Diversity in Today's Schools

The classroom I am in where I am doing my service learning has quit the diversity. We have students who are ELL students, we have students who struggle with different subjects due to different learning disabilities, we have students who have physical needs that we have to be aware of, and students who simply come from very different family backgrounds. The teacher is aware of each of these needs and addresses them in different ways, she does this by grouping students into different groups for learning centers, she does a great job at modeling exactly what she wants the students to learn/do and doesn't just get up and lecture. She also asses the students regularly to track their progress, and she has IEP meetings where she talks with the special education teacher and the students parents. 

The teacher in my service learning classroom uses differentiating instruction for the diverse learners in her classroom by grouping students into groups by ability for assessments. She also uses differentiating instruction through the arrangement of her classroom, she has the students sit at desks in groups, and her classroom is very colorful. I have seen her present instructions through auditory and visual means, and I have also seen her give students the opportunity to express the things they have learned, she is able to give quick feed back and spend time with small groups to re-teach an idea if they are struggling.