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Why I Had to Develop a Unique Learner Profile to Meet the Needs of My Students

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I’ve learned that I need to know my students academically and personally so I can modify instruction to be as effective, engaging and rigorous as possible, so every year I craft personal learner profiles for my students that go beyond their IEP goals and basic personality surveys. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and B.F.

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Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting

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But for others, the teacher is still central to the picture, using technology as a means to support differentiated instruction. School leaders hope that the support and understandings shared by people they view as experts will help teachers learn how to perfect personalized-learning instruction.

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9 Key Classroom Management Skills Backed up with Research

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TD-OTR refers to strategies that allow teachers to gauge student participation and understanding continually (Gage & MacSuga-Gage, 2017). These strategies focus on positive reinforcement, opportunities for active participation, and clear instructional techniques that consider the unique needs of these students. References Dicke, T.,

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Spirals of Innovation in Schools – From Pockets of Excellence to Sustained Change from Beth Holland

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2010) refers to as entrepreneurial spirals. Continue to read more from Beth Holland… Beth Holland combines over 17 years of experience in mobile learning, K-12 education, and differentiated instruction to help teachers create innovative learning environments.

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Inside DC Schools: The Struggle to Develop Personalized Learning’s Independent Learners

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Since she arrived in 2010, her school has been undergoing reforms and transformations with technology and school culture. Before using Summit, Truesdell already had mentorship groups, used project-based learning, had teachers differentiating instruction, and worked with a competency-based grading system called Mastery Connect.

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What Is Universal Design for Learning ?

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To learn more about UDL, I encourage you to dig deeper into references at the bottom of the post. 2010) describe UDL as “a framework that helps teachers match research-based instructional methods with students’ specific strengths and challenges” (p. What is Universal Design for Learning ? As Evans et al.

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