| 1. | 2/5/2008 2:08:00 PM | Work with staff in developing inservices that are jointly considered important. Ask first, then listen. |
| 2. | 2/5/2008 3:36:00 PM | Again, we need to also have time to help support this goal. We have parents and students coming in before and after school, and prep can easily be taken up with a little bit of paperwork or a parent phone call. We will need support to ensure that this happens, it is on many levels already, but could definitely be stepped up if the support/time were there. |
| 3. | 2/5/2008 2:32:00 PM | For ALL learners. |
| 4. | 2/5/2008 4:08:00 PM | In many ways I see this connected to RTI--doing what is best for each student. It makes sense. We want it, but as always the constraints of class size, high needs, and lack of additional support make it a monumental challenge. |
| 5. | 2/5/2008 4:58:00 PM | Isn't this what RTI would do? I believe that smaller class sizes would be one of the best ways to help us meet the needs of our students. This has to be a priority. Class size is getting out of hand in the elementary schools. |
| 6. | 2/5/2008 6:21:00 PM | Define differentiation, more clear to all staff. |
| 7. | 2/5/2008 6:53:00 PM | Continue to focus on Balanced Literacy with Guided Reading providing a high degree of differentiation for our students, while at the same time keeping the standards high for all students to learn grade appropriate strategies/genres through shared reading and read alouds |
| 8. | 2/5/2008 9:28:00 PM | I believe differentiation is extremely important! It is embedded in my day! However, as class sizes increase, the ability for me to meet the needs of all my students in an appropriate way does not exist. I feel extremely torn on who should get my support: GATE, ELL, SPECIAL ED., 504 students, or the average student? Someone does not get enough of my time. We need to have smaller class sizes so that needs of students are taken into account in a more appropriate way. |
| 9. | 2/5/2008 11:03:00 PM | Differentiation could be done more effectively if we had smaller classes. Student needs should dictate the size of classes. |
| 10. | 2/6/2008 3:07:00 AM | I agree, as long as the strategies are common knowledge to all across the district. In this way, we can have commonality throughout. |
| 11. | 2/6/2008 8:45:00 PM | Will need support to make this happen. |
| 12. | 2/7/2008 5:36:00 PM | I believe in differentiation and I feel that the district does well. I feel that more Staff development could be focussed on differentiation. The biggest problem with trying to meet all of the students' needs is becoming harder and harder because the students' needs are becoming more in-depth. When looking at class size the needs of the child also need to be looked at. Some students count as more than one child because of all of the needs of that particular child. |
| 13. | 2/14/2008 9:52:00 PM | Incredibly important in order to effectively teach every student, but difficult to do without help. |