Differentiation & Personalized Learning in Remote Teaching

 

Presented on May 22, 2020

In this presentation a panel of five seasoned online teachers who have extensive experience teaching online and have been doing it well for YEARS provide an overview of specific ways in which they individualize instruction in the online setting.

Key take-aways:

  • K–12 online education is not new to America; instead it is new to most Americans.

  • There are thousands of teachers who have been delivering quality instruction online since the late 1990s.

  • Online teachers go through rigorous training and professional development to hone their skills

  • Recent “crisis schooling” is very different from “online education” which has been going on successfully for 20+ years.

Questions covered in the webinar:

  • What does SPED/504 delivery look like in the online school setting?

  • How does socialization work?

  • How many students do online teachers have?

  • What is the teacher-student relationship like in FT virtual schools?

  • How can we move traditional thinkers to new, innovative ways of teaching?

  • What does a typical day look like for an online teacher?

  • How do you connect with your colleagues?

Quotes

“We are a big group of people struggling together.” – Kari Feldhaus

“Online education is great, but it is different from traditional schooling.” – Kari Feldhaus

One of her favorite parts of working for an online charter school is “allowing for the flexibility of learning.” – Crystal Chavez

“Something that makes me smile is student choice.” – Tamika Washington 

“I enjoy working at INSPIRE because I get to dedicate time to each individual student, something I rarely could do at my previous schools. I think education is headed in the direction of online learning, and I like being with the vanguard for this form of instruction.” – C. Cook Jones

Presenters

Kari Feldhaus
15+ years online Spanish teacher & department chair
Apex Learning Virtual School

Crystal Chavez
13+ years in education, seven years online; elementary school teacher, Consultant/trainer for school transformation
Compass Charter Schools

Michelle Jones
12+ years as online high school math teacher
Gwinnett Campus Online

C. Cook Jones 
11 years as an educator, six years online; Secondary school advisory teacher and a math interventionist 
INSPIRE, the Idaho Connections Academy

Tamika Washington
Secondary Educator, Online Teacher Trainer
K12 Inc.

 
Lisa Mullis