State and District

Academic Standards
Professional Development
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Necla Kucuk
EAD-523-0500
March 9,2022
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 ⦿ Participants will understand the differentiation
of instruction to improve learning experiences
Objectives for all students.

⦿ Participants will learn to improve students’

problem solving, creative and higher-order
thinking skills by providing necessary
accommodations and modifications
depending on individual needs.

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 ▹ Maximize instruction time in the classroom.
Expected
▹ Create a welcoming, safe classroom
Outcomes environment.
▹ Engage students with lessons that encourage
creative thinking.
▹ Have better time management and no loss of
instruction.

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 5 Min – Introduction (Survey results and Quote)
Agenda 10 Min – Warm-up
20 Min – Accommodation, Modification and Examples
5 Min – The Benefits of Accommodation and
Modification
5 Min – Guiding Questions
10 Min – Differentiation an Benefits
5 Min – Differentiation Activity
Final Thoughts

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“When challenge and skills are in
balance the activity is its own
reward.”
Carol Ann Tomlinson

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Warm-up Directions
Activity ▹ Form groups with three participants that do not
10 min teach the same grade level (5 min discuss choices
on the worksheet)
▹ Each group move and sit next to another group to
share and discuss the answers (2 min)
▹ Go back to your original seat with your group, pick
a speaker and share one example from your answers
with everyone (3 min)

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 What is
Modification
&
Accommodation
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 Modifications are adjustments on the curriculum
Modification and what students learn in the classroom
depending on their capabilities (PEAK Parent
Center, 2006, p.1).
▹ Assignment modifications
▹ Curriculum modifications

▹ Behavioral modifications

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 Accommodations are changes in educational
Accommodation environments to support the students to learn
the same material as their peers (PEAK Parent
Center, 2006, p.1).  
▹ Presentation
▹ Response
▹ Setting
▹ Time and Scheduling

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 The ▹ Allow students to have access to education
regardless of the disability.
Benefits
▹ Allow students to encounter the benchmarks
requirement.
▹ Allow students to overcome behavioral and
academic challenges.
▹ Allow students to be successful in the general
education classroom.

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 ▹ Improve student's academic performance.
The
▹ Improve student's behavioral outburst.
Benefits
▹ Improve socialization and communication
among all students in the inclusive
classroom.

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 ▹ If accommodations and modifications
Questions
benefit students in many ways, how do you
think they will benefit you as an educator?

▹ Do you think it will maximize the time spent

on quality education and effective classroom
engagement?

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 ▹ Differentiated instruction is a teaching
Differentiation method that meets the needs of learners based
on students’ interests, weaknesses, abilities
and preferences.

▹ Lets Watch this video! (4:27 min)

▹ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7-D3gi2
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 ▹ Allow all students to learn regardless
Benefits differences
▹ Allow better communication Support
collaborative working, hands-on
lessons and critical thinking.
▹ Provide students choices

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Activity ▹ Get into groups of three
5 min ▹ Choose one area to differentiate (content,
process, project, learning environment) and
discuss with your group (3 min)
▹ Write your ideas on the chart paper
▹ Share your ideas with everyone (2 min)

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 ▹ Weekly grade level meeting visit
Follow up ▹ Research based feedback and
suggestions
▹ Peer observation- sharing best practices
▹ Celebrate achievements
▹ Additional support with coaches
▹ Students feedback

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 Final ▹ Is this PD helpful for you and your future
Thoughts instruction?
▹ Do you want more of these PD’s in the
future.
▹ Do you feel comfortable about
differentiation?
▹ Do you have any questions or suggestions
(optional)?

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 ▹ Gain Attention
Gagne’s 9
▹ Inform learners of objectives
Events of
▹ Recall of prior knowledge
Instruction
▹ Present the content
▹ Provide “learning guidance”
▹ Elicit performance
▹ Provide feedback
▹ Assess performance
▹ Enhance retention and transfer to the job

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 ▹ Eikeland, I., & Ohna, S. E. (2022). Differentiation in education: A Configurative
Review. Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 1–14.
https://doi.org/10.1080/20020317.2022.2039351
References▹ Malm, B. J. (2019). Benefits of Modifications and Accommodations Training.
▹ Morris, Q. J. (2012). A Description of Accommodations, Modifications, and
Forms of Assessments in Middle Schools That Made Adequate Yearly
Progress in an Urban County During 2010.
▹ PEAK Parent Center. (2006). Staff guide to accommodations and modifications.
Teaching All Student. Retrieved March 3, 2022, from
https://www.shaker.org/Downloads/Accommodations_and_Modifications
_Guide.pdf
▹ Understanding Accommodations. Iris. (n.d.). Retrieved March 3, 2022, from
https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/micro-credential/micro-
accommodations/p01/
▹ Kruse, K. (2009). Gagne's nine events of instruction: An introduction. Retrieved
the, 10.

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 Thanks!

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nkucuk@bronxcharter.org
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