Jenny Smith
Experience with Course Topic
Assessment
alternative/portfolios
NCLB/testing
Differentiation
Gifted/ESOL/Co-taught SPED
Differentiation has been
difficult to define
Hoping to Gain from Course
a clearer picture of
what differentiation is
Ideas for alternative
assessment strategies
Use of Mind Mapping
Colleagues who have
taken this course have
incorporated mind maps
I could definitely use these next year
in 8th grade ELA.
Literary Units
Grammar Topics
Writing Units
Background
Academic
1999--Newberry College
Professional
16 years in education
Gwinnett County, GA
and Barrow County, GA
Mostly in middle school