Leading Differentiation: The art of recognising, articulating and valuing differentiated practice

In order to effectively promote and lead differentiation, school leaders need to have a clear understanding of differentiation and what it looks like in practice. They also need to ensure that pedagogical, administrative and logistical barriers to differentiated practice are addressed. This is a specialist course for teachers, coordinators and school leaders who have either completed the Growing Up Greatness three-day course Differentiation – The art and science of becoming a flexible and effective teacher of all students, or who have an expert-level understanding of differentiated practice. This course is designed to take your knowledge further with a focus on reviewing and implementing school-wide practice to cater for the full range of student abilities, and building the profiles of your teachers as quality practitioners who can differentiate in all areas of their teaching, and articulate to parents how they cater for different students. This course will be a combination of theory and practical planning, and course objectives will include:

- Increase your understanding of the ways teachers can differentiate process, product, environment and content, with a focus on differentiating content and assessment for varying student abilities

- Identify the tangible evidence of differentiated practice in teaching, programs & assessment, in order to better understand what differentiation looks like in the context of your school, learning area, team or own practice

- Better understand how to use the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers to measure the effectiveness of differentiated practice.

- Identify how differentiation is described, supported and valued in school policy, processes and practice

- Identify barriers to differentiated practice, and explore strategies to remove or manage these (including assessment, student feedback, programming etc)

- Increase your understanding of how schools and teachers can articulate how teaching and learning is adjusted for students with different abilities, in order to promote a school culture of quality and responsive teaching.

- Identify goals to enact change; and

- Share strategies and ideas with other participants, in order to explore creative solutions to issues.

Participants are encouraged to examine existing differentiated practice and barriers to implementation before the course, and are welcome to bring examples of policy or practice to share or seek critical feedback.

Sign-in from 8.15am.  Morning tea and lunch will be provided.

Kylie Bice is an experienced Education Consultant specialising in gifted education, differentiation, thinking skills, and educating diverse student groups. Kylie was previously the Senior Inclusive and Gifted Education Consultant at the Association of Independent Schools of WA, and has many years of experience working with gifted and talented students in government and non-government schools in Western Australia. Kylie is an engaging presenter who has delivered professional learning to a range of audiences, schools, national and international gifted education conferences. 

Please contact Kylie Bice at admin@growingupgreatness.com or 0432 179 629 if you have questions about this event or to negotiate a price for groups larger than 10. 

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REFUND POLICY: A refund for the full amount minus the booking fee of $3.50 will be given if participants advise Growing Up Greatness at least 48 hours before the event. No individual or group refunds will be given after this time. All participants will receive a full refund if the event is cancelled by Growing Up Greatness.