DESIGNING DIFFERENTIATED DIGITAL ACTIVITY LISTS

Use choice and technology to build a rigorous, learner-driven environment students can navigate independently.

Quick facts

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Format

Facilitated cohort plus self-paced modules

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Time

25 hours total

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Certificate

Yes

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Price

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Agency by Design:

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Agency by Design:

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Agency by Design:

Why this VLC

Differentiation is not more work. It is better design. In this VLC you will build digital activity lists that offer multiple ways to learn and practice without lowering rigor. You will connect autonomy, purpose, and mastery to daily routines so students make informed decisions, manage time, and take responsibility for results. The outcome is a clear structure that empowers learners and simplifies facilitation.

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Agency by Design:

replace tasks with authentic problems and give learners real decisions to make.

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Structures First:

time, resources, choice, and feedback systems that transfer responsibility to the learner.

Who it is for

Teachers and instructional coaches seeking practical, scalable differentiation

Structures First:

School and district leaders aligning classroom choice with rigorous expectations

Executive Function for All:

Teams implementing blended or anytime-anywhere learning

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Evidence of Learning:

use student work to guide the next move, not just to record a grade.

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Human and Tech Together:

tools serve the design, not the other way around.

Professional Learning That Puts Learners in Charge

Great teaching is design. Our Professional Learning Experiences help teams create learner-active environments where people own the work, build executive function, and solve authentic problems.

What you will gain

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Replace tasks with purpose-driven problems

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Build structures for choice, time, and resources learners can manage

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Coach executive function skills that drive results

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Use evidence of learning to adjust in real time

What you will be able to do

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Apply ends-based teaching as the foundation for meaningful differentiation

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Distinguish the five types of instructional activities and design each with purpose

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Connect student choice and voice to empowerment and achievement

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Align activities to cognitive levels and learning styles to support access and stretch

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Build a differentiated digital activity list that students can self-manage

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Clarify the teacher role in an environment that shifts responsibility to learners

Syllabus snapshot

  • START WITH THE END

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    Takeaway: Explore ends-based teaching as the foundation for effective differentiation.

  • FIVE TYPES OF INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES

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    Takeaway: Understand and design the five types with clear purposes and success criteria.

  • CHOICE, VOICE, AND EMPOWERMENT

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    Takeaway: Connect student decision making to engagement, ownership, and achievement.

  • COGNITIVE LEVELS AND LEARNING STYLES

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    Takeaway: Build activities that support access and stretch across learners.

  • BUILD THE DIGITAL ACTIVITY LIST

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    Takeaway: Provide students choice in how and when they engage in learning and practice.

  • THE TEACHER ROLE IN A LEARNER-DRIVEN ENVIRONMENT

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    Takeaway: Define facilitation moves that transfer responsibility and keep thinking high.

  • TECHNOLOGY FOR DIFFERENTIATION

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    Takeaway: Leverage platforms and tools to widen options and track progress.


  • CREATE SUPPORTS THAT SCALE

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    Takeaway: Develop instructional videos and targeted activities that make differentiation sustainable.

Course materials and access

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Required text: Participants use Reinventing the Classroom Experience  by Dr. Nancy Sulla. Please purchase the book in advance.

Included access: MyQPortal  access is included for all participants while enrolled in the VLC.

Evidence and impact

Choice pathways increased ownership and let me coach more while managing less.
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Our activity lists turned idle time into purposeful practice. Students knew where to start and how to stretch.
Choice pathways increased ownership and let me coach more while managing less.
Our activity lists turned idle time into purposeful practice. Students knew where to start and how to stretch.
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Related Resources

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Dr. Nancy Sulla Books

Unlock Educational Success with Dr. Sulla’s Books

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MyQPortal

The Pathway to Student-Driven Learning!

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FAQs

  • HOW MUCH TIME WILL I NEED

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    Plan for 25 hours total including self-paced work and scheduled sessions.

  • CAN OUR TEAM ENROLL TOGETHER

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    Yes. Seat bundles are available. Price:

    VLC PRICE LINE

  • DO I GET A CERTIFICATE

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    Yes. You will receive a certificate noting contact hours and outcomes.

  • WILL THIS ALIGN TO OUR STANDARDS AND PACING

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    Yes. You will design your activity list around your existing units, standards, and timeline.

  • DO I NEED SPECIAL TECHNOLOGY

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    No specific platform is required. We will show options and you can use tools already available in your setting.

Ready to Put Students in Charge

PO accepted. Seat bundles available.