Online binders have been called a teacher’s best friend. They allow a teacher to compile and organize their materials online and then to access and share those materials via a link. Aside from being a paperless way to store and share materials, online binders can be used for collaboration with colleagues, sharing with students or parents, or as a student assignment. For this assignment, you will be developing an online binder consisting of materials and resources for best practices in teaching and lesson plan development. This is an opportunity to compile and organize the resources that you have already obtained through assignments in this course, plus a couple of new areas that will help in the future when you are planning and developing engaging lessons.

Create an online binder that can be shared with peers, colleagues, and your instructor. You may use any online binder resource approved by your instructor.

Set up your binder as follows:

• Title your binder with the name of this course: Instruction and Assessment for Diverse Learners
• Create 5 tabs and name them as follows:
• Tab 1: Assessment & Rubrics
• Tab 2: Lesson Planning
• Tab 3: Instructional Strategies
• Tab 4: Differentiated Instruction
• Tab 5: Culturally Responsive Teaching

Follow the instructions below to build content in your binder:

• Tab 1: Assessment & Rubrics
• Upload the content from your Wk 2 – Secondary Assessment Guide.
• Tab 2: Lesson Planning
• Upload the content from your Wk 3 – Lesson Planning Presentation.
• Tab 3: Instructional Strategies
• Upload the content from your Wk 4 – Instructional Strategies and Technology Toolkit.
• Tab 4: Differentiated Instruction
• Create and upload a concept map demonstrating your understanding of key principles that govern differentiated instruction (refer to the readings and videos from the Week 5 learning activities as you create your concept map).
• Describe 3–5 instructional strategies that support differentiation in the secondary education classroom.
• Provide a minimum of 5 links to websites that provide information and/or strategies for the following:
• Differentiating instruction in the secondary classroom
• RTI in secondary education settings
• Tab 5: Culturally Responsive Teaching
• Define culturally responsive teaching.
• Describe a culturally responsive secondary education learning environment.
• Describe culturally responsive teacher and student behaviors that demonstrate the following:
• Understanding and appreciation for all cultures
• Respectful and positive interactions
• Describe 3–5 instructional strategies that support culturally responsive teaching to address the following:
• Lesson delivery
• Adaptation techniques
• Multiple perspectives

Note: You may also include additional links, documents, or other resources that you think will be of value to you as an educator.

After you create your online binder, set the privacy setting to public or private and locate the link to the binder that you can share with your instructor.