| 1. | 2/5/2008 2:32:00 PM | For ALL learners. |
| 2. | 3/17/2008 9:19:00 PM | Charter/Alternative MS/HS setting would fit this as well. |
| 3. | 3/18/2008 11:53:00 AM | This and many of the academic goals are tied to class size. This is possible with smaller class sizes. |
| 4. | 3/18/2008 12:51:00 PM | As the number of students with Autism Spectrum Disorders grows (1 out of 150 kids), we need to continue to find ways to support students with ASD. This needs to be implemented by all staff, not only special ed. |
| 5. | 3/18/2008 2:10:00 PM | Another good idea, but when are staff going to get the time and energy to do this with all the other projects, plans, and good ideas that keep getting piled on our plates. The pressures and tensions are increasing and people are tired and frustrated. Many of us are not seeing these plans followed up on and seem to really do much to make our lives or students any better. We see curricular almost every year and more and more changes some good and many not so much. |
| 6. | 3/18/2008 2:48:00 PM | We are currently doing this but need time to develop it well. It is really hard when teachers are teaching more that one subject and have to plan multiple lessons for each in order to differentiate. It is hard enough to differenitate for one subject area that I teach....now add on another subject and differeniate for these students also. You are going to loose the quality of the lesson planning and the lesson if the teacher is spread too thin and is not given enough time to plan. |
| 7. | 3/18/2008 4:17:00 PM | Differentiation has been around a long time. Strategies have been shared with staff members through the years with very little follow through or support from administration. Why the sudden importance? Is it really doable? |
| 8. | 3/18/2008 4:44:00 PM | Idnetify and help students before they get so far behind or are such a disruption that they nor the others in the class can learn effectively |
| 9. | 3/19/2008 5:22:00 PM | Curriculumn standards and assessment should be finalized first so that the differentiation is of high quality and in line with standard based grading. |
| 10. | 3/19/2008 5:41:00 PM | We're working on it already, aren't we? Actual instructional time in the classroom, class sizes, large spec ed ratios all make differentiation difficult. Time to meet with and share ideas with grade level teachers is often taken up with IEPs and parent meetings, leaving little time to learn from each other |
| 11. | 3/19/2008 7:20:00 PM | This is very important. More training and practice needed by district educators |
| 12. | 3/20/2008 3:18:00 AM | Differentiating takes time to plan and prepare. Where will this come from? |