will find viable ideas and answers to questions as leaders at two schools share milestones and vignettes from their real-life experiences in converting entire faculties to this dynamic approach to teaching and learning. The authors balance broadly applicable guidance with specific illustrations of how two schools--a middle-income elementary school and a mixed-income high school--experienced the change process in dramatically different ways. In both instances, the new approach to teaching and learning had sweeping, positive results for staff and students. Carol Ann Tomlinson, Kay Brimijoin, and Lane Narvaez have combined their expertise with differentiation in schools--including professional development, research, leadership, coaching, and teaching--to highlight factors that contributed to the continuing success of school reinvention efforts such as
Every educator seeking to move beyond isolated efforts to differentiate instruction will find practical support and inspiration in this book. At the same time, you'll gain understanding about the key characteristics needed for deep, lasting instructional change that taps into the learning potential of all students in your classrooms and schools. |
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Contents
1Setting the Stage for Change Toward Differentiation | 1 |
2Leadership for Change Toward Differentiation | 21 |
3The Nature of Professional Development for ChangeToward Differentiation | 41 |
4The Content of Professional Development for ChangeToward Differentiation | 65 |
5Monitoring and Evaluating ChangeToward Differentiation | 108 |
6Snapshots of the Change Processat Conway Elementary School | 143 |
7Snapshots of the Change Processat Colchester High School | 162 |
Looking Back and Ahead | 180 |
Appendix C Example of Feedback Provided by the Colchester Teacher Liaison to Colleagues | 206 |
Appendix D Example of a KUD Lesson Planning Format at Colchester High School | 212 |
Appendix E Sample Faculty Survey About Progress on Differentiation at Conway Elementary School | 215 |
Appendix F Example of an Exit Card Used to Monitor Professional Developmentat Colchester High School | 217 |
Appendix G Sample Colchester Student Surveys to Monitor Understanding of Differentiation and Its Effects on Students | 219 |
Appendix H Example Letter Showing Colchester Principals Communication | 223 |
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Appendixes | 189 |
Appendix A Example of a Coaching Session with the Conway Principal and a New Teacher | 191 |
Appendix B The Evolution of a Deep Understanding of Differentiationat Conway Elementary School | 202 |
About the Authors | 237 |