Time To Teach Differentiated Instruction for Student Motivation and Engagement consist of Five Core Components.

1. Promoting Positive Feelings Strategies

• Developing rapport with “bring yourself into the classroom
• Voting with your feet
• Target in the middle
• Concentric circles
• Asking for feedback

2. Promoting Attention and Interest

• Randomization
• Questioning
• Story-telling

3. Promoting Connectedness and Relevance

• Synectics
• What’s the story with?
• Brainstorming
• Nominal group technique

4. Promoting Self-Efficacy

• Dynamic tension
• Hot seat
• Extempore

5. Sharing Best Practices

• Using the matrix for planning
• Developing activities
• Developing assessments