We offer flexible-design professional learning support for K-5 teachers implementing Walpole & McKenna’s (2017) Differentiated Instruction (DI) Model to support and maintain students’ foundational literacy skills. Educators will engage in customized professional learning sessions for implementing the DI Model in their classroom, school, and/or district, with topics selected from one or more of five different focus areas:

• Understanding the DI Model structure
• Learning about the research informing the DI Model design
• Learning how to assess and place students into instructional groups at the beginning of the year
• Learning how to teach and progress monitor each instructional group
• Supporting DI block planning and preparation

To ensure effective implementation, we recommend ongoing coaching throughout the school year to support teachers in initial assessment and skill group placement, lesson implementation, progress monitoring and data analysis, and flexible grouping.