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Online Registrations Now Available!
SPECIAL WORKSHOP AT THE WASHINGTON SUMMER CONFERENCE
"Teaching in Noah’s Ark: Principles and practices for academically diverse classrooms"
 Workshop
August 2, 2008 • 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
Carol Ann Tomlinson understands the challenge of providing appropriate learning experiences for all students. Once a classroom teacher who had to simultaneously meet the needs of kids struggling to read at grade level and those who were ready for Harvard, she turned to differentiated instruction. Tomlinson offers ideas to help teachers "get their feet wet" with differentiated instruction.
As classroom teachers struggle daily to design learning experiences that serve students' unique abilities, backgrounds, learning styles, and interests, a very practical approach promises to assist them in their quest -- differentiated instruction. Billed as more than another educational "buzzword," this method involves tailoring assignments to suit students' needs. If differentiated instruction has a single "voice," it may be that of Carol Ann Tomlinson, a professor of educational leadership, foundations and policy at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education.
A veteran educator, Tomlinson works with teachers across the U.S. and abroad to help them develop classroom lessons that are responsive to students with varied learning needs. She is the author of more than 150 articles, book chapters, books, and other professional development materials, including How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed Ability Classrooms, The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of all Learners, and Fulfilling the Promise of the Differentiated Classroom: Strategies and Tools for Responsive Teaching.
Tomlinson has more than 20 years of experience as a public school teacher and more than 12 as a program administrator of special services for struggling and advanced learners, and she has been named Virginia's Teacher of the Year (1974) and Outstanding Professor at Curry School of Education (2004). She is co-director of the university's Summer Institute on Academic Diversity and Best Practices Institute and Program Coordinator for the Educational Psychology/Gifted Education program area at Curry, where she teaches in both Educational Leadership, Foundations, and Policy and in Curriculum and Instruction. Prior to coming to Curry in 1990, Carol was a public school teacher for 21 years, including high school, preschool, and middle school.
Workshop cost: $75 (all day)
You can register for the workshop alone. Click here to go to the online registration page.
If you'd like more information about ATE's 2008 Summer Conference in Washington and online registration for the Summer Conference, click here.
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