Instruction for All Students

Instruction for All Students is used by over tens of thousands of educators around the world to implement instructional programs which help all students achieve at high levels.

This book is based on the constructs that we as educators should have:

+ A sense of self-efficacy
+ A focus on clearly articulated standards and objectives
+ An ever growing repertoire of skills for teaching and assessing diverse learners
+ The use of data to make and assess instructional decisions
+ A mission to promote high standards and expectations for both students and educators
+ A commitment to collaborate with colleagues and parents

Instruction for All Students includes chapters on:

+ The Big Picture
+ Lesson and Unit Design
+ Differentiation of Instruction
+ 21st Century Thinking Skills
+ Presentation Modes
+ Active Learning
+ Assignments
+ Assessing with Balance
+ Products and Perspectives
+ The Learning Environment
+ Collegial Collaboration

Paula Rutherford is President of ASK, Inc. and the author of Instruction for All Students and Why Didn't I Learn This in College? She has worked in multiple school districts as a general and special education teacher, administrator and staff developer. The design and implementation of supervision and evaluation systems, job embedded learning, induction and teacher leader cadres are areas of interest. Paula works annually with The Association of California School Administrator's Summer Institute at UCLA. Currently she is engaged in long-term multifaceted work with seven school districts in Colorado, Illinois, New York and Virginia and spends much of her time writing as well as designing and field-testing new material and workshops.