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Sharing Pages for EI Elementary Effective Instruction Moodle Contact Info: Anne Warren warrenam@npenn.org howleyone@verizon.net


 * The Road to Effective Instruction **

Effective Instruction is not the "new initiative" in North Penn. It's the current opportunity to focus upon, discuss, and refine the good to great instructional practices that promote student achievement.

Take a moment to check out this brief power point showing the path toward this year's EI program. See where we began, and look how far we have come! This is a journey towards becoming the best we can be - - and walking the road together.

**Differentiation: A Process, Not an Event**

Differentiation is the adjustment of content, process, or product in order to meet the needs of students and promote learning (Tomlinson & McTighe, 2006). Research also indicates that differentiation may be the achieved through the establishment of a positive classroom climate (Tomlinson, 2003). Teachers work hard to help students meet instructional objectives despite the multitude of factors that come into play such as prior knowledge, developmental needs, and learning rates. Differentiation is a proactive effort by the teacher - **an investment of time and energy in the planning for and delivery of instruction** - to understand the needs and strengths of our learners, to anticipate the challenges and pitfalls that are likely to be encountered while learning a concept, and to develop multiple paths to reach (and surpass) the learning goals. Teachers who have made this investment of time and energy into differentiating their classroom instruction and assessments will attest to the exponential "return" on their investment. It is the art of working smarter, not harder.



__ DI Activities Using Multiple Intelligences __

[|DI - a quick summary]

Articles on DI:
 * [|Mapping a Route Toward DI by C. A. Tomlinson]
 * [|DI in the Elementary Grades by C.A. Tomlinson]
 * [|DI: Inclusive Strategies for a Standards-based Classroom by D. Lawrence-Brown]
 * [|DI: Adjusting to the Needs of All Learners]
 * [|Reconcilable Differences? Standards-Based Teaching and Differentiation] by C.A. Tomlinson
 * [|DI for Young Gifted Children: How Parents Can Help]
 * [|Creating a DI Mathematics Classroom]
 * [|DI: Why Bother? by C.A. Tomlinson]

The key to our success will not be in trying to absorb lots of new information, but in the willingness to listen to new ideas, try out one or two, and share our challenges and accomplishments with one another...and to be willing to keep the conversation and the effort going!

"The beginning is the most important part of the work." ~Plato

**Take a "Webquest" for an adult learner. Select a topic from the list that interests you most (although not officially "DI" these topics strongly connect to and support DI efforts), and be prepared to share your answers with others. [|Webquests for Educators]**