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Valerie Robb, vrobb@sst6.org. Physical Arrangement. OTES Rubri c. Co-Teaching Rubric. Arrangement of classroom furniture is not a trivial issue because it affects children’s daily experience and education attainment.
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Valerie Robb, vrobb@sst6.org Physical Arrangement
OTES Rubric Co-Teaching Rubric
Arrangement of classroom furniture is not a trivial issue because it affects children’s daily experience and education attainment. …how a child learns and behaves is influenced by his or her situation in the classroom environments! Hastings & Wood (2002)
Stage 1: Traditional arrangement Stage 2: Chairs are occasionally moved into groups and then back to row. Some teacher movement. Stage 3: Students are in groups 100% of the time. Teachers and students freely and constantly move about the room. Physical Arrangement
Tables and desks touching Desks standing alone Students sitting in rows Students seated in clusters. Easily accessible learning centers and computer stations Classroom arrangements and signals to students
Visibility Key for both student and teachers Accessibility Key for movement and immediate response Distractibility Key to student attention Keys and Guidelines for Arranging your Room
guidelines for arranging the classroom Be sure all students are easily seen by the teacher at all times. Be sure all students can easily see all instructional presentations and displays Keep high traffic areas free of congestion Keep frequently used teaching materials and student supplies readily accessible Seat students away from distractors V V A A D
Each teacher should have a space to call his/her own. The room should be arranged to allow for maximum movement by teachers and students The lesson plan book should be readily available to any co-teaching team members The room should send the message that all students are full members of the class, and that both adults are teachers of the class Ideas for Effective Use of Space in the Co-taught Classroom
Level 1 Co-Teaching Create space to ease movement for teachers in the classroom Physical arrangement of Desks
Create space for students to move. Example: “In the Round” Student move desks into circles. Teachers take a space facing each other at opposite sides of the room, near a board, writing surface or display Level 2 Co-Teaching
Example: “Banquet Style” Level 2 Co-Teaching Quickly move rows into banquet tables with an independent station in the middle. Teachers sit at opposite ends of the banquet table, facing each other. Use with three groups as shown or just two.
Example: “Four Stations” Level 2 Co-Teaching Each teacher (T) instructs one group and two groups work independently
When you remove a group of students to a quieter space down the hallway so that you can read to them or work with them where it is quiet, it undermines the goal of teaching students how to develop the executive function skills they need to thrive in the kind of dynamic environment they will encounter when competing in the workplace To go or not to go?
When you make a unilateral decision to relocate a student with an IEP to a more restrictive environment, you maybe in direct violation of the IEP Caution:
