NDSU Distance & Continuing Education (DCE)

Course Description:

This course is designed to help educators plan and implement methods appropriate for assessing individual learning needs in a performance-based curriculum, and constructing, implementing and evaluating a long-term instruction plan in specific content areas. We will examine the importance of differentiating instruction in your curriculum for today’s diverse student population (the advanced learner, the student on grade level, the student with special needs and the English language learners) Participants will gain expertise in understanding and implementing a broad range of strategies associated with distinguishing components of integrating your curriculum with Differentiated Instruction. Participants will be shown what the teacher’s role as guide and facilitator in a classroom environment specifically designed to support self-directed student learning and teacher-student collaboration; second, the interdependent nature of assessment and instruction in a DI classroom; and third, the implementation of specific instructional strategies to adapt the curriculum content, processes (activities), and products to provide students with entry points to learning that match their readiness, interests, and/or learning profiles.