Standard+4


 * Standard 4: Uses strategies to deliver instruction that meets the multiple learning needs of students. **

(1) Aligns service delivery to district, teacher, parent, and student needs. (2) Provides consultation, instruction, interventions, and strategies that align with learner needs. (3) Demonstrates flexibility and responsiveness in adjusting services to meet diverse learner needs. (4) Uses and supports research-based and evidence-based practices to meet learner needs. (5) Uses available resources, including technology, to provide professional services that meet learner needs.
 * The staff member: **

MY ACTION STEPS:

 * (1) Aligns service delivery to district, teacher, parent, and student needs. **


 * (2) Provides consultation, instruction, interventions, and strategies that align with learner needs. **

> REFLECTION: Because it had been so long since I had been with the Grinnell MS staff... and because one of my workshops with them had been cancelled due to bad weather, I approached my final session with a bit of apprehension. I felt the need to do some reviewing, but didn't want folks to feel as if it was "what they had already had". I knew that there were several topics that I hadn't even touched upon yet- because of time- but also that I couldn't address all of them in the last few hours that I had with them. I struggled with the planning of this workshop, but finally hit upon a strategy: Be prepared for EVERYTHING, but allow THEM to select which topics would be addressed during the final session. I began by having them talk with their tablemates about what they remembered from previous sessions... and what they were still curious about. This validated that they DID remember some key concepts, but also illustrated that their knowledge was not "deep" in any one area. I then posed an array of topics for them, and asked them to discuss which ones they saw as most important to address during this final session. I had designed my PPT to include content from ALL topics, but had included a slide that contained hyperlinks to the beginning of each section. I used this Topics Slide as a 'jumping off point'. I took my cues from the staff, regarding the topics they saw as most important, used the hyperlink to click to that particular section, and provided that "chunk" of content. They then had time to process the information with their tablemates, before returning to the Topics slide to select another topic. This ended up working beautifully. The participants were able to select the topics of most interest and importance to them, and I was able to respond accordingly.
 * (3) Demonstrates flexibility and responsiveness in adjusting services to meet diverse learner needs. **
 * Planned and delivered final PD workshop for Grinnell MS that allowed for flexibility- driven by participant needs
 * Final Workshop: The Science of Learning (Grinnell Middle School, April 2011) This PPT was designed with a slide containing hyperlinks to various "content sections" of the presentation. The hyperlinks page contains 8 possible topics, decided upon by the participants on the day of the workshop. This allowed me to "customize" the final workshop, based on the interests and needs of the Grinnell Middle School staff.


 * (4) Uses and supports research-based and evidence-based practices to meet learner needs. **


 * (5) Uses available resources, including technology, to provide professional services that meet learner needs. **