1. Meeting the Needs of All Learners (while still having a wife & life!) Staff Meeting Presentation – February 11, 2010

2. How do I meet the needs of all learners when student needs and talents vary so greatly?

3. Today’s Reality As An Educator: Today’s Reality As An Educator: Out task is to provide an education for the kinds of kids we have. Not the kinds of kids we used to have. Or want to have. Or the kids that exist in our dreams.

4. Reality In The Classroom: What does it LOOK, SOUND, and FEEL like? LOOK, SOUND, and FEEL LOOK, SOUND, and FEEL …………….. It’s a little like herding WILDCATS!

5. Triangle of Support

6. Teacher experiencing CHANGE Teacher experiencing CHANGE ► expect stress and anxiety ► grieve the loss ► feel a balance of push and support ► work with like minded people ► determine why “I” should change ► tinker with the organizational structure ► don’t evaluate too early in the process ► ask questions

7. Who Is The Support Team ► School Based Team/Systems Wide Approach ● Principal, Vice Principal ● Principal, Vice Principal ● School Counsellors ** Outside Agency Support ● Learning Support Teacher ** District Support Staff ► Learning Support Team ● Educational Assistant/Child & Youth Care Worker/Library Assistant ● Aboriginal Education Program Teacher ● Alternate Education Program Teacher ● Alternate Education Program Teacher ● Learning Support Teacher ● Teacher Librarian & Technology Integration Support Teacher ► Parents/Guardians

8. Role of The Learning Support Teacher ► Collaboration and Communication ● Parents, Teacher, Student ● District support staff ● School Based Team ● Outside agencies ● IEP Case Management ● Grade Level/SBT/ISSM/IEP and ICM Meeting Facilitation ● Grade Level/SBT/ISSM/IEP and ICM Meeting Facilitation ► Direct Service ● Support teaching – co-teaching & planning, assessment, resources ● Pull Out ● Coaching role with students ● Support staff development around Inclusion ► Assessment ● site level based educational assessments ● site level based educational assessments ● District based reading and writing assessments ► Reporting ● IEP development ● preparation of ministry required 1701 information

9. A Burning Question? D I F F E R E N T I A T E!

10. Mapping a Route Toward Differentiated Instruction “Even though students may learn in many ways, the essential skills and content they learn can remain steady. Students can take different roads to the same destination.” -Carol Ann Tomlinson

11. The Key The Key to a differentiated classroom is that all students are regularly offered CHOICES and students are matched with tasks compatible with their individual learner profiles. Curriculum should be differentiated in three areas: 1. Content: Multiple options for taking in information 2. Process: Multiple options for making sense of the ideas 3. Product: Multiple options for expressing what they know

12. Are they Ready? Are they Ready?

13. Are we ready? ► What do you know about differentiation? ► What do you wonder about/need to know? ► What might you be able to share/ model/demonstrate in your practice?