Module+5

=Instruction and curriculum development for diverse learners= Read Chapters 4, 14, and 15 in //Gardner-Webb University Customized Textbook – MELS 604//

Take the VARK learning styles inventory ( __ [|www.vark-learn.com] __ )


 * Posting 5 ** - Provide a brief description of your results from the VARK Learning Styles Inventory. How do you see these results at work in your own preferred teaching and learning conditions? How is this information useful to you as a future executive leader?


 * Artifact Work 4 – ** Continue work on analyzing your school environment by reviewing and updating your work thus far on Artifact 5C. This component of the artifact should describe specifically how you gathered data related to the diversity present in your school setting and should detail that diversity with relation to various factors. (See the rubric for Artifact 5C for additional details.) Using the descriptors for Artifact 5, summarize the ways in which your work to date on this Artifact addresses the NCELS descriptors.

View PD360 videos on differentiating instruction. Go to __ [|www.pd360.com] __ and login (course instructor will provide details). Under “Explore the Content” go to the folder entitled “Differentiating instruction for all students” and view all the videos in either the Elementary Edition or Secondary Edition folder according to your interests


 * Posting 6 – ** Why is the information contained within the readings and videos for this module important in your future work as an executive leader? How can this information be used in determining opportunities for teacher empowerment and increased student achievement at your site?
 * Artifact Work 5 ** – Continue work on auditing the cultural competence of your school site by ensuring that information related to the school vision and mission and teacher quality are described fully (Artifact 5D). Using the descriptors for Artifact 5, summarize the ways in which your work to date on this Artifact addresses the NCELS descriptors.

Paper on differentiated instruction from Dr. Eury

Paper on differentiated lesson plan format from Dr. Eury

Differentiation webinar from Dr. Eury https://gardner-webb.webex.com/gardner-webb/ldr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=35749922&rKey=450b5ed401ea11db Differentiation powerpoint from Dr. Eury

Strategies and activities for diverse learners

Reading on learning focused solutions

Materials and teaching aids selected based on student needs

Sample lesson plans aligned with Module 5. Submitted by J. Palermo Athens Drive Cohort, Raleigh, NC