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Facilitator's Guide to Differentiating the High School Classroom
Solution Strategies for 18 Common Obstacles
First Edition
- 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
June 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
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 1 Obstacle: I Long to Return to the Good Old Days
Chapter 2 Obstacle: I Thought I Was Differentiating
Chapter 3 Obstacle: I Teach the Way I Was Taught
Chapter 4 Obstacle: I Don’t Know How
Chapter 5 Obstacle: I Have Too Much Content to Cover
Chapter 6 Obstacle: I’m Good at Lecturing
Chapter 7 Obstacle: I Can’t See How I Would Grade All Those Different Assignments
Chapter 8 Obstacle: I Thought Differentiated Instruction Was for Elementary Schools
Chapter 9 Obstacle: I Subscribe to Ability Grouping
Chapter 10 Obstacle: I Have Real Logistic Issues
Chapter 11 Obstacle: I Want My Classroom Under Control
Chapter 12 Obstacle: I Don’t Know How to Measure My Students' Learning Style
Chapter 13 Obstacle: I Have Neither the Time nor the Funding for All That
Chapter 14 Obstacle: I’ve Been Teaching This Way for Years, and It Works
Chapter 15 Obstacle: There’s No Support for It at My School
Chapter 16 Obstacle: My District Requires Me to Follow a Prescribed Text
Chapter 17 Obstacle: Parents Expect Lecture Format in High School for College Prep
Chapter 18 Obstacle: The Bottom Line—If They Are Learning, You Are Teaching
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