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INTRO TO CO-TEACHING

INTRO TO CO-TEACHING. RTSD March 12, 2014. AGENDA. Reading research and literacy strategy Video and note-taking strategy Points of discussion and matrix Co-teaching strategies Collaboration Scenarios Benefits and Challenges.

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INTRO TO CO-TEACHING

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  1. INTRO TO CO-TEACHING RTSD March 12, 2014

  2. AGENDA • Reading research and literacy strategy • Video and note-taking strategy • Points of discussion and matrix • Co-teaching strategies • Collaboration • Scenarios • Benefits and Challenges

  3. Text-based SeminarPurpose: to enlarge your understanding of a text Framing question: What lessons can veterans in co-teaching teach us? Rules: • Listen actively to others • Build on what others say • Refer to the text; challenge others to go to the text • Make your assumptions explicit • Watch your own air time; give all an equal opportunity • Invite clarifications

  4. Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper. ~ Robert Frost

  5. As you watch, complete the “Windows to the Video” worksheet. In your groups, discuss a question each of you has raised. Video note-taking strategy Summarize the main points of the video. Sketch or diagram something important that you saw. Record questions that arose because of something you saw or heard. Other notes.

  6. MATRIX • Read about the discussion points • Identify your own beliefs • Note areas that need further discussion • Consider non-negotiables • Plan to compromise

  7. George Bernard Shaw ‘If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.’

  8. Stages of Collaboration • Consider how a classroom partnership could be like a marriage. • Where do you stand with likely partners in your situation? • How can you effectively move a co-teaching relationship to the Collaborating stage? • Beginning • Compromising • Collaborating

  9. CO-TEACHING IS …………….. Co-teaching is like ……..a marriage.. Co-teaching is two people sharing responsibility for teaching some or all of the students assigned to a classroom by distributing the planning, instruction, and assessment between the two according to a predetermined and fair method.

  10. CO-TEACHING STRATEGIES • Simplest approach: • Little planning • Little coordination • One teacher provides instruction • Other teacher monitors classroom for: • management • understanding • individual assistance • Clear division of labor • Each teacher responsible for planning & teaching their content • Content divided into 2 segments and presented in two locations in room • Students switch stations • Reduced student-teacher ratio • Most evolved • share teaching & planning for all students • highest degree of trust • blend of teaching styles • reported to be most rewarding • Lead and Support • Station teaching • Parallel teaching • Alternative teaching • Team teaching • Requires joint instructional planning • teach same general content • teach simultaneously • address different learning goals, styles, levels of understanding • group composition is flexible • Aka: Remedial Teaching • little collaboration in planning • one teacher selects group of students needing different instruction • used for preteaching, review, reteaching, data gathering, teaching learning strategies, etc • May lead to stigmatization

  11. VIDEO CASE REVIEW http://www.specialconnections.ku.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/specconn/page/collaboration/coteaching/raydianne_vid.html Ray and Dianne • One lead, one support • Station teaching • Parallel teaching • Alternative teaching • Team teaching

  12. VIDEO CASE REVIEW http://www.specialconnections.ku.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/specconn/page/collaboration/coteaching/drsuess_vid.html Dr. Suess- Lisa and Dianne • One lead, one support • Station teaching • Parallel teaching • Alternative teaching • Team teaching

  13. VIDEO CASE REVIEW http://www.specialconnections.ku.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/specconn/page/collaboration/coteaching/lisaerin_vid.html Lisa and Erin • One lead, one support • Station teaching • Parallel teaching • Alternative teaching • Team teaching

  14. In grade level groups: Read scenario Discuss type of co-teaching arrangement Discuss planning strategy Discuss how this might work in your classroom Divide group in half: One half >> Make list of benefits Other half >> Make list of challenges Put top 5 of each on posters provided Case Study

  15. Benefits of Co-teaching

  16. Successful Co-teaching Tips • Planning • Discuss your beliefs with partner • Parity • Willing partners • Attend to details and keep your promises • On-going professional development • Prepare parents • Avoid the “Glorified Aide” trap • When disagreements occur, talk them out • Go slowly

  17. “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” ~ Albert Einstein

  18. PROMISES, VOWS, & CONTRACTS “I promise to… … know you and try to understand your viewpoint (communicate) … clarify goals to avoid hidden agendas … facilitate a collaborative culture … recognize and accept our differences … expect to be held accountable to you and our students … agree to reflect and celebrate often.”

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