Teacher Learning Choices Model for K-12 Differentiated Instruction with Sanity and Success

The TLC Model uses brain research as a foundation to identify and incorporate the most powerful, brain-based differentiated strategies

Most teachers want to enhance the learning of all of their students through differentiated instruction because it results in greater student interest, initiative and success. However, differentiated instruction can be confusing, and overpowering. Teachers can get lost in all of the strategies available and it can feel overwhelming and too complex to use consistently or sanely.

Help is on the way! The TLC: Teacher Learning Choices Model is a decision-making framework that keeps the implementation of differentiated instruction both “sane” for teachers and successful for students. The TLC Model uses brain research as a foundation to identify and incorporate the most powerful, brain-based differentiated strategies.

This interactive training focuses on the brain-based TLC: Teacher Learning Choices Model for differentiating instruction that incorporates student learning styles, student interests and/or student readiness levels.  The TLC Model is a framework for managing differentiated instruction that promotes teacher sanity and student success. TLC is an easy and “sane” way to successfully incorporate proven, brain-base differentiated strategies that result in greater student interest, student initiative, and joy of learning and teaching for all.

Participants will …

• Get a clear understanding of what differentiated instruction is and is not.
• Better understand that in differentiated instruction, content/process/assessment can remain the same  for all students, can be extended for all students or can be totally different for all students.
• Better understand learning styles, student interests, and the various forms of student readiness levels and how these provide a structure of choices for differentiated instruction.
• Learn that differentiated instruction focuses on VARIETY: It can involve  variety within the same activity by including multiple student styles, interests or readiness levels; or, it can involve a variety of activities by providing choices within boundaries.
• Learn the most powerful, brain-based strategies for differentiating instruction.
• Be able to use the TLC Model to enhance lesson plans and manage differentiated instruction in a sane and successful way   in a multi-ability, multi-interest, multi-learning style classroom.
• Be able to use the TLC Model to teach  21st Century Skill Sets and Capacities.