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What does effective differentiation look like in secondary classrooms? SEND strategies to meet all needs

Amjad Ali - @ASTSupportAAli

Just your everyday class…How do we as teachers respond to the needs of all our learners?

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Definition

• The process by which the curriculum objectives, teaching methods, assessment methods, resources and learning activities are planned to cater for the needs of individual pupils. (National Curriculum.)

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My definition

• The term differentiation refers to anything you do that accommodates differences in your learners, leading them to learn effectively.

OR

• Knowing your students

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Know your students

• SEN/D

• Pupil Premium/FSM

• Pupil Premium Plus- LAC/Adopted/Service Child

• Young Carers

• EAL

• (Exam Access)

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Banned language?

• Low Ability/Low level

• Top Set/High ability

• Some/Most/All

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Limit Learning

• Excessive pace• Overloading of activities• Inflexible planning• Limited time/for independent work• Work too easy/safe

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Re-Mix

• Students need to experience at least three different sets of complete information about a new idea/concept before it becomes embedded in their memory. (Hidden Lives of Learners)

• Repeated retrieval/practice. (Make It Stick)

• We can ALL improve. (Mindset)

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You are the expert...

• Marking

• Questioning

• Homework marks/grades/scores

• Test results

• Quality of book work

• Subject knowledge

• Conversations

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Structure

• clear & consistent routines, boundaries, task completion, rituals, calming behaviours

D E V E L O P I N G E X C E L L E N C E T O G E T H E R @TeacherTweaks@TeacherTweaks

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@Shaun_Allison

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IN CONTEXT??

@Humannotrobots@Humannotrobots

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Differentiation bookmarks

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Questioning

Develop your

•Skills

•Practice

•Rehearse

http://cheneyagilitytoolkit.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/witholding-answers-from-questions.html

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Pause time

• Dreaded silence

• Thinking time

• Working time

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Seating Plans

• Why?

• Responsive?

• Adaptable?

• Short term?

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Marking and feedback...

@GrahamAndre

http://cheneyagilitytoolkit.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/dirt.html?q=dirt

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Modelling/Excellence...

@LiteracyLender

http://lendmeyourliteracy.com/pic-day-prompts/

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Generic worksheets...

@davidfawcett27

http://teachingandlearning.org.uk/2014/08/11/mapping-out-their-thinking /

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Pre-teaching/Re-call

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Expecting excellence - praising effort not attainment

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Key Stage 2 links

• Benchmark pieces of work?

• Transition:

• Teaching assistant

• Information

• Expecting Excellence

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Top tips...

• Know your class and demonstrate this through up-to-date, annotated seating plans and student profiles. Gather information that enables you to connect to them as individuals.

• Challenge them and have really high expectations. Keep the bar high, always. Present learning without limits. Share excellence with them so they can see and understand your high expectations. Use modelling and explanation so that they are clear about what constitutes excellence.

• Encourage your students to make and learn from mistakes. Then feedback can come into play. Don’t be tempted to say “If you’ve got a problem, put your hand up and I will come and help”. Try to help them build resilience in the face of difficulty. Make them sweat.

• Opportunities for students to express their understanding and articulate their thoughts should be designed into any lesson. Great teachers are great listeners too. Be a flexible, adaptive and responsive teacher.

• Mark their books and provide your students with more work. Provide them with an opportunity to make your suggested improvements: the only time you will ever have 30 different lesson plans – gold plated differentiation!

Adapted from @ChrisMoyse

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Key topics being address on the day include:

Staff training programmes and high quality SEND teaching

Latest Ofsted expectations for SEND provision

Supporting the transition to Education, Health and Care plans

And much more….

Find out more at: www.oeconferences.com/SENCO15

For further training opportunities, take a look at our 13th Annual SENCO Update conference

Taking place on the 5th May in London

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