Foundations and Implications of a Differentiated Classroom
One of the key principals of differentiation is information dissemination to stakeholders including students, parents, colleagues, and others involved in the education community.
In preparing for the first day of a new school year, you decide to create either informational literature (like a brochure or double-sided flyer) or a classroom website explaining the foundations of Differentiated Instruction and its implication in your classroom. Whether you choose to create a brochure, flyer, or classroom website, the information must be specific to your current or fictional classroom (e.g., school, grade level, academic content, student population).
In this assignment you must:
- Define differentiation in your own words including the justification for differentiating in the classroom environment.
- Describe how you will create a positive learning environment that is also safe and secure.
- Describe how you will meet the social and emotional needs of your students including ways to eliminate student fear of failure.
- Discuss your expectations of student work and assignments.
- Describe how you will provide students opportunities to succeed.
- Discuss how you will assess student work.