Description
In this 3-module course, Ms. Chaffins will lay the groundwork for building tiered lessons using strategies from top educators. To help illustrate these concepts, she has invited Brian Krawetzke and Mark Suter to share the lesson strategies they’ve used in their own classrooms.
Educators will learn about:
- Dr. Tomlinson’s differentiation methods
- Norman Webb’s Depth of Knowledge
- Karin Hess’s Extended Learning Strategies
- Practical examples of how to apply these strategies in the classroom
Click here for a leader’s guide created by the Ohio Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Presenter Bio
Judy Chaffins has worked in education for thirty-five years. She began teaching first grade and later became a Gifted Intervention Specialist serving third through eighth grades. As a Gifted Coordinator, she has coordinated quiz bowls, spelling bees, served as a liaison with a county-wide business/education partnership, taught a graduate level course on assessment as an adjunct instructor at a local university, and conducted numerous local and regional professional development trainings. She has been active in the Ohio Association for Gifted Children including serving as President, as well as many other leadership roles to advocate for the needs of gifted children. She made many trips to Washington D.C. and the Ohio Legislature to testify for appropriate services and funding for gifted students.
Brian Krawetzke has been teaching Visual Arts in the Lima Shawnee Local School District since 1999. He is a 1998 graduate of Bowling Green State University with a B.A. in Art Education. He has studied art history in Rome, Italy. Brian has presented a wide variety of educational workshops throughout the state of Ohio. He has received numerous educational awards while his students’ artwork has been recognized locally, statewide and nationally. He currently teaches AP Art History, AP Studio Art, Drawing & Painting, Digital Photography, and Yearbook.
Mark Suter has served as computer science, game design, and entrepreneurship teacher for over a decade. He is the director of a student-run business (Grit9.com) which provides web design services for area businesses. Mark won the 2017 District 1 Ohio Teacher of the Year Award, The 2015 Henry Ford Innovation Nation Innovative Teacher Award, and is an Adobe Certified Associate Educator and Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert.
Jason – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Stayed tuned to modules 2 and 3. The teachers are high school teachers but have really good ideas about how to change up your teaching in the classroom.
Nancy – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
Gave good reminders of what tiered instruction is and some great ideas for implementation.
Ben – PARKWAY LOCAL (verified owner) –
This makes you think outside the box as to how you approach things in your classroom.
Rachel – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
This was a great course and loved the idea of the Teacher Table.
Nick – ORANGE CITY (verified owner) –
This course gave some good ideas about working with gifted students as well as all students. It really discussed a classroom design that has less structure in the traditional sense, but still gets the work done. The classes taught this way are electives, but I feel that the methods used could be implemented into a core course also.
Teresa – DAYTON CITY (verified owner) –
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Sharon – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Tiered lessons, table teacher, real world experience all ingredients for baking the best teaching.
Sylvia – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
I feel like a lot of this was common sense. A lot of time was taken to talk about something that should have taken a few minutes.
Melissa – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This was great! Thinking about teaching outside of the box is always fun!
Criselda – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and provided practical advice and classroom examples. However, I was not able to download the handout from the resources.