JODI O'MEARA, INC.
PARRISH, FLORIDA

(2002). Additionally, Jodi is a certified Life Skills Coach and provides guidance for leadership in both business and education. Jodi specializes in professional development in the areas of differentiated instruction for both students with special needs as well as students identified as gifted. In addition to differentiated instruction, she has also been involved with projects and presentations to include Response to Intervention, Common Core and School Improvement. Jodi is the author of This book examines differentiated instruction and RtI and their relationship to each other from the eyes of the classroom teacher. While differentiated instruction has become more familiar to educators these days, the principles and practices of RtI are still emerging across the nation. This book will provide the classroom teacher with direct, clear and practical strategies and systems to assist the in simultaneously implementing differentiated instruction and response to intervention. provides the framework, sequential steps, and practical strategies for implementing a comprehensive and systematic differentiated instructional program. Designed for the educator who has a solid foundation of differentiated instruction, Jodi takes the philosophy and research of differentiated instruction and extends it into high quality curriculum and instructional design. Using vivid case studies and extensive research and covering a wide range of topics, Jodi O’Meara examines the relationship between differentiation and current issues and trends in education, including standards-based instruction, formative assessment, teacher reflection, and response to intervention. Beyond Differentiated Instruction provides structure to pre-planning, planning, implementation, and monitoring stages to meet the diverse needs of students from the struggling to the gifted—all while providing the practical templates and start-up tools for busy teachers and school administrators. includes multiple accounts by Jodi as a tribute to her students. Bestselling authors Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen have compiled Jodi O’Meara, Inc. is committed to making a positive impact on our global society by promoting personal and professional growth through information, guidance and support involving efforts to honor individual learning needs and strengths of each person.