1. Co-Teaching

2. Debriefing
 How did it go?
 Good?
 Bad?
 Ugly?
 Concerns?
 Questions about the explicit lesson plan?

3. Wiki
 Making new pages
 Uploading documents
 Linking to pages and documents
 Scheduling observations

4. Coming up….
 Student Teaching Handbook
 Reflection on this week of observation due by
Monday. Upload to Wiki.
 Class Schedules
 Assumptions chart p. 26-28 (due next class)
 Vodcast due Feb 3
 Next week…at least one wonderfully crafted lesson!
 You are to be teaching (something)by the week of
Feb 6th!
 We could possibly start observations the week of
February 6th , for sure by February 13th !
 Posting Lesson Plans and weekly reflections

5. Co-Teaching
(or how to spec ed in someone else’s classroom)
 Co-Teaching is an educational approach
in which two teachers work in a coactive
and coordinated fashion to jointly teach
academically and behaviorally
heterogeneous groups of students in an
integrated setting.

6. Benefits of Co-Teaching
 Expedites transition into the general
education setting
 Enables teachers to function on a proactive
basis
 Increases job satisfaction
 Reduces stress and burnout
 Increases teaching and learning potential
 Decreases problems with generalization
across settings
 Provides students with more cohesive
programs

7. Benefits of Co-Teaching
(contd.)
 Provides the expertise of two professionals in
planning and problem solving
 Provides students with a model of
collaboration
 Allows students to work with teachers with
different styles
 Allows student assessment to be classroom-
based
 Increases the potential for students who are
having difficulty to receive assistance

8. Co-Teaching Components
 Co-Planning *
 Co-Instructing
 Co-Assessing

9. Co-Teaching
 Thereare 5 models of what co teaching
can look like (6 really)
 One teach, one support
 Station teaching
 Parallel teaching
 Alternative teaching
 Team teaching
 One teach, one come in and modify tests

10. One Teach, One Support
 Most Common
 One lead teacher (usually the core
certified teacher)
 Teaches the class
 One support teacher (usually the special
education teacher)
 Circulates and gives individual support to all
students (special ed and general ed)
 Little co-planning happens

11. Station Teaching
 Teachers divide content
 Students are distributed evenly (both
teachers teach both gen ed and spec
ed)
 Separate but shared responsibilities

12. Parallel Teaching
 Both teachers teach the same content
(at the same time
 Each deliver instruction to half the class
(heterogeneous make up of students in
each half)
 Joint planning (including
accommodations and modifications)

13. Alternative Teaching
 One large group, one small group
 Small group pre-teaches, reinforces or
reteaches large group
 Small group can be made of both spec ed
and gen ed students
 Joint planning

14. *Team Teaching
 Shared instruction
 Coordinated activities in one lesson
 Mutual trust and commitment
 Co-planning

15.  Reflection on this week of observation due by
Monday. Upload to Wiki.
 Make a wiki page/link to a page with your
classroom/day schedule
 Assumptions chart p. 26-28 (due next class)
 Vodcast due next week! (Feb 3)
 Next week….at least one wonderfully crafted lesson.
 You are to be teaching (something)by the week of
February 6th!
 We could possibly start observations the week of
February 6th , for sure by February 13th !
 Posting Lesson Plans/Reflections