The Differentiation Teacher

Educator and EduCrush podcast host, Natalie Vardabasso, on how to treat homework as *practice*

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DO YOU WANT 21 DIFFERENTIATION IDEAS? 📚

For the longest time, differentiation was an elusive mystery that always resulted in hours of additional work to get right.

It wasn’t until recently that I understood to differentiate a lesson doesn’t mean I need to spend hours finding or creating customised worksheets.

It can be much simpler than that and produce excellent results.

Here are my top 21 methods for differentiate that I use in my classroom.

What will you use to differentiate your lessons?
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Thank you for what you do everyday and I’ll see you tomorrow! ❤️

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Responding to the Needs of Every Young Learner With these differentiation strategies, teachers can help ensure that young students are able to build on what they already know.

Powerful questions bring about powerful learnings to make your teaching better ✨✨

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How can we cultivate agency, belonging, community, and buoyancy? Perhaps we can ask our students if they enjoy their schooling experience. I wonder what they would say. And I wonder what we could do differently as we hear them.

LOVE THIS 🥰👌👌

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I love some powerful reflection prompts and these are some of my favourites.

Which resonated most with you?

How could you use these with your team, faculty, or staff?

Powerful reflection leads to personalized growth which results in personalized inquiry experiences for all.

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Easy ways to engagement to ANY lesson. Sometimes we hear the term “engagement” and automatically think of the big engagement ideas…the ones that take a lot of planning (room transformations, themed rotations, props/costumes, etc.) However there are simple everyday ways to add engagement into ANYTHING you teach! Give these a try!

Any other SIMPLE no prep engagement ideas? Tell us below!

So incredibly true!

Why a Positive Call Home is Worth the Effort Best practices for making positive phone calls home a manageable, sustainable routine.

Teaching a Class With Big Ability Differences Techniques for meeting the needs of students with diverse abilities and interests.

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Coaching is important for students and for teachers! If we want to help others unlock their potentials we need to know how to coach and be open to being coached. Not sure how to have a coaching conversation? This is something that we teach within Transformational Teachers, our online professional learning community for high-impact teachers. Inside you will gain access to a range of PD sessions, teaching resources, coaching and community, designed to help you maximise your impact and fulfil your true potential. You can learn more here: www.futurefocusedtl.com/transformationalteachers (link in bio)

How Burned Out Are You? A Scale For Teachers A four-stage framework can help teachers understand the burnout process—and what they can do to protect their well-being and career.

Equity in Schools Begins With Changing Mindsets A new book explores how school leaders can foster equity by building a culture where teachers and students see their purpose and experience success.

5 Ways to Help Neurodiverse Students Improve Executive Function Skills Neurodiverse students often struggle with organization in middle and high school, but they can be successful with the proper supports.