The goal of the DI program is to assist educators in designing and implementing instruction that maximizes each student's growth by meeting each individual's needs and helping the student to progress. Participants are provided the opportunity to design units of instruction that: set high standards and expectations for all students; are meaningful and developmentally built on prior and related knowledge; and are aligned with Connecticut's Common Core Standards (2010). When educators differentiate instruction, they must recognize and incorporate various learning styles in instruction as well as multiple means of assessment. In practice, it involves offering several different learning experiences in response to students' diverse needs. Learning activities and materials are varied by students' preferred ways of learning or expressing themselves, by topic in response to students' interests, and by difficulty to challenge students at different readiness levels. The DI program looks at all aspects of effective instruction – planning, teaching, managing, and assessing.

What's New!:

• Differentiated Instruction: Planning Instruction to Meet the Needs of All Students- Online and job-embedded professional development for 2012.
• See our flyer for job-embedded professional development "Integrate Differentiated Instruction Successfully".
• Differentiated Instruction - Data Report and Summary -A report on the effectiveness of using differentiated instruction in the classroom on student learning.

Contacts:

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