"Diverse Learners is such a broad term and it includes learners of all abilities, across the different linquistics, culture, geography and socioeconic backgrounds(Mittha, 2021).

"Preparing mainstream classroom teachers to work with culturally and linguistically diverse learners is a growing concern in education as more and more schools host increasing numbers of students whose primary language is not English"(Hadjioannou et al., 2016). "Unfortunately, significant numbers of teachers have had little preparation for working with these diverse learners and feel ill equipped to support their academic development

Different terms and approaches appear when addressing the needs of diverse learners and these include; Differentiated Instruction, Inclusive Pedagogy, and Universal Design for Learning (Mittha,2021)

Marotta in explaining UDL, states that the model expects teachers to connect all students to the learning experience inclusively regardless of ability (Universal Design for Learning, n.d.).Change involving diverse learners could be managed if flexible options for self-regulation and sustaining effort are provided. Amanda Morin; a classroom teacher and an early intervention specialist for 10 years explains UDL as an approach to teaching and learning that offers flexibility in the ways students access materials and show what they know. In this regards, Leaders managing change should constantly get feedback from diverse learners by making them show what they know about the change process.

Leading and Managing Change in it self is ardous and not to mention having to do this for a diverse learners. For leaders to be able to manage change in such circumstances, they have to be innovative(Bertini, 2019). The Threshold Theory indicates that peaople who are creative often have a score low when assessed using standard intelligence measuring systems and this is due to their divergent thinking, and not searching for singular answers (Ings, 2017, p.38).

In my school, most students have internet at home and in-school internet access is reliable. Cultural and socioeconomic diversity is the main issue of concern which transcends to manifest in digital divide. The big question I must always have in mind to answer is how easily learners could afford mobile phones or hand held devices to acces the app in their day to day learning and interaction in the classroom Leading diverse learners means that we should provide them with a range of challenges with multiple possible solutions (Ings, 2017, p.38) In view of this, provision has been made so that teachers could capture evidence for students who for any reason might not be able to capture their own with their devices.

References

Hadjioannou, X., Hutchinson,, M., & Hockman, M. (2016). Addressing the Needs of 21st-Century Teachers Working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners. The CATESOL Journal, 28(2), p1-29. Retrieved 11 December 2021, from. Ings, W. (2017). Disobedient Teaching. Otago University Press. TKI. Universal Design for Learning. (n.d.).https://inclusive.tki.org.nz/guides/universal-design-for-learning/

Mittha, C. (2021). Strategies for teaching diverse learners. Retrieved 07 December 2021, from https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2021/07/12/strategies-for-teaching-diverse-learners#gs.ijfg6i

Morin,A() What Is Universal Design for Learning? | Understood - For learning and thinking differences. (2021). Retrieved 07 December 2021, from https://www.understood.org/articles/en/universal-design-for-learning-what-it-is-and-how-it-works

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