Flexible Grouping Practices Learning Centers Learning Contracts Shared Inquiry Tiered Instruction Differentiation is a teaching concept in which the classroom teacher plans for the diverse needs of students. The teacher is clear about what matters in the content area. The teacher understands, appreciates, and builds upon student differences. Assessment and instruction are inseparable. The teacher adjusts content, process, and product in response to student readiness, interests, and learning profiles.
All students participate in respectful work.
Students and teachers are collaborators in learning. Goals are maximum growth and continued success. Flexibility is the hallmark of a differentiated classroom. Many strategies can be used in a variety of ways, depending on the different needs of students in the class. By making use of materials and resources more advanced than those commonly found at grade level, teachers will be better able to differentiate instruction to the advanced student's level of interest and readiness.