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Inclusion and Co-Teaching in the Personalized Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

It entails individualized education plans (IEPs), differentiated instruction, and universal design for learning (UDL) to meet diverse needs. The 6th-grade math teacher was seen at a large table, where she used adaptive tool data to pull a group of learners for targeted instruction.

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Blended Learning: Designing with Balance in Mind

Catlin Tucker

As Katie Novak and I write in UDL and Blended Learning: Thriving in Flexible Learning Landscapes (coming out May 29!), Teachers will have more time to interact with and support individual or small groups of students to differentiate instruction, supports and scaffolds, practice, and application.

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Balance Instruction and Feedback with Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

Effective use of differentiated instruction “has been proven to successfully promote the equity dimension of instructional effectiveness by providing all students with the opportunity to improve their achievement levels” (Valiandes, 2015). Ultimately, feedback is how students feel seen and supported in a class.

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So you think you understand UDL?

eSchool News

I thought I had a pretty good handle on universal design for learning (UDL), but after chatting with Katie Novak , Ed.D., Novak, author of UDL Now! Q: What exactly is UDL, and why does it matter? When I was young, we were tracked, starting in first grade, into “high” or “low” reading groups, gifted, etc.

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The Equity Advantage of Small Groups

Catlin Tucker

Part III: Transitioning from Whole Group to Small Group to Achieve Equity in Education In the first blog post in this series, Time Efficiency vs. Equity in Education , I wrote about the tension between the demands on teachers’ time and the desire to provide equitable learning experiences.

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Differentiating Instruction with Technology

EdTechTeacher

Differentiated instruction is a method by which we can tackle this challenge and find new ways to help our students. It is the process by which teachers utilize a variety of tools and strategies to meet the needs of their diverse group of students. UDL Framework from CAST. EdTechTeacher Summer Workshops.

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Creating Inclusive Classrooms with Co-Teaching and the Station Rotation

Catlin Tucker

Strategy #1: Two Teacher Led-Stations – One Differentiated, One Uniform Structure: In this co-teaching model, two teacher-led stations are set up, each focusing on a distinct learning task. Students are grouped based on their skill or ability levels and rotate through all the stations.

Classroom 394