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Introduction to Co-Teaching Concepts & Inclusive Practices

Introduction to Co-Teaching Concepts & Inclusive Practices. April 13, 2012. Agenda. What do you know about Co-Teaching? Illustrations of Models of Co-Teaching Where are we going next? Questions?. To Get Us Started:. What have you heard about co-teaching?

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Introduction to Co-Teaching Concepts & Inclusive Practices

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  1. Introduction to Co-Teaching Concepts & Inclusive Practices April 13, 2012

  2. Agenda • What do you know about Co-Teaching? • Illustrations of Models of Co-Teaching • Where are we going next? • Questions?

  3. To Get Us Started: • What have you heard about co-teaching? • What questions do you have about co-teaching?

  4. Big Picture Perspective • Provide all students with standards based instruction • Provide instruction in the least restrictive environment (LRE) • Provide all students equal opportunity to have teachers who are both content masters and process masters

  5. The Balancing Act Rigorous, challenging, standards-based curriculum with Research based, differentiated instructional strategies in the general education setting

  6. Content Expert: What is the content? Big Ideas? Concepts? Terms? Skills? Process Expert: What are the process(es) that will best equip our students to grasp the content? Small groups? Repetition? Guided Feedback? Strategies? Goal?

  7. Key Focus

  8. Co-Teaching ~ Marilyn Friend • Co-teaching is a professional classroom partnership. • Co-teaching enables educators to: • Readily determine what students need • Deliver instruction and assess student learning more efficiently • Tailor learning to specific needs

  9. This is where co-teaching & effective instruction meet! • Learning is enhanced when students have frequent opportunities to interact with peers. • Students require multiple opportunities to come to know, understand and be able to apply new concepts and information. • Successful instruction for all requires ongoing communication and collaboration with colleagues.

  10. Co-Teaching Caveats • Co-teaching is not one person teaching one subject while another person photocopies. • Co-teaching is not occurring when one teacher conducts a lesson and others stand/sit and watch. • Co-Teaching does not only occur within classroom but also during academic support periods.

  11. Co-Teaching Caveats • Co-teaching is not happening when the ideas of one person prevail for what is to be taught or how it will be taught. • Co-teaching is not a perfect system!

  12. Co-Teaching Approaches • Supportive Teaching • Complementary Teaching • Parallel Teaching • Team Teaching

  13. ASK THE PANEL: Provide one example of co-teaching you have done utilizing one of the approaches just mentioned.

  14. ASK THE PANEL: • What is the role of the general education teacher? • What is the role of the special education teacher?

  15. ASK THE PANEL • What skill sets are necessary for this type of teaching?

  16. Is This Really Possible? • High expectations and commitment to standards • Redefined role • Collaborating in new and different ways with new ‘friends” • Moving beyond: “Resource room teacher”

  17. ASK THE PANEL: • What is the most challenging component of co-teaching? • What advice do you have for co-teachers to be successful?

  18. Thanks to: • Donna Simone & Ellen Meyers For their consultation throughout the past two school years and use of this slideshow which has been modified for this audience today.

  19. Presentation based upon: “The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners” Carol Ann Tomlinson “Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design” Carol Ann Tomlinson, Jay McTighe ““Classroom Instruction That Works” Robert Marzano, Debra Pikering Jane Pollock. 2001 “Guiding Readers and Writers” Irene Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell, 2001. “Tools for Teaching Content Literacy” Janet Allen, 2004. “More Tools for Teaching Content Literacy” JanetAllen, 2008. “The Art and Science of Teaching” Robert J. Marzano, 2007. “Literacy for the 21st Century: A Balanced Approach” Gail E. Tompkins, 2006.

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