Institute One: Differentiated Instruction: Differentiated Assessment

	We serve very diverse populations and need to have a range of strategies to extend and support all learners. This Institute prepares teachers for the challenges of the differentiated international classroom.  The institute in August 2008 will have a particular focus on the challenges of assessment in an inclusive classroom.
Leaders: Ochan Kusuma-Powell and William Powell

William Powell has served as an international school educator for the past 30 years in the United States, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Indonesia, and Malaysia. From 1991 to 1999, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of the International School of Tanganyika in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and from 2000 – 2006 as Headmaster of the International School of Kuala Lumpur. He is the co-author, with his wife Ochan, of Count Me In! Developing Inclusive International Schools (2000) and Making The Difference: Differentiation in International Schools (2007). He is also the co-author of a book on school board governance training.  More recently Bill and Ochan published an article entitled “Differentiating for Girls and Boys” in The International Schools Journal (May, 2007) When Bill is not presenting teacher professional development workshops or speaking at conferences, he can be found in the French Pyrenees at work on a trilogy of historical novels set in East Africa.(Bpowell@eduxfrontiers.org)

Ochan Kusuma-Powell received her doctorate from Columbia University and has taught at every grade level from 1 – 12. she has also developed and implemented inclusive special education programs in the United States, Indonesia, Malaysia and Tanzania. Together with her husband, Bill, she co-authored an OSAC publication entitled Count Me In! Developing Inclusive International Schools (2000) and Making the Difference: Differentiation in International Schools (2007). Bill and Ochan are currently working on a project to support differentiated instruction in international schools, supported by a grant from the US Department of State. They are focusing their attention on teacher professional development, school leadership and governance training and serve as consultants for Education Across Frontiers. (Okpowell@eduxfrontiers.org)

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