A Teacher's Guide to Successful Classroom Management and Differentiated Instruction

By (author) Billie F. Birnie

Publication date:

08 March 2017

Length of book:

70 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781475833010

A Teacher’s Guide to Successful Classroom Management and Differentiated Instruction is a practical, straightforward conversation with teachers about two key aspects of their work. The first section shows teachers how to create the learning environment they want, leading them step by step through the process that establishes a productive, trusting relationship between teacher and students. The second section describes differentiated instruction: what it is and how to do it, where it fits into the teaching cycle and how it yields maximum gains for every student. Illustrating concepts with examples from both elementary and secondary classrooms, the guide also offers strategies, checklists, and activities to help teachers improve their practice.

Preface
A Note About Names
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Using a Reflective Log
Chapter 2: Classroom Management
Introduction
The Basic Premise
Step 1: Know What You Want
Step 2: Show and Tell Your Students
Step 3: When You Get What You Want
Step 4: When You Get Something Else
In Closing
Resources
Chapter 3: Differentiated Instruction
Introduction
Differentiated Instruction: What It Is
To What Extent Do You Already Differentiate Instruction?
What It Looks Like
Before You Start
How To Do It
Resources
A Word About High Stakes Testing
References

This book is enormously impressive. Fundamentally different from other publications on differentiated instruction and strategies for teaching challenging students, Birnie’s book gives practical and research-based techniques for using teaching processes that result in dramatic improvement in student personal and academic growth. The examples of successful classroom teaching are inspirational and fresh, and they have the power to shape the classroom and school culture into a caring, vibrant environment continuously experiencing greater growth. All that Birnie offers is laid out in such a way that readers will be eager to read the next page, the next chapter. I predict that schools will purchase copies for teachers to use in collaborative learning groups and in faculty meetings. It is a gift to teachers everywhere.