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Reading Endorsement - Competency 4/5
Foundations and Applications of Differentiated Instruction
In this course, teachers will have a broad knowledge of students from different profiles in order to understand and apply research-based instructional practices by differentiating process, product, and context. Teachers will engage in the systematic problem solving process: use data to accurately identify problems, analyze those problems, design and implement interventions, and intensify instruction based on individual student needs.
A curriculum that meets the individual needs of the students and the grade level expectations is an effective curriculum for me. One that makes it real, meaningful and valuable to the students. A curriculum that scaffolds and helps teachers teach for mastery. We can teach flexibly when we keep our students in mind when planning. We use data (formal or informal) to guide our curriculum to fit our students' needs. Being able to continuously make those changes is what makes the teaching flexible. Designating roles is a great way to promote shared responsibilities for learning. Giving students the opportunity to be responsible helps them take ownership of what they are learning. Keeping them involved in the decision making process empowers them as well as motivates them to play a bigger role in their learning. Motivation is the key. As teachers we must be great role models. We must always respect children no matter how young. Students tend to respect each other when the teacher shows respect towards them. The teacher must create an environment where students feel that there is a "we". If we make every student feel special and meaningful, students will most likely behave the same way. Teachers also play a crucial role in promoting individual growth rather than competitiveness. We must make sure we ourselves openly celebrate individual growths. Every student can shine in one thing or another. Helping students understand that we are all good in different areas, will allow them to appreciate the differences instead of competing. Grouping students can help them see how being good at different areas can be beneficial. We don't all need to be good at the same thing. Maybe one girl is a gifted writer and one boy can't put a sentence together. Yet this boy is an incredible artist. Together they make a book. Voila, no need to compete because together there is a better product.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, an effective curriculum is one that takes into consideration the individual needs of each student and at the same time prepares them to meet the standards through which their progress is measured. This can be done by scaffolding and providing enough time and practice for the students to master the topic.Flexible teaching implies planning and delivering instruction according to the pace and degree of progress the teacher can observe in the group of students; it also refers to the ability to change the instructional strategies when data change and new groupings are required.I think that using the Jigsaw technique and designating specific roles to each of the members of a group is an effective way of promoting shared responsability; in this way, each student is held accountable for his own learning and for the results of the group as a whole. By grouping students with different areas of strength in one group, each of them has the opportunity to excel at a specific skill and at the same time contribute to the common good. Lastly, when analyzing scores,we should always emphasize what the student has achieved from one assessment to the next, making him/her aware of his/her progress in a particular period of time. For instance, it is highly beneficial for the student to realize how much he/she has progressed in the FAIR test at the beginning, the middle or at the end of the school year, without comparing him/her to other students in the class.
ReplyDeleteEffective curriculum constitutes a way of targeting the correct learning level for individual students while still adhering to the Sunshine State Standards. We promote shared responsibility for learning by having the group as a whole democratically choose the different jobs and making sure there are clear guide lines for each responsibility and a visual chart showing who has each responsibility in your class. We build a sense of community in which individuals differences are honored by creating a safe environment by enforcing a no tolerance to bullying, name calling, and any other type of ignorant behavior. We emphasize individual growth rather than competition, by having each child compete with themselves rather then with other students, I believe competition is a good thing as long as it is constructive and not discouraging.
ReplyDeleteAn effective curriculum takes a keen knowledge of societal needs embedded within a set of goals prepared for a school’s governing body i.e. students, teachers, parents, and school administrators. Teaching flexibly is having a reflective attitude. It is being able to give just the right amounts of yourself. This requires taking a second and maybe even a third look at lesson goals and student progress; and not only be willing to adjust but to actually adjust! Shared responsibility can be promoted by having a classroom student governing body, where rules and consequences are voted and decided upon. A sense of community where differences are honored can only built upon the strict unwavering understanding that ALL are unique and equally important. It is a strict and unwavering understanding. Individual growth can be emphasized when data is being reviewed. Here, students have an understanding of where they are and having set goals for themselves, they can plot a path of success for where they want to be.
ReplyDeleteAn effective curriculum is one that meets the satet manmdates as far as benchmarks are concerened, but is also varied in order to meet the different learning styles of the students in the class/es.
ReplyDeleteIn order to teach flexibility, we need to look at the data for each of our students in order to plan lessons that will target their weaknesses. Creating meaningful activities to implement during the tecaher led center is also a plus.
It is important to teach responsibility in the classroom to be used during different situations. Students need to know how to work in teams and how to pull their own weight. Asigning roles during speacial projects and classroom activities is a way to ensure that the roles are being rotated and that the same people are not always getting stuck with the same roles.
Reinforce respect and the sense of community will happen naturally. Respect should be taught at home; however, as teachers, we should make sure that everyone is respected at all times.
Competition is good because it is real. We need students to challenge themselves to be the best that they can be. We want them to stand out when they go and apply to colleges. Individual growth will help make them more competitive among their peers.
Two of the few necessary conditions for an effective curriculum are based on:
ReplyDeleteFirst, to choose the most appropriate curriculum that is related to a basic point of view of the perception, attitudes and needs of the educator.
Second, that the curriculum:
- Emphasis and encourages the teaching flexibility;
- Can be applied to a differentiated classroom where we have academic diversity needs;
- Supports new challenges for individual growth;
- Encourages different learning experiences.
I think that one of the ways to build a sense of community, and at the same time honors individual differences is working in a peer group where all the members (students) will work participating and collaborating in similar or/ and unsimilar tasks/ activities and responsibilities to reach a common goal/s.
I have a simple example. Working with my special needs kids, all of them work together as members of a one team where they collaborate and participate in the same or in different activities just to reach one goal. We can observe the sense of the community when they help and assist each other in many ways. At the same time, not only the teacher, if not among them, they value the new abilities they acquire in different areas like math skills, verbal communication skills, basic writing and reading skills, memory skills, organization skills, and social skills.
I think that the little secret to create a sense of community among the students is to explain to them the importance and the value that each one has in the group, and through their own experience, they will see the goal and the reward.
Effective curriculum is the one that provides to the students the content to be deliver in a feasible way, which respects the different learning styles and the student's needs. Furthermore, does not ignore the teachers ability to deliver the content but provides opportunity for both, student and teacher, to be equipped to work dinamically, holistically and centripetal.
ReplyDeleteTo promote shared responsibility for learning I think is necessary to have clear expectations for the students from the beginning. Making it clear what is expected, when and by who. I think that can help, also to train the students starting from elementary to keep an agenda and how to divide an assignment with steps to be completed. Aditionally assigning roles and due dates through several days using checkpoints will be a structured way to manage that.
To teach flexibly we need support from the parents, administration and colleagues. We need to be totally aware of our students' different needs and the plethora of resources to teach the content in the way that the students can learn it.
Something that I learned several years ago was when I shared with the students the data that they have in a particular fluency test and I told them what was expected for the next test and what they needed to do to get those points they were needing, also making it clear they were competing with themselves not with their partners was a powerful and succesful way to promote healthy individual growth.
Effective curriculum is the well-planned content that the students need to learn in each grade level, and in which the main consideration is the students’ individual needs. We can teach flexibility when we plan according to the students’ learning styles and levels of understanding and when we look at the students’ responses beyond what is “formally” accepted by the book. A good way to promote shared responsibility for learning is group work; when the students are able to understand that they are being hold responsible for certain tasks within the group and the role they play in each activity. To create a sense of community in which individual differences are honored we need to base the learning process on mutual respect among all participants including the teacher; we also need to praise individuals for their work and good actions to make them feel proud of what they have accomplished and be clear on the fact that each opinion needs to be heard and respected. In order to emphasize individual growth rather than competition only we have find the way to make students understand that not everybody is the same or learn in the same manner; that everyone is able to acquire the same knowledge but they don’t necessarily have to use the same tools or techniques to do it, and again we should never forget to praise the students for their work and effort even if the result is not the best we are expecting.
ReplyDeleteAn effective curriculum is one that addresses cultural diversity, students' needs and learning styles. One that gives students time to learn, reinforce, and apply the concepts and skills necessary to master their grade level.
ReplyDeleteTo teach flexibly is to be dynamic, to be ready to make changes when students' needs change, to constantly evaluate the effectiveness of the goals, objectives,strategies,and methods being utilized.Assigning "jobs" in the classroom is important to promote shared responsility. Each day different students are given the opportunity to make decisions for the whole class and that make them feel accountable.Having frequent discussions about individual differences existing in the classroom helps children comprehend how each of them are unique thus the importance of being respectful.
Teachers should emphasize individual growth rather than competition. They can do this by discussing assessment results with each student and establish individual goals.
Effective curriculum – a curriculum developed to meet the education needs of the students. It requires a lot of flexibility from the teacher; flexibility to adjust lessons and teaching methods according to the students’ needs.
ReplyDeleteTeach flexibly – teaching flexibly is keeping in mind the different levels of our students when planning and teaching the lessons
Promote shared responsibility for learning – democratically choosing jobs when working in group projects. This way each student is responsible for his/her work, as well as for the result of the final product.
Build a sense of community in which individual differences are honored – grouping students in such a way that each one contributes his/her own strengths to the group, while instilling acceptance and tolerance towards each individual.
Emphasize individual growth rather than competition only – Friendly competition is healthy. I encourage my students to compete with themselves. They compete against each other based on personal gain, and not on who has the highest level.
In my opinion there are many things that constitute an effective curriculum. I believe an effective curriculum must be easy to understand for the student, and has different ways of teaching for different students.
ReplyDeleteI can teach flexibly by explaining it many times and differently each time until the concept is grasped. As it relates to science labs can be done as a more interesting way of learning in case other things didn't work.
Working in groups is a great way to promote shared responsibily. Students can seperate the different parts to the work, and each student in the group would be reponsible for a different part thus they not only learn what is being taught but also responsibility. This also biulds a sense of community in which individual differences are honored.
Students have to be taught that it is not always about winning and competing as it relates to school work. It is primarily about learning. That even if a student gets a bad grade it isn't that bad, what counts is the experience and knowledge gained.
Efffective curriculum is that which can be taught to and learned by students which will make them successful to go on to higher academic and cognitive levels. We teach flexibly when we can teach our multi-leveled students with effective curriculum and in different ways in which learning can occur. We build a sense of community when we do projects as a class, when we have groups creating and when we make goals clear and make sure the students know the importance of learning. Individual differences will be honored by students when teachers model by honoring students as individuals. Competition is healthy and can be a beneficial part of individual growth. The trick is again model the correct ways to compete and still be an individual who can grow in life.
ReplyDeleteA curriculum that meets every child’s needs and challenges them to reach their full potential is an effective curriculum. Having a very organized classroom that allows for flexibility from the teacher is also a very important aspect of providing effective teaching for our students. Scaffolding our lesson plans enables us to tap into our students strengths. We need to be able to break up our children into proper groups were every child feels a sense of purpose. When the students feel respected despite their uniqueness they can better deal with others. This open communication on its own creates a safe learning environment that promotes learning.
ReplyDeleteAn effective curriculum meets the needs of all students and allows the teacher to differentiate as needed. Students are able to grow academically and make progress towards mastery of benchmarks. Flexible teaching occurs when the teacher adapts the curriculum to enable all students to achieve success within the curriculum. This is evident when Differentiated Instruction is implemented correctly. Shared responsibility is promoted through the use of a learning contract and also through cooperative groups. Each member of the group has a job to do, making them responsible to the other members of the group. A sense of community can be built by allowing students to share their individual strengths with one another. This can be done through large group and small group interactions. As students begin to feel comfortable with one another, a sense of community is able to build. Individual growth occurs when students are evaluated and taught based on their learning needs and individual levels of achievement. Competition through team efforts is one thing, however students need to realize that they each have their own academic level, learning style, and interests. As long as they see themselves making progress, they shouldn't compare themself to others in their class.
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For a curriculum to be effective it must have the flexibility to adapt to the needs of the students so that they will acquire the skills they need to succeed. Formal data collected on student performance should guide the curriculum. When we use the students' performance and their individual needs to dictate curriculum we make teaching flexible. Allowing students to take part in the educational process by helping them set clear and attainable goals and teaching them to track their own progress promotes shared responsibility for learning and places the emphasis on individual growth rather than competition only. Setting clear rules and guidelines about desirable behaviors (e.g., self-respect and respect for others) in class also promotes individual growth and a sense of community. Class projects that allow students to participate with other students in groups where they are given the opportunity to showcase their individual strengths allows each one to contribute and grow as an individual while building a sense of community because they must work together as a group to achieve a common goal and reap the benefits.
ReplyDeleteWhat I believe constitutes effective curriculum is when promotes creativity, diversity, innovation and excellence; when is designed to increase student’s understanding about the world around them, giving them the necessary skills needed to succeed in an ever-changing society. It is effective when is the totality of learning experiences provided to students so that they can attain general skills and knowledge at a variety of learning sites.
ReplyDeleteWe teach flexible when we take into a consideration the learning needs of each student, their variety of cultural and economic backgrounds, and we, as teachers, employ several organizational patterns for instruction according to specific goals, activities, and individual needs.
We can build sense of community in which individuals differences are honored, providing opportunities for divergent thinking and encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning.
Effective curriculum is the ability to teach each student effectively according to their needs and their various ways of learning, keeping my teacher's ability to present the material and keeping up with all of the standards. In order to teach effectively we need to analyze each student’s area of weakness to start planning and preparing classes targeting does areas. A good way to promote responsibilities is when students work in groups, when each student is responsible for a specific area or subject. Also standing clear expectations will save a lot of time and ease the process. Having a safe welcoming environment where learning is the main goal and the differences are put to a side will help the students feel accepted and he or she will have a better learning experience.
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ReplyDeleteEffective curriculum is having the materials that cover the missing benchmarks in my students FCAT scoring. Usually lessons that are short (30 minutes) and quick or we will never get through a lesson in a session.Being flexible means adapting to the students who show that day and giving them shared responsibility for the accomplishing of their learning. Contract can really help accomplish this. Sharing responsibility comes from the realization that the student will walk independently into their own future therefore, must assume the lessons as an independent, self benefiting journey.The work load in my class is sometimes shared by all using verbal, oral sharing of their work or writing and independently looking introspectively to develop their own voice and reasoning by doing classwork. My students LOVE team word games where they have to out do the clock with their responses. From the lowest level to the highest they are equally involved and learning however word games cannot make the impact of looking up words in a dictionary and studying the roots and multiple definitions. So in my estimation the challenge is to alternate competition (possibly as a reward) with the mental tasks of researching and defining through bookwork. I am still a little out of the loop when it comes to engaging my low level learners with enough stimulating work that doesn't frustrate them after a few minutes. I am planning to present the contracts after the writing FCAT test Mar.1
ReplyDeleteAn effective curriculum is one that keeps our students in mind first and foremost. I agree with Mildred when she states that our curriculum needs to be meaningful to the students. They should be able not only to own what they learn, but also put it into practice on an everyday basis. In order to be able to teach flexibly, I believe we need to have the freedom to teach what the State requires while using materials attractive to the students. We need to focus on quality and not quantity. After all how effective are we as teachers, if after a few days’ students are asked a question about something we "taught" and they do not know the answer. That brings me to the "shared responsibility of learning" point. It is hard for me as an adult to assume responsibility over something I either do not understand or can not apply to my daily life in one way or another. How much harder will it be for a child? Unless we can make our lessons meaningful to the students, shared responsibility for learning will be an uphill battle. Can it be promoted? Sure it can! Will it last? That I am not so sure of. I think our students already have a sense of community, we just need to "tap into their community and steer it into a learning community. Once again I believe this can only be achieve by "going to their level" and bringing them with us to where we feel they should be. Individual growth can be emphasized by doing that, treating them like individuals. Data is good because it gives us a starting point...but who is to say that other variables (family life, teaching methods, character, etc.) has not affected that. One example I can think of is a senior who works until 1:00 or 2:00 am in the morning everyday and yet has to be in school at 7:20 am. We cannot say he's not smart, but we can however say that he's exhausted. We need to get to know our students in all levels in order to serve them better. We must teach them how to compete with themselves rather than their peers.
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ReplyDeleteAn effective curriculum is when you can meet the needs of every kid in your classroom by any means necessary. This effectiveness make you become able to differentiate by changing your style of teaching looking at the child instead of the whole class, being organized and collaborating with your colleagues . To teach flexibility is being able to grade knowledge learns rather than product through multi sensory approach .Being able to change or re-do a lesson when kids’ grades reflect benchmark or strains no meet. Promoting shared responsibility should be taught through an honor system where students understand that there input is valued by there peers or through a check list. To build a sense of community we should group kids homogeneously or by levels mixing high with the low. To individualize growth rather than competing you teach your student that we are a team we are on the same team when one of our classmate fail we all fail so we teach partnership throughout our lesson and the important of it.
ReplyDeleteAn effective curriculum is one that delivers grade level content, but also addresses those students who are not able to read grade level material. It should answer the questions, what is taught and how it is delivered. It incorporates research-based strategies to teach phonics as well as comprehension skills. It should also conduct a needs assessment as well as a culminating assessment portion. The curriculum should also be aligned to the standards of the district to make it easier for the teachers to plan.
ReplyDeleteTeachers should use data first when deciding how to teach flexibly. The data should pinpoint the needs of the individual student. These needs may be academic, social, and even emotional. Once the data is addressed, students may be grouped and materials may be gathered. The materials should include leveled texts as well as various types of products that match the readers abilities.
Teachers may promote a shared responsible learning by first scaffolding the instruction so that students not only feel successful but are. Then, they are able to attempt activities without assistance. Once this is accomplished, teachers should empower their students by allowing some sense of choice with how they will complete assignments. The most difficult aspect of this is gradually releasing responsibility so that students take ownership of their learning. As teachers, we tend to feel students are not capable of working independently of the teacher. At first, students will make mistakes; however, after much explicit teaching and a lot of guided practice, students are able to by much more independent.
A sense of community is built when we allow students to share individual difference as well as how they feel a part of a group. Teachers must also value these individual differences and highlight accomplishments so that their fellow classmates can encourage one another. This becomes difficult to emphasize individual growth rather than competition. But if this attitude is fostered, students will develop pride in themselves as well as with their class.
An effective curriculum is a plan for learning that includes targeting a student population, conducting a needs assessment, and writing a mission statement. It includes developing goals, objectives, content, teaching strategies, and assessment tools. Alignment is critical in curriculum development from purpose and philosophy, to goals and objectives, to content and activities, and to assessment and evaluation. Working through a process of asking and answering who, what, where, why, when, how questions is important in designing and developing curriculum.
ReplyDeleteFlexibly teaching determining how fast the students read by their purpose and how difficult the text is. It can be teach through selective reading guide, teach skimming and scanning, and teach internet reading. Shared responsibility is something school communities build from within. It's what happens when everyone accepts that what they do makes a difference in how all students learn. When they have the knowledge they need to make informed decisions about the best way to promote learning, and when they have the skills and opportunities to translate their ideas into effective action.
A sense of community plays an important part in developing a child's self-esteem. Students need to know who they are and how they fit into the world around them. They need to become more aware of others and the community in which they live. The first step in this process is to help students feel a sense of community within the program. This will help the student to feel connected and accepted. The second step is to help students feel connected to the larger community. Here are some ways to promote a sense of community within a program.
• Encourage student to set group goals and establish their own rules.
• Allow student to make decisions.
• Provide projects and activities that involve the entire group.
• Promote leadership and communication skills.
As teachers we should be clear about the expected learning goals for classrooms courses. Recognize that there are multiple goals for learning and teaching, and take the time to collectively identify priorities important for your students and your community.
An effective curriculum is when you can meet the need of every student in your classroom using strategies and different learning styles to meet that diverse population.
ReplyDeleteTeaching flexibility is when you can go back and re-teaches, reinforce skills where your student shows weakness. Teaching kids to be flexible is to teach by modeling to your students your expectation of being patient with one another during group time or group projects. Teaching kids the sense of community is through social skills you teach students you are a family and that we help each other out the buddy system where they show each other what is expected. Teaching students that every thing is not a completion is to teach social skills to let each student learn that we do things to help each other not to brag on what we can to or to complete by being first. First is last the best is first skills learning is a winner.
An effective curriculum would be one that meets the individual needs of the student. We can teach flexibility when we plan according to the students’ learning styles and levels of understanding following the necessary standards’. Flexibility implies a structured lesson plan designed to a group of students that were giving one of them a responsibility of a leader. His/hers role will be to assist a classmate for help while working on different task if. it also refers to the ability to change the instructional strategies when data change and new groupings are required. Students can separate the different parts to the work, and each student in the group would be responsible for a different part thus they not only learn what is being taught but also responsibility. This also builds a sense of community in which individual differences are honored.
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