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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


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
How to Use This Guide

 
Additional Resources for Facilitators

 
 
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 Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Activities

 
Putting It Into Practice

 
Journal Prompt

 
 
Chapter 1 Obstacle: I Long to Return to the Good Old Days
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Activity

 
Journal Prompt

 
 
Chapter 2 Obstacle: I Thought I Was Differentiating
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Activity

 
Putting It Into Practice

 
 
Chapter 3 Obstacle: I Teach the Way I Was Taught
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Activities

 
Putting It Into Practice

 
 
Chapter 4 Obstacle: I Don’t Know How
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Activity

 
Putting It Into Practice

 
 
Chapter 5 Obstacle: I Have Too Much Content to Cover
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Activity

 
Putting It Into Practice

 
 
Chapter 6 Obstacle: I’m Good at Lecturing
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Activity

 
Journal Prompt

 
 
Chapter 7 Obstacle: I Can’t See How I Would Grade All Those Different Assignments
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Activity

 
Putting It Into Practice

 
 
Chapter 8 Obstacle: I Thought Differentiated Instruction Was for Elementary Schools
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Activity

 
Putting It Into Practice

 
 
Chapter 9 Obstacle: I Subscribe to Ability Grouping
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Activity

 
Putting It Into Practice

 
 
Chapter 10 Obstacle: I Have Real Logistic Issues
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Activity

 
Journal Prompt

 
 
Chapter 11 Obstacle: I Want My Classroom Under Control
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Activity

 
Putting It Into Practice

 
 
Chapter 12 Obstacle: I Don’t Know How to Measure My Students' Learning Style
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Activity

 
Putting It Into Practice

 
 
Chapter 13 Obstacle: I Have Neither the Time nor the Funding for All That
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Activity

 
Putting It Into Practice

 
 
Chapter 14 Obstacle: I’ve Been Teaching This Way for Years, and It Works
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Activity

 
Putting It Into Practice

 
 
Chapter 15 Obstacle: There’s No Support for It at My School
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Putting It Into Practice

 
 
Chapter 16 Obstacle: My District Requires Me to Follow a Prescribed Text
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Activity

 
Putting It Into Practice

 
 
Chapter 17 Obstacle: Parents Expect Lecture Format in High School for College Prep
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Activity

 
Putting It Into Practice

 
 
Chapter 18 Obstacle: The Bottom Line—If They Are Learning, You Are Teaching
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Activity

 
Journal Prompt

 
 
Overheads and Activity Sheets
Overhead 1: Workshop Starter

 
Overhead 2: Differentiated Instruction

 
Overhead 3: The Power of Episodic Memory

 
Activity Sheet 1: Differentiating All Three Learning Areas

 
Activity Sheet 2: Layered Curriculum

 
 
Workshop Evaluation Form

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ISBN: 9781412965958
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