Understanding By Design and Differentiated Instruction: How to Connect Content and Kids with Jay McTighe
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Questions? Call 207-632-1954. | Jay McTighe, co-author of the Understanding by Design series (including Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design with Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson) is the featured speaker this very special Educational Research Newsletter webinar.
Jay's presentation will explore the connections between the backward design process of UbD and differentiation. The 2-hour webinar will focus on the interrelated needs of addressing content standards in rich and authentic ways while remaining responsive to the diversity of learners in the classroom. You will gain a greater understanding of the mutually supportive connections between understanding by design and differentiated instruction.
CONFERENCE TOPICS: - How "backward design" informs differentiation
- How to ensure that classes are relevant and engaging for struggling learners and advanced learners
- How to decide what types of differentiated instruction are needed
- A 3-stage model for developing units and assessment that focus on deepening students' understanding of important ideas
- How to effectively use pre- and on-going assessments to guide teaching and inform needed differentiation
If you are already familiar with Jay's work, you won't want to miss this opportunity to refine your use of the Understanding by Design principles and to expose your staff members to Jay's important and vital ideas. If you are new to Understanding by Design, this is a special opportunity to learn about Jay's groundbreaking thinking and find out how to put it to work in better differentiating instruction for your students. This webinar was our highest rated ever, based on participant surveys. Here's what participants said about "Understanding by Design and Differentiated Instruction: How to Connect Content and Kids:"
"This was an excellent session, and I have received great feedback from both sites in our district. . . . Super job of presenting the big ideas of UBD and linking (them) to differentiation."--Andy Leathwood, Nelson BC
"It was my first webinar experience and I found it to be a very useful PD delivery model. I invited principals to join me and one brought two teachers. We all felt that this is a great cost-effective way to receive PD in our small board. ..."--Marian Lothian, Gastineau, QC
"Very informative and reaffirming for those of us who are familiar with (differentiation) and UbD."--Manuel Silva, Winnipeg, MB
OTHER WEBINARS WITH JAY MCTIGHE:
Simple Strategies to Help You Work with Data More Effectively."
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Jay McTighe is familiar to most educators because of his highly acclaimed books and his speaking engagements at many national, state and district conferences and workshops. Jay is co-author, with Grant Wiggins, of the best-selling Understanding by Design series, Understanding by Design (1998); The Understanding by Design Handbook (1999); The Understanding by Design Study Guide (2000); The Understanding by Design Professional Development Workbook (2004); Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design (2006); and Schooling by Design (2007).Jay also has co-authored 3 books on assessment, Assessing Learning in the Classroom; Assessing Outcomes: Performance Assessment Using the Dimensions of Learning Model; and Evaluation Tools to Improve as Well as Evaluate Student Performance. Jay is a principal in his own consulting firm, McTighe and Associates. He has served as director of the Maryland Assessment Consortium, a state collaboration of school districts working together to develop and share formative performance assessments. Jay also worked with school improvement projects at the Maryland State Department of Education. He is well known for his work with "thinking skills," having coordinated statewide efforts to develop instructional strategies, curriculum models, and assessment procedures for improving the quality of student thinking.
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