Differentiation Strategies: Meeting the Needs of All Learners

  The Student/Teacher Relationship is About More Than the Report Card Although we are most comfortable with our similarities, it is our differences that make us unique. It is these differences that need to be recognized and celebrated. That is exactly what educators with a solid foundation of differentiation do for their students; they recognize their students strengths and needs and allow for student voice in methods of assessment. But first - we need to know our students! Understand who is in front of you ! Getting to know your students as individuals and allowing them to collaborate with peers that have the same interests and learning styles as well as those that have the opposite, depending on the situation will benefit students and allow them to grow as learners and individuals. Offer student surveys - learning styles, interests, academics etc. Ask open ended questions - Why do you think… Get students talking and sharing their ideas and knowledge - circle discussion, group act...