Math

1. What does
Co-teaching look like
at LPMS?
Laurel Park Middle School
Regular Teacher: Mrs. Vijaya Nallari
Co-Teacher: Mr. Claude Morris
Subject: Algebra 1
Co-teaching is the collaboration between general and
special education teachers for all of the teaching
responsibilities of all students assigned to a classroom…
In a co-taught classroom, teachers share the planning,
presentation, evaluation, and classroom management in
an effort to enhance the learning environment for all
students.” Gately & Gately, 2001.

2. Benefits of co-teaching I experienced last year
 Professional Growth
 Student Engagement
 Behavior Management
 Diverse instruction to meet diverse needs
 Meet the needs of ALL students

3. Effective Co-teaching Models.
“Collaborative teaching is a service delivery structure in
which teachers with different knowledge, skills and
talents have joint responsibility for designing, delivering,
monitoring and evaluating instruction for a diverse group
of learners in general education classrooms.”
DeBoer & Fister, 1995

4. Inclusion Vs Co-Teaching
 I have been teaching Inclusion class since 2008 and last
year we had a PD in co-teaching and the models
introduced and sharing the responsibility of teaching
made lots of difference and I see the difference it made
in our student’s lives.
 We have adapted all the models and student’s also
enjoyed much. I must say we never had a chance to
separate SPED and Regular. We use to divide the class
as a whole and every time in different manner.

6. Lead and Support Model
Teacher A
Teacher B
 Primary responsibility for
planning unit of instruction.
 Shares in delivery,
monitoring and evaluation.

7. Duet Model: This model we
followed most which benefitted
our students.
Teacher A
Teacher B
Both teachers plan and design
instruction. Teachers take turns
delivering various components of
the lesson.

8. Skills Group Model: This model
benefitted for our struggling
students.
Teacher A
Teacher B
Students are divided into
2-4 groups based on
instructional need. Each
teacher takes primary
responsibility for half the
group. Teachers may
switch groups
occasionally.

9. Adapting Model: I would appreciate
my co-teacher for his co-operation.
Teacher A
Teacher B
 Primary responsibility for
planning and delivering a
unit of instruction.
 Determines and provides
adaptations for students
who are struggling.

10. Station Teaching Model: We have
many ha ha moments adapting
this model.
Teacher A
Teacher B
 Responsible for overall
instruction
 Teaches a small group
specific skills they have
not mastered.

11. Parallel Teaching Model: This is
one more frequently used model
and we see students benefitted
most out of this.
Teacher A
Teacher B
Both teachers plan and
design. The class splits
into two groups. Each
teacher takes a group for
the entire lesson. This
reduces the teacher-
student ratio.

12. Algebra 1
Role of SE Teacher (Mr. Morris)
 Support instruction in class and in
 Modify curriculum
 Students with high need
 Planning/pace
 Adaptations
 Notes, PPT, Use of technology
 Accommodations
 Clean copy, tests read, etc.
 Behavior Management
 Seating charts, proximity

13. Health
Thoughts on Co-teaching
 Effect on…
 Teaching Style
 Activities
 Student Learning
 Grading
 Support
 Overall Feelings

14. Class Pictures:

15. A group of 4 -5 students and students stay in their places only
materials are passed after every 12 minutes and they need to
complete all 5 stations

16. Station 2:
Flash cards activity in Properties.
Students need to match the correct property for a given examples
and write down the property and example on construction paper

17. Station 3:
Polynomials - Classify Polynomials
Represent using tiles (Draw) and Simplify add/subtract/multiply
show on white boards

18. Station 4:
Functions poster project- Create a poster with a function f(x)=
-5x+4,
You get to pick 5values and make a table –input/output- Graph the
function-label x-and y-axes , plot all ordered pairs.
State domain,range,relation and inverse relation- Represent
relation in table and mapping form.

19. Station 5:
Slopes and Parallel lines
Hot spot questions
Interpret the graphs to find the steepness.
Fill up the blanks

20. Thank you!
The dream begins with a
teacher who believes in you,
who tugs and pushes and leads
you to the next plateau,
sometimes poking you with a
sharp stick called “truth.”--Dan Rather