Touro University TESOL Candidate Crystal DeMarco’s Differentiated Instructional Lesson Planning

Touro University TESOL Candidate Crystal DeMarco’s Differentiated Instructional Lesson Planning. This “before” and “after” lesson planning assignment highlights the incorporation of instructional activities approximately midterm in our TESOL EDDN-637 course. Such personalized assignments show “proof-of-work” in the age of ChatGPT and focus on the practical application of course knowledge in the daily instructional TESOL/BLE teacher repertoire.

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
New York is a state that speaks many languages. We need teachers who can find the common ground. Touro University offers TESOL & Advanced Certificates in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Program helps NYS-certified PreK-12 teachers more effectively teach and communicate with a diverse student population.

Crystal DeMarco is a candidate in the TESOL Graduate Program at Touro University. She completed her undergraduate degree at the College Of Staten Island where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education in Social Studies. Crystal DeMarco writes that she “loves teaching, and learning new innovative ways to create an engaging curriculum for my students!”

The assignment description:

  1. Differentiated Instructional Activity Assignment

The differentiated instruction definition refers to an approach to education whereby teachers make changes to the curriculum and the way they teach to maximize the learning of every student in the class (IRIS Center, 2021). This is not a singular strategy but a framework that educators can utilize. Carol Ann Tomlinson also notes that in differentiated instruction, the teacher anticipates the varying levels of students’ interests, readiness, and learning profiles. Subsequently, they can provide diverse ways of learning, enabling students to learn without being anxious because academic tasks are too difficult for them or being unmotivated because assignments are not challenging for them (ASCD, 2011). However, differentiated instruction is not the same as individualized instruction.

For your Differentiated Instructional Activity Assignment,  Tools for differentiated Instruction.pdf Download Tools for differentiated Instruction.pdfyou will use one of your content lesson plans you have already taught and make modifications to the following segments:

  1. practice (how teachers deliver instruction to students),
  2. process (how the lesson is designed for students),
  3. products (the kinds of work products students will be asked to complete),
  4. content (the specific readings, research, or materials, students will study),
  5. assessment (how teachers measure what students have learned), and
  6. grouping (how students are arranged in the classroom or paired up with other students).

You will submit both the original content lesson and plan and the lesson plan with differentiated instructional activities, with a reflection of your professional growth completing this assignment. Your product for Differentiated Instructional Activity Assignment will be:

  1. A paper including the original lesson plan/differentiated lesson plan with all materials
  2. 3-4 minute video showcasing (this means you are pretend teaching) one specific aspect of one Differentiated Instructional Activity – your video submission must be a link, not a file.  You may use YuJa, Screencast-O-Matic or any other tool.  You can also upload your file to Google drive and share that link.  No files which need to be downloaded to view will be accepted.
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Video Touro University TESOL Candidate Crystal DeMarco

https://touro.yuja.com/V/Video?v=7544329&node=32277497&a=128877952&autoplay=1

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Dr. Jasmin (Bey) Cowin, an Associate Professor at Touro University, received the 2024 Touro University CETL Faculty Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching and the Rockefeller Institute of Government awarded her the prestigious Richard P. Nathan Public Policy Fellowship (2024-2025). As a Fulbright Scholar and SIT Graduate, she was selected to be a U.S. Department of State English Language Specialist. Her expertise in AI in education is underscored by her role as an AI trainer and former Education Policy Fellow (EPFP™) at Columbia University's Teachers College. As a columnist for Stankevicius, she explores Nicomachean Ethics at the intersection of AI and education. She has contributed to initiatives like Computers for Schools Burundi, served as a resource specialist for Amity University in Uttar Pradesh, India, and participated in TESOL "Train the Trainer" programs in Yemen and Morocco. Her research interests include simulations and metaverse for educators-in-training, AI applications in education and language acquisition and teaching, and distributed ledger technologies, with a focus on her 'Education for 2060' theme. In conclusion, my commitment extends beyond transactional interactions, focusing instead on utilizing my skills and privileges to make a positive, enduring impact on the world.