Staff Development Guide for the Parallel Curriculum

Informationen zum Autor Cindy A. Strickland has been a teacher for twenty-five years and has worked with students of all ages, from kindergarten to master's degree. A member of the ASCD Differentiation Faculty Cadre, Cindy works closely with Carol Ann Tomlinson and has coauthored several books and articles with her. In the past eight years, Cindy's consulting work has taken her to forty-six states, five provinces, and three continents where she has provided workshops on topics relating to differentiation, the Parallel Curriculum Model (PCM), and gifted education. Cindy's publications include Staff Development Guide for the Parallel Curriculum; The Parallel Curriculum Model, 2nd edition; The Parallel Curriculum Model in the Classroom: Applications Across the Content Areas; and In Search of the Dream: Designing Schools and Classrooms That Work for High Potential Students from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds. Publications in differentiation include Professional Development for Differentiated Instruction: An ASCD Toolkit, Exploring Differentiated Instruction, Tools for High-Quality Differentiated Instruction: An ASCD Toolkit, the ASCD online course Success with Differentiation, the book Differentiation in Practice: A Resource Guide for Differentiating Curriculum, Grades 9-12, and a unit in the book Differentiation in Practice: A Resource Guide for Differentiating Curriculum, Grades 5-9. Klappentext 'This guide provides clear, intelligent support for teachers and administrators to explore the possibilities that the Parallel Curriculum Model brings to educators and students, and to translate those possibilities into action in the classroom' -Carol Ann Tomlinson, William Clay Parish Jr. Professor of Education University of Virginia 'In my experience teaching graduate students about the Parallel Curriculum Model, I am always looking for a variety of ways to expose them to the intent of each parallel. This guide is an invaluable resource in helping us talk about and practice the model. The varied examples and practical lessons offer fantastic building blocks to use in my work with teachers!'-Jennifer Beasley, Educational Consultant, University of Virginia Complementing the best-selling second edition of The Parallel Curriculum, this all-inclusive facilitator's guide is an indispensable resource for anyone planning, designing, or conducting curriculum development training on the Parallel Curriculum Model. This easy-to-use workbook offers step-by-step instructions aligned with the content of the core book. Staff developers will learn how to support training sessions to help educators design and implement curriculum along four parallels. Ideal for facilitating book study groups, seminars, and professional development events, the book provides: - A complete training program of 53 workshops, including 12 workshops per curriculum parallel - Scripts, agendas, activities, sample classroom scenarios, handouts, and transparencies - Tools, resources, and strategies for designing curriculum across the four parallels Staff Development Guide for the Parallel Curriculum is an essential handbook for leading professional training that results in enhanced teacher expertise and a multidimensional, high-quality curriculum that challenges all learners. Zusammenfassung Complementing the second edition of The Parallel Curriculum! this guide offers workshops! scripts! agendas! activities! and more for facilitating professional development on the Parallel Curriculum Model. Inhaltsverzeichnis About the Authors Introduction Facilitation Guide Objectives Components Organizational Suggestions Feedback 1. Introducing the Parallel Curriculum Model Workshop #1: Introduction to the Parallel Curriculum Model Workshop #2: The Role of Concepts and Principles in the Parallel Curriculum M...

Product details

• Authors: Katherine Tuchman Glass, Cindy A Strickland, Cindy A. A. Glass Strickland, Cindy A. Glass Strickland
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.11.2009
• EAN: 9781412963817
• ISBN: 978-1-4129-6381-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Subject: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Teaching materials, hand-outs