co-teaching at its best!
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Co-teaching at its Best!
Dr. Wendy Murawski & Dr. Tamarah Ashton
2 TEACH LLC & CA State Univ., Northridge
It Takes Two:
Objectives
! Identify critical components of effective co-teaching
! Define co-teaching & the 5 approaches
How did we get here?
Theory
Practice
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“The philosophy of inclusion is that children who are differently challenged are accepted in general activities with appropriate adaptations or assistance.”
(Batshaw, 1997, p. 749)
Clarification:
Inclusion is a Philosophy, not a Program
Collaboration & Co-teaching
! Collaboration – A style of interaction in which 2 or more professionals work together toward a common goal (Friend & Cook, 2003)
! Co-teaching – when 2 or more educators co-plan, co-instruct, and co-assess a group of students with diverse needs in the same general education classroom (Murawski, 2003)
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Our Philosophy
Co-teaching is like a marriage.
Co-teachers go through stages. . .
! Dating
! Engagement
! Wedding
! Marriage
“As your co-teacher, I find that your lesson plans are perfect, your knowledge of content is superb, but perhaps I might be able to assist in the area of classroom management. . . ?”
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Essential Question of Co-teaching
How is what co-teachers are doing TOGETHER substantively different & better for kids
than what each of them would do alone?�
Co-teaching Approaches (Cook & Friend, 1995)
! One Teach, One Support ! Parallel Teaching ! Station Teaching ! Alternative Teaching ! Team Teaching
One Teach, One Support
looks like…
A
B Whole Class
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What it doesn’t look like…
One Teach,
One grade papers
One Teach,
One catch up on IEPs
One Teach,
One make copies
Team Teaching
A B
Whole Class
looks like . . .
Team Teaching, folks ~ not Tag Teaming…
You’re IT!
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Station Teaching
A B
Small
Group Small
Group
Small
Group
looks like . . .
What it doesn’t look like…
Gifted
Sp.Ed
Average
Parallel Teaching
A B
Half of Class
Half of Class
looks like . . .
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What it doesn’t look like…
I’ll plan & teach & you plan & teach
on my island, on yours…
Alternative Teaching
A
B
Large
Group
Small
Group
looks like . . .
What it doesn’t look like…
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Why do we need to change?… because it is right for kids!
Ensuring quality service delivery takes work – but it is worth it!
Our task is to provide an education for the kinds of kids we have, not the kinds of kids we used to have, or want to have, or the kids that exist in our dreams.
K. P. Gerlach
. . . & finally . . .
Contact info:
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