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TIERED INSTRUCTION

TIERED INSTRUCTION. A PLANNING STRATEGY FOR MIXED ABILITY CLASSROOMS. “A Different Spin on an Old Idea.”. SOURCE: based on work by Carol Ann Tomlinson. Tiered Instruction. What words , phrases , or images come to mind when you hear the term tiered instruction ?. WHAT CAN BE TIERED?.

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TIERED INSTRUCTION

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  1. TIERED INSTRUCTION A PLANNING STRATEGYFOR MIXED ABILITY CLASSROOMS “A Different Spin on an Old Idea.” SOURCE: based on work by Carol Ann Tomlinson

  2. Tiered Instruction What words, phrases, or images come to mind when you hear the term tiered instruction?

  3. WHAT CAN BE TIERED? • ASSIGNMENTS • ACTIVITIES • CENTERS & STATIONS • LEARNING CONTRACTS • ASSESSMENTS • MATERIALS • EXPERIMENTS • WRITING PROMPTS • HOMEWORK

  4. What is Tiered Instruction? By keeping the focus of the activity the same, but providing routes of access at varying degrees of difficulty, the teacher maximizes the likelihood that: 1) each student comes away with pivotal skills & understandings 2) each student is appropriately challenged. Teachers use tiered activities so that all students focus on essential understandings and skills but at different levels of complexity, abstractness, and open-endedness.

  5. Creating Multiple Paths For Learning Key Concept or Understanding Understand The Concept Struggling With The Concept Some Understanding READINESS LEVELS Reaching Back Reaching Ahead

  6. IDENTIFY OUTCOMES WHAT SHOULD THE STUDENTS KNOW, UNDERSTAND, OR BE ABLE TO DO? THINK ABOUT YOUR STUDENTS PRE-ASSESS READINESS, INTEREST, OR LEARNING PROFILE INITIATING ACTIVITIES USE AS COMMON EXPERIENCE FOR WHOLE CLASS GROUP 1 TASK GROUP 2 TASK GROUP 3 TASK

  7. THE TEACHER’S CHALLENGE Developing-- “Respectful Activities” • Interesting • Engaging • Challenging

  8. Planning Tiered Assignments Concept to be Understood OR Skill to be Mastered Create on-level task first then adjust up and down. Below-Level Task On-Level Task Above-Level Task “Adjusting the Task”

  9. When Tiering: Adjust--- • Level of Complexity • Amount of Structure • Materials • Time/Pace • Number of Steps • Form of Expression • Level of Dependence

  10. The “Equalizer” 5.Smaller Leap 1.Foundational Transformational Greater Leap 6.More Structured More Open 2.Concrete Abstract 7.Clearly Defined Problems Fuzzy Problems 3.Simple Complex 8.Less Independence Greater Independence 4.Fewer Facets Multi-facets 9.Slower Quicker

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