Challenging Students

Challenging Students Through Differentiation

The Shepardson staff believes in differentiated instruction – working to adjust the teaching and learning activities to address individual learning needs and styles. Various differentiation techniques used at Shepardson include:

Tiered Assignments

Teachers use different levels of activities for students to explore the same content but at different levels of complexity.

Curriculum Compacting

In order to eliminate repetition of previously mastered curriculum, Shepardson upgrades the challenge level of the regular curriculum and provides time for appropriate enrichment and/or acceleration activities while ensuring mastery of basic skills.

Flexible Grouping

Children are grouped temporarily according to skill, interest and/or instructional purpose.

Learning Centers

Stations are developed to provide content enrichment and skill development.

Contracts

Agreements are made between teacher and student that allow learners to work independently on a unit of study.