Leadership Tools
Walkthrough observation tool to use when looking for differentiation, including within instructional delivery, grouping, use of time, and materials.
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Resource Pages
Instructional Walkthrough Tools
Web page with observation tools to look for effective instructional features, including explicitness, scaffolding, grouping, and differentiation.
Modules
Differentiated Instruction: Key to Student Success
Online professional development module that describes effective instructional features, including modeling, scaffolding, multiple student responses, and immediate feedback.
Resource Pages
Effective Instructional Practices
Web page with resources that support research-based instruction.
Modules
Using Data to Differentiate Intervention Instruction: A Middle School Example
Online professional development module demonstrating a process for using assessment data to group students, plan instruction, and schedule interventions.
Check with your district or charter school to learn if it honors Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits issued from the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk.
Booklets
Using Student Center Activities to Differentiate Reading Instruction: A Guide for Teachers
Booklet from the Center on Instruction (COI) focused on using learning centers to differentiate reading instruction for elementary students in grades K-5.
Videos
Planning Meaningful Literacy Centers
Video showing one teacher effectively setting up and managing centers and teacher-led small groups.
Videos
Teachers’ Experiences: Planning Centers
Video that shows teachers discussing how they plan and manage centers, or workstations, in their classrooms.