COD 2007 - PS26

Differentiation: Meeting the needs of our students in the classroom

Primary and Secondary Teachers, Coordinators and policy makers (Heads).

4 sessions, start: 05-Jun

Course detail

Year: 2007
Level: Primary / Secondary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Andy Williams MA
Print course
ESSARP Schools
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Non affiliate
ARS 120.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 05 June 2007 02:00 pm 05:00 pm
2 19 June 2007 02:00 pm 05:00 pm
3 03 July 2007 02:00 pm 05:00 pm
4 17 July 2007 02:00 pm 05:00 pm

Facilitator/s

Andy Williams

Andy taught in the UK from 1975-1987 in three schools before starting his international teaching career in a small international school in the north of the Netherlands in 1987. This also coincided with the introduction of the first IGCSE examinations. He also did some IGCSE examining and marking. As Deputy Head, he was responsible for the implementation of the IB Diploma and the coordination of IGCSE. He was also heavily into the development of the IB programmes and in 1993 he joined the IB Curriculum and Assessment offices in Cardiff. He helped manage the IB Diploma sciences as well as Design Technology, ITGS and Computer Science. Furthermore, he made some contribution to the development of the MYP and PYP programmes. His time at the IBO allowed him to visit all the Regions and work with Heads, teachers and Board members in many parts of the world. In 1999, he joined the staff at St George's College North as Director of Studies but left just before the crisis in late 2001 to become Deputy Director at a school in northern Kazakhstan. What a cultural experience!! He did some MYP consultancy work in the Middle East for a while before returning to Latin America as Head of Secondary in Markham College, Lima. As a laptop school he was bathed in educational technology for learning. In early 2006 he came back to Argentina to be Academic Director/Deputy Head at Northlands. He has also been writing IB Diploma Biology exam papers and marking them for several years and is working on his Master’s in International Education and Leadership.
Primary and Secondary Teachers, Coordinators and policy makers (Heads).
- Discuss what is meant by differentiation. - Explore learning through: input, processing and output. - Investigate ways we differ as learners. - Evaluate practical ways of differentiating in the classroom. - Explore lesson plans and current "planificaciones". - Share what we currently do in our classrooms. - Evaluate the importance of assessment. - Share practical ways of meeting needs of gifted and talented students. - Discuss the impact of differentiation on school policy.
Session 1: Defining Differentiation - input, process and output - what can and do we differentiate - how we differ as learners - differentiation by input Session 2: Differentiation by Activities - what is accelerated learning - diverse activities in the classroom to meet needs - investigating lesson plans and planificaciones - developing a "lesson plan" to meet needs Session 3: Differentiation and Assessment - differentiation by output - the importance of assessment and feedback - questioning techniques to aid learning Session 4: (a) Gifted and Talented Students (b) Developing School Policy - defining gifted and talented - meeting their special needs - impact of differentiation on school policy
- Interactive lectures. - Small group activities. - Small group workshops. - Viewing students and teachers in action (film). - Sharing current practice. - Background reading.
A detailed bibliography will be provided closer to the time. Participants will be expected to share current practices and documents.
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