Differentiated Coaching for Educators

Last week I conducted a four-day workshop on differentiated instruction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Present were university professors, school administrators, Ministry of Education employees, and teachers from public and private schools. With both men and women in attendance, I had the privilege of learning to work in a partitioned room. We also had two attendees from Kuwait, adding to our diversity and insights.

Using personality type as a differentiation tool most definitely worked cross-culturally!! The teachers in Jeddah recognized their pupils' strengths and struggles in my examples and were quickly able to apply my three-step differentiation model to their own content areas. I was also humbled by their deep thinking as they took my ideas and considered how to adapt them to the unique needs and opportunities of their own classrooms.

If you really want to examine what you believe, travel with an open mind to a culture that is totally new and listen closely to both common ground and differences as you share your thoughts and ideas!!