Mod 8 Video Discussion

These strategies have allowed me to increase accessibility in lessons without lowering standards. I have found that even though students are working toward the same goal, some students will require higher amounts of scaffolding compared to others. As such, the ways I scaffold lessons can range from simplifying the directions to breaking up assignments into smaller tasks, using visuals, providing sentences frames, etc.

Moreover, scaffolding strategies can assist in promoting student independence throughout the lesson as the teacher provides less and less guidance and modeling during each subsequent class period. When teaching other teachers how to incorporate tiering and scaffolding, I believe these are necessary because they allow for the emphasis on meeting students' needs rather than teaching all students in the exact manner.

In the future, I would like to continue using these strategies, though in an effortful way. More specifically, I intend to prepare scaffolds before delivering a lesson rather than improvising them in class. I also hope that peer collaboration opportunities will be included more frequently in my lessons to promote language development.