Differentiating for Struggling Learners: the Florida State Standards, Grades K-12 - No. 251b

Participants will focus on implementation as it supports the diverse needs of struggling learners, ELLs, and students with disabilities. The aligned curriculum entry points will serve as catalyst to discussion and application for implementation in differentiated settings. By identifying learning gaps and bridging them with strategy, participants will understand how to use the curriculum to effectively meet the needs of all learners while maintaining standards alignment. Participants will become familiar, and practice with, strategy to include guided reading, accountable independent reading, formative assessment and on-going progress monitoring to adapt and support the diverse needs of struggling learners.

Course Outcomes:

• Scaffold instruction to meet the diverse needs of all learners through an aligned curriculum.
• Align and adapt curriculum to support the needs of struggling learners, ELLs, and students with disabilities.
• Identify and use specific module entry points to implement in differentiated learning environments.