Compass of Differentiation

Courtney, one of my classmates, posted something on her blog that really stood out to me. She posted about the idea of differentiation being like a compass. Here is the link to her blog so you can read it for yourself if interested.

I love the idea of the compass. It helped me to clearly the concept of differentiation more clearly. It reminds of Hallmark #7 Proactive thinking and planning for different pathways, and how we talked about the need to have a "roadmap" of where the student is now and where you want them to end up at the end of the year. That way if they have to take a detour with the student you know how to help them get back on track to head towards their ending desination. I just think the idea of using the compass of differentiation goes along with this really well!

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