1 online resource (Streaming video files) : sound, color
Contents
Introduction -- Setting the stage -- A strong, clear vision -- Indicators of change -- What leadership looks like -- Challenges to change -- The nature of professional development -- Creating an environment safe for change -- Professional learning communities -- Whole group sessions -- A safe environment -- Developing a professional community of learners -- Maintaining clarity of focus -- The content of professional development -- Monitoring and evaluating change
Summary
Includes common misconceptions about differentiation; nonnegotiables that are essential to the implementation of differentiated instruction; factors that contribute to failure to change classroom practice; leadership lessons for accomplishing the change process; tools for monitoring and evaluating the change toward differentiation; and characteristics of staff development practices that support differentiated instruction
