Jane A.G. Kise - Differentiation through Personality Types: A Framework for Instruction, Assessment, and Classroom Management

For Dr. Bruce Kramer, who made me think

Copyright 2006 by Jane A. G. Kise

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Contents

Acknowledgments

T he ideas Differentiation through Personality Types contains have been developed over several decades by teachers, principals, professors, psychologists, consultants, and others who, as they learned about personality type, began making sense of their own school experiences and envisioned how the concepts could help schools truly leave no child behind. I am especially indebted to the work of Elizabeth Murphy, Gordon Lawrence, and Len Tallevi, all of whom willingly shared ideas and provided feedback on my work with students.

Also, thank you to all of the teachers at Lake Harriet Community School in Minneapolis who wrestled with draft versions of various chapters in their professional learning communities and provided excellent feedback I used in shaping the final book.

Perhaps more important to classroom teachers reading these pages are the contributions of teachers who partnered with me in creating differentiated lessons and trying classroom strategies that honored the needs of all students. Their enthusiasm for more ideas, and quickly increasing confidence in their ability to differentiate, increased my confidence in the power of personality type as a tool for differentiation. Thanks to all of you!

The contributions of the following reviewers are gratefully acknowledged:

Lori L. Grossman

Instructional Coordinator

Professional Development Services

Houston Independent School District

Houston, TX

Kathy Grover

Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction

Clever R-V School District

Clever, MO

Sharon L. Jeffery

National Board Certified Teacher

Plymouth Middle School

Plymouth, MA

Mark Bower

Director of Elementary Education and Staff Development

Hilton Central School District

Hilton, NY

Lois Brown Easton

Former Director of Professional Development

Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center

Estes Park, CO

Mike Greenwood

District Teacher Leader

Windsor Public Schools

Windsor, CT

About the Author

Jane A. G. Kise, EdD, is an educational consultant specializing in teambuilding, coaching, and school staff development. She is also the coauthor of nearly 20 books, including Differentiated Coaching: A Framework for Helping Teachers Change, Introduction to Type and Coaching, Using the MBTI Tool in Organizations, LifeKeys, and Work it Out. She holds an MBA in finance from the Carlson School of Management and a doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of St. Thomas.

Kise has worked with diverse organizations, including Minneapolis Public Schools and various public and private schools, The Bush Foundation, Twin Cities Public Television, and numerous other institutions. She is a frequent workshop speaker and has presented at NSDC, World Futures, and APT International conferences. She has taught writing at the university level. She is a faculty member of the Center for Applications of Psychological Type and an executive board member of the Association for Psychological Type. In 2005, she won the Isabel Briggs Myers Award for Outstanding Research in the Field of Psychological Type.

Workshop descriptions, speaking schedule, and contact information are available at .

Type Terms Bookmark

Type Terms Bookmark

Keyword: Energy

Keyword: Information

Keyword: Decisions

Keyword: Approach to Life

*Note that the I was used for Introversion, so the N stands for I N tuition.

Copyright 2007 by Jane A. G. Kise. All rights reserved. Reprinted from Differentiation through Personality Type: A Framework for Instruction, Assessment, and Classroom Management , by Jane A. G. Kise. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, www.corwinpress.com. Reproduction authorized only for the local school site or nonprofit organization that has purchased this book.

Introduction

Before you read on...

How do you define differentiation?

What makes differentiation difficult?

Bring to mind the names of two or three students that you think would benefit from differentiated instruction.

A sk teachers to define differentiation and youll get a wide variety of answers. For a moment, lets look at a definition:

Differentiation: tailoring instruction to meet individual learners needs, styles, and interests.

Thats the problem right there. In one sentence, teachers are being asked to differentiate for student needs, multiple intelligences, learning styles, interests, cultural background, abilities, and more. You can read books and attend workshops on how to differentiate for each one of these factors.

Its overwhelming, isnt it?

But what if you had one framework that helped you organize all of these facets of differentiation into one model for planning lessons? What if it gave all students access to rigorous thinking tasks? What if that same model helped you understand your own strengths as a teacher and those of your colleagues as well?

WHY READ THIS BOOK?

Thats what this book is about, helping you organize all the above ways to look at students through one framework so that you can

Recognize genuine differences in what individual students need to both love school and learn.