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Facilitator's Guide to Differentiating the High School Classroom
Solution Strategies for 18 Common Obstacles
- Kathie F. Nunley - Educational consultant and teacher trainer, Help4Teachers.com, Brains.org
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Differentiation | Multimedia Kits & Facilitator's Guides | Teaching in Secondary Schools
Differentiation | Multimedia Kits & Facilitator's Guides | Teaching in Secondary Schools
May 2008 | 48 pages | Corwin
Designed to accompany Kathie F Nunley's best-selling book, Differentiating the High School Classroom: Solution strategies for 18 Common Obstacles, this facilitatorÆs guide provides professional development workshop leaders with a resource for showing teachers how they can overcome the 18 most common obstacles of differentiating instruction for high school students. Whether used to help lead independent studies, one-day workshops, or extended workshops, this guide gives facilitators a solid background for successfully leadingátrainings based on the companion book. Highlights for the facilitator include: Chapter summaries Discussion questions Activities for individuals or groupsApplications to daily practice Journaling prompts.
About the Author
Introduction
How to Use This Guide
Additional Resources for Facilitators
Chapter-by-Chapter Study Guide: Differentiating the High School Classroom: Solution Strategies for 18 Common Obstacles by Kathie F. Nunley
Welcome and Workshop Starter
Introduction: I Just Can't Do That in MY School/Classroom/Situation
Chapter Summary
Discussion Questions
Activities
Putting It Into Practice
Journal Prompt
Chapter 1 Obstacle: I Long to Return to the Good Old Days
Chapter Summary
Discussion Questions
Activity
Journal Prompt
Chapter 2 Obstacle: I Thought I Was Differentiating
Chapter Summary
Discussion Questions
Activity
Putting It Into Practice
Chapter 3 Obstacle: I Teach the Way I Was Taught
Chapter Summary
Discussion Questions
Activities
Putting It Into Practice
Chapter 4 Obstacle: I Don’t Know How
Chapter Summary
Discussion Questions
Activity
Putting It Into Practice
Chapter 5 Obstacle: I Have Too Much Content to Cover
Chapter Summary
Discussion Questions
Activity
Putting It Into Practice
Chapter 6 Obstacle: I’m Good at Lecturing
Chapter Summary
Discussion Questions
Activity
Journal Prompt
Chapter 7 Obstacle: I Can’t See How I Would Grade All Those Different Assignments
Chapter Summary
Discussion Questions
Activity
Putting It Into Practice
Chapter 8 Obstacle: I Thought Differentiated Instruction Was for Elementary Schools
Chapter Summary
Discussion Questions
Activity
Putting It Into Practice
Chapter 9 Obstacle: I Subscribe to Ability Grouping
Chapter Summary
Discussion Questions
Activity
Putting It Into Practice
Chapter 10 Obstacle: I Have Real Logistic Issues
Chapter Summary
Discussion Questions
Activity
Journal Prompt
Chapter 11 Obstacle: I Want My Classroom Under Control
Chapter Summary
Discussion Questions
Activity
Putting It Into Practice
Chapter 12 Obstacle: I Don’t Know How to Measure My Students' Learning Style
Chapter Summary
Discussion Questions
Activity
Putting It Into Practice
Chapter 13 Obstacle: I Have Neither the Time nor the Funding for All That
Chapter Summary
Discussion Questions
Activity
Putting It Into Practice
Chapter 14 Obstacle: I’ve Been Teaching This Way for Years, and It Works
Chapter Summary
Discussion Questions
Activity
Putting It Into Practice
Chapter 15 Obstacle: There’s No Support for It at My School
Chapter Summary
Discussion Questions
Putting It Into Practice
Chapter 16 Obstacle: My District Requires Me to Follow a Prescribed Text
Chapter Summary
Discussion Questions
Activity
Putting It Into Practice
Chapter 17 Obstacle: Parents Expect Lecture Format in High School for College Prep
Chapter Summary
Discussion Questions
Activity
Putting It Into Practice
Chapter 18 Obstacle: The Bottom Line—If They Are Learning, You Are Teaching
Chapter Summary
Discussion Questions
Activity
Journal Prompt
Overheads and Activity Sheets
Overhead 1: Workshop Starter
Overhead 2: Differentiated Instruction
Overhead 3: The Power of Episodic Memory
Activity Sheet 1: Differentiating All Three Learning Areas
Activity Sheet 2: Layered Curriculum
Workshop Evaluation Form
"I have always recommended layered curriculum as the best way to differentiate at the middle and high school levels, but this book really offers not only an explanation of the strategy, but also real steps to making it work."
Author, Differentiation Through Learning Styles and Memory
"Packed with thought-provoking questions and relevant activities, this superb complement to Kathie Nunley’s book will definitely help facilitators give high school teachers the confidence to successfully differentiate their classroom instruction. "
Author, How the Brain Learns
