Team Teaching Workshop: Enhancing Collaborative Teaching Practices

2. Team TeachingWorkshopTY Picnic September 8th 2016 William Donnelly & Phil Fox williamdonnelly@pdst.ie philfox@pdst.ie Twitter: @PDST_Ireland

3. Todays Research Questions??

5. Did your Teacher Education Programme include any form of Team Teaching? Questions Have you undertaken any Professional Development in relation to Team Teaching since you graduated?

6. What is Team Teaching?

7. TERMINOLOGY Co-operative teaching… Co-teaching… Collaborative teaching… Team teaching… ‘Team teaching is when two (or more) teachers share the instructional responsibility for a class, including planning and evaluation. They share the leadership of the class and responsibility for all students.’ County Cork ETB 2011). Team Teaching –Guidelines for Schools/ Colleges. Cork: County Cork VEC http://www.cocorkvec.ie/index.cfm/page/videos ‘The term “co-operative teaching” is used here to denote any arrangement whereby two or more teachers work together in a collaborative manner with a class of students who have diverse learning needs.’ DES (2007). Inclusion of Students with Special Educational Needs: Post Primary Guidelines. Dublin: The Stationery Office, p. 53.

8. Click here to see examples of each

9. Activity: Where do YOU stand? 1 3 5 2 4 6 7 Or if you don’t want to choose any of the above, please create your own unique stance!

10. Team teaching , a practice schools want to introduce but don’t know how to (Shevlinet al., 2009) Team teaching under-researched in Irish context, especially in relation to process (Shevlinet al., 2009; Murphy, 2011) Low levels of professional collaboration in Irish schools (Hogan et al., 2007; OECD [TALIS], 2009; Gleeson, 2012) “...they [teachers] highlight the prevalence of professional insulation and isolation, as distinct from proactive professional co-operation, in the inherited cultures of post-primary education in Ireland.” (Hogan et al., 2007:34) Team Teaching in Irish schools

11. 52% had never received feedback on their teaching from other teachers/management 75% engaged in Team Teaching less than once a year (or never) 95% engaged in Teacher Observation less than once a year (or never) 18% had visited other teachers’ classrooms 7% had engaged in observation in other schools TALIS report (OECD, 2009) International perspective

13. Resources for Team Teaching

14. http://www.pdst.ie/teamteaching

15. Further Resources for Team Teaching Professional Development for Teacher http://pdst.ie/teamteaching Special Education Support Service (SESS) In-school seminars on team teaching Online application form Online team teaching course (currently being reviewed and updated) http://www.sess.ie/welcome-sess-elearning

16. Final considerations • Start on a small scale and slowly to avoid over-load • Setting up can take hard work, collaboration, open mindedness and dedication • Be prepared for resistance among colleagues and, possibly, parents • Leadership is crucial • No single model of team teaching will automatically result in success for a given teaching situation • Any team teaching programme must be customised to suit the curriculum, teachers and students • Establish and communicate team expectations

17. Final considerations • Certain key elements appear to be necessary for a successful team teaching programme: • Compatibility of team members • Shared responsibilities, commitment to team teaching and ongoing communication • A keen interest in connecting the content or curriculum to real life • A strong desire to ignite students’ thirst for knowledge • Well defined programmegoals and philosophies • Well defined roles of teachers and administration

18. What are your next steps?

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20. Thank You williamdonnelly@pdst.ie philfox@pdst.ie

22. Team Teaching New Initiative 2015/16 First Irish Class filmed