The keynote was created to present to HoDs on Monday 5th December 2011, about the differentiation of material for students.

1. Differentiation
HoDs meeting
Monday 5th December 2011
Karyn West - 2011

2. Students in our classes
Year 9: Case Study
Cognitive Special Needs x 5
Language Disorders x 10
High Anxiety x 1
Hearing issues x 1
Gifted and Talented x ??

3. Differentiation
Allows each student to achieve
Special Needs
Gifted and Talented
PBL Stage 5 focus for 2012

4. Why bother?
That students differ may be
inconvenient, but it is inescapable.
Adapting to that diversity is the
inevitable price of productivity, high
standards, and fairness to the students.
~Theodore Sizer

5. What can I differentiate?
Depth of Classwork Assessment
knowledge or activities
skill completed /
Instructional
Strategies
WHAT HOW EVIDENCE
Image from Tomlinson, Carol Ann. The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the
Needs of All Learners. Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 1999.

6. Differentiating Content &
Product
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Images from Mulligan, Dan. http://www.google.com.au/url?
sa=t&rct=j&q=differentiation%20dan

7. Differentiating Process
To support all students
Admit Slips - teacher
helps in the synthesis
of learning by reading
anonymous student
writings aloud to begin
or end a class.
Tic Tac Toe - Students
must complete a certain
Fishbone Diagram -
number of tasks or must
Organising tool to help
reach a certain total
students visualise how
value of tasks. Tasks
events can be
might address Gardner’s
connected.
Multiple Intelligence.

8. Differentiating Process
To support all students
PALS (Peer Assisted
Learning Strategies) -
A structured reading
strategy in which pairs
of students use
"Paragraph Shrinking,"
"Partner Reading," and
Cubing (similar to the
"Prediction Relays."
thinking hats) -
students must examine a
Want more? http://
topic from a variety of
perspectives. www.beesburg.com/
edtools/glossary.html

9. Educational Leaders...
Your role as a leader is even more
important than you might imagine. You
have the power to help ...
[students] ... become winners.
~ Ken Blanchard