Description
Differentiation in the classroom might be a little bit like riding a bike — you never forget how to do it, but you can also always learn a new trick or two! In this course, Diane Heacox, Ed.D., unpacks two important strategies: tiered assignments and flexible instructional grouping. If you are not using these two strategies correctly, you may not even be using differentiation.
In this 1-hour course, you will learn:
- The principles of tiered assignments and flexible grouping
- How to design tiered assignments
- How to determine student readiness
- Other methods of tiered assignments
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies a, b, c, e, f, g and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 2.2, 3.3, 3.4, 5.1.





Lauretta – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
informative
Christy – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
The course provided useful and practical information about tiering and flexible groupings. I especially found the strategies for adjusting complexity, scaffolding, and learning preferences helpful. These strategies ca be applied in the classroom to better meet individual student needs while keeping all students accountable and focused on the same learning objective.
Andrew – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Practical applications of tiered groups.
Elva – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Alyse – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Good information
Sandra – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting, I will apply the strategies for sure
Francisco – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This is a course that teaches, explains and provides resources on how to implement.
Melanie – Houston Area Co-op for GT (verified owner) –
Good strategies and better understanding of tier assignements.
Monica B. – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This course helped me to organize and put together some disperse information that I have related to different learning styles.
Rosalva – VANGUARD ACADEMY (verified owner) –
Very helpful to assist my GT students better
Rick – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Adriana – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
good
Tonya – ROCK HILL LOCAL (verified owner) –
good review of tiering
Kaylee – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
good
Angelica – VANGUARD ACADEMY (verified owner) –
It was a good course.
Laura – VANGUARD ACADEMY (verified owner) –
good
Elizabeth – NORTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Maria – NORTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
The tiering by degree of structure is an important and interesting topic
Shannon – NORTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
Examples were great! Very useful ideas.
Enedelia – RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent information and well explained with examples of tiered assignments.
Valerie – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
It was helpful for differentiation.
Samantha – HIDALGO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very instructional regarding critical elements.
CYNTHIA – HIDALGO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information!
ALEJANDRA – HIDALGO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
GUADALUPE – HIDALGO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was easy to follow and provided good examples of how to implement the tiering in the classroom.
Jennifer – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course. I really liked how she explained the difference between flexible grouping and collaborative or cooperative grouping. She gave engaging assignment ideas to use in class.
Daizy – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Great course lots of learning
Claudia – VANGUARD ACADEMY (verified owner) –
This was a very informative module, things that have been previously discussed was refreshed.
WENDY – HIDALGO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information!
Eliud – VANGUARD ACADEMY (verified owner) –
Very interesting concepts
Michele – HPS – HOUSTON NORTH (verified owner) –
The information provided in this training is applicable; however, it is also somewhat outdated.
Maria – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course!
Michelle – HPS – HOUSTON NORTH (verified owner) –
I enjoy the ideas in this video.
Sandy – NORTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Heacox gave a wonderful lecture on this topic. I was engaged and added some great strategies to my differentiation tool box.
Christine – LAMAR CISD (verified owner) –
Easy to follow and interesting content.
Denise – VANGUARD ACADEMY (verified owner) –
good
SONIA – VANGUARD ACADEMY (verified owner) –
Very informational and helpful in differentiating instruction for all students.