Co-teaching: what it is and what it isn’t

1. Co-teaching: what it is and what it isn’t By Mary E. Ford, EdD

2. Objectives for Today • Co-teaching: • 1. What is co-teaching and why is it an option for educating EC and at-risk students? • 2.What is expected from the general ed teacher and the special education teacher(six co-teaching models and variations). • What are the most common issues relating to co- teaching?

3. Inclusion Collaborative Model • The regular and special education teacher work together to teach students in a shared classroom Models : • Parallel Teaching • Station Teaching • Alternative Teaching • Co-TeachingDaack, 1999

4. Differentiation of instruction • With inclusion, co-teaching and the mandate for access to the general curriculum evolved the concept of differentiation of instruction. • What are some ways you can “differentiate” instruction? Keeping Bloom’s Taxonomy in mind,,, • The following are some examples:

7. Think Tac Toe

8. Think-Tac-Toe plays off the familiar childhood game. It is a simple way to give students alternative ways of exploring and expressing key ideas and using key skills. Typically, the Think-Tac-Toe grid has nine cells in it like a Tic-Tac-Toe game. The number of rows and cells can, of course, be adjusted. Adapted from Fulfilling the Promise of the Differentiated Classroom, Carol Ann Tomlinson, ASCD 2003

9. Adapted from Fulfilling the Promise of the Differentiated Classroom, Carol Ann Tomlinson, ASCD 2003 • As with related strategies, it is important that no matter which choices students make, they must grapple with the key ideas and use the keys skills central to the topic or area of study. • In other words, whichever choices the student makes, he/she should be addressing the same KUDs as the others

11. Learning Contract----Think Tac ToeAncient Civilizations – Grade 6 GEOGRAPHY IMPORTANT PEOPLE CONTRIBUTIONS Charles Kyle & Kathy Reed * Illinois

12. Novel Think Tac-ToeDirections: Select and complete one activity from each horizontal row to help you and others think about your novel. Remember to make your work thoughtful, original, rich with detail, and accurate. Novel Title: ____________________ Author:_______________________ Activities Selected: _______, _____, _____ Student: ______________________

13. Novel Think Tac-ToeDirections: Select and complete one activity from each horizontal row to help you and others think about your novel. Remember to make your work thoughtful, original, rich with detail, and accurate. Novel Title: ____________________ Author:_______________________ Activities Selected: _______, _____, _____ Student: ______________________

15. http://www.doe.in.gov/exceptional/gt/tiered_curriculum/

16. http://www.doe.in.gov/exceptional/gt/tiered_curriculum/