Thursday, May 14, 2009

Bonus PD Materials

Education Week is sponsoring a live chat on DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION on Friday, May 15, 2009, at 3 pm. From their site:

FEATURED CHATS

Chat Begins: Friday, May 15, 3 p.m. Eastern time

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Exploring Differentiated Instruction

About This Chat:

With student diversity growing dramatically and schools facing mounting pressure to boost achievement, differentiated instruction—the craft of accommodating and building on students’ individual learning needs—has gained increased attention in recent years. But it can be difficult to implement effectively, and interpretations of what it means for instruction can vary. In this chat, Carol Ann Tomlinson, a leading authority on differentiated instruction, will discuss the core principles of the practice and take your questions on using it in the classroom and as a strategy for whole-school improvement.

Guests:

Carol Ann Tomlinson is the William Clay Parrish Jr. professor in education and chair of the Department of Educational Leadership, Foundations, and Policy at the University of Virginia. She is the author of many books, including The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners.

Anthony Rebora, managing editor at of teachermagazine.org and the Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook, will moderate this chat.

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Education Week also has excellent webinars. Check out this one on Professional Learning Teams (from their site):


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Creating and Managing Powerful Professional Learning Teams
This presentation will be available to audience members until November 10, 2009 at 02:59 PM Eastern Standard Time.

In this webinar, Anne Jolly and Nancy Fichtman Dana explain how to create the framework and establish ground rules for building successful professional learning teams. Together, they answer questions on how you can form powerful and productive professional learning teams at your school.
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