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Identify one or two ways you can, as Dr. Black says, “build a structure [in your classroom] that also has a level of flexibility.”
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Precisely as Dr. Black says, we try to allow students to present a multi-media project, a podcast, or write a traditional essay while meeting the same standards and assessments.
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The level of flexibility is integrated into the assignments in my classroom. All students are held to the same requirements. Within each assignment there are options for the students to select. They have a preference that they can choose in the project, but the learning objectives are the same.
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In science, I facilitate stem projects throughout the school year. In these projects, the students have a set of rules to follow but are able to use their own creativity within the structure.
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A couple of ways that I can “build structure that also has a level of flexibility” in it are: giving students freedom to choose from stations once their structured work is done, and secondly I give structure to projects my students work on but give them flexibility in how they can accomplish that project.
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In my literature courses, I always assign a paper or a project at the end of each novel. Once a semester, I give the students a list of five different assignments that they can complete at the end of one of our books. The students love this, because they have a choice, and they can choose an assignment that utilizes what they believe they are gifted in.
