Louisiana’s Co-Teaching Resource Guide Part 2-Implementation

1. Louisiana’s Co-Teaching Resource Guide Part 2-Implementation Kristina Braud, Literacy Goal OfficeMelanie Lemoine, Louisiana State Improvement GrantAndrea Thompson, Literacy Goal Office

2. Guide’s Location:accessguide.doe.louisiana.gov/site%20documents/FINALcoteaching_guide.pdf

3. Co-Teaching Resource GuidePart 2--Implementation

4. Co-Teaching Approaches • The examples given are to be used as a “guide” only; teacher personalities, years of experience, level of partnership, and school scheduling will produce varied results. • No one approach is the best. Its use is dependent on the teaching goal, the individual teaching styles, and student learning styles. • Best instructional practices and well planned co-teaching will assist in meeting the goal.

5. Classroom Approaches • Station Teaching • Parallel Teaching • Alternative Teaching • Team Teaching • One teach; One Assist

6. Station Teaching • Teachers divide the responsibility of planning and instruction. • Students rotate on a predetermined schedule through stations. • Teachers repeat instruction to each group that comes through; delivery may vary according to student needs. • Approach can be used even if teachers have very different pedagogical approaches. • Each teacher instructs every student. • Website: http://www.powerof2.org

7. Station Teaching

8. Station Teaching

9. Room Configuration for Station Teaching Teacher Table Student Table

10. Parallel Teaching • Teachers share responsibility for planning and instruction. • Class is split into heterogeneous groups, and each teacher instructs half on the same material. • Content covered is the same, but methods of delivery may differ. • Both teachers need to be proficient in the content being taught. • http://education.byu.edu/cpse/co_teaching/videos/Sequence3.MPG

11. Parallel Teaching

12. Room Configuration for Parallel Teaching Teacher Table Student Table

13. Alternative Teaching • Teachers divide responsibilities for planning and instruction. • The majority of students remain in a large group setting, but some students work in a small group for pre-teaching, enrichment, re-teaching, or other individualized instruction. • Approach allows for highly individualized instruction to be offered. • Teachers should be careful that the same students are not always pulled aside. • Website: http://www.powerof2.org

14. Alternative Teaching

15. Room Configuration for Alternative Teaching Teacher Table Student Table

16. Team Teaching • Teachers share responsibilities for planning and instruction. • Teachers work as a team to introduce new content, work on developing skills, clarify information, and facilitate learning and classroom management. • This requires the most mutual trust and respect between teachers and requires that they be able to mesh their teaching styles. • Great Science Example: http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=Michelle_Seigler___Rockets_and_Co_Teaching&video_id=240066

17. Team Teaching

18. Room Configuration for Team Teaching Teacher Table Student Table

19. One Teach, One Assist • One teacher plans and instructs, and one teacher provides adaptations and other support as needed • Requires very little joint planning • Should be used sparingly Can result in one teacher, most often the general educator, taking the lead role the majority of the time • Can also be distracting to students, especially those • who may become dependent on the drifting teacher • Website: www.powerof2.org

20. One Teach, One Assist

21. Room Configuration for One Teach, One Assist

22. Resources for Implementation • Power of 2 Website: http://www.powerof2.org • Special Connections from KU— Videos of 3 of 5 co-teaching approaches presented: http://www.specialconnections.ku.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/specconn/main.php?cat=collaboration&section=main&subsection=coteaching/types • Parallel Teaching: (Science MS) http://education.byu.edu/cpse/co_teaching/videos/Sequence3.MPG

23. Resources for Implementation • Team Teaching Great Science Example: http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=Michelle_Seigler___Rockets_and_Co_Teaching&video_id=240066 • Interactions: Collaboration Skills for School Professionals, 6th edition, Marilyn Friend and Lynne Cook, 2010. Pearson.

24. Submit a VIDEO of Your Co-Teaching Approach Bright Lights & Great Ideas Needed • Check out a flip camera at a Regional LATI center: http://www.doe.state.la.us/divisions/specialp/assistive_technology.html • Showcase your class, school, or district! Capture short video clips of planning, a co-teaching approach, student transitions, and testimonies to: kristina.braud@la.gov

25. Next Steps • Leadership team supports initial implementation framework • Adjustments to framework necessary • Inform families of co-teaching • Adjust IEPs to reflect co-teaching • Design monitoring and feedback of co-teaching practices • Expand practices, examine/adjust current practices