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Teaching in an urban setting can be stressful and difficult. As former interns and current teachers, we will share our experience in co-teaching and the impact it has on our students.

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Objectives At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to define co-teaching and different structures understand the benefits of co-teaching identify ways to use co-teaching in their classrooms to maximize student achievement

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What is Co-teaching? Two (or more) educators or other certified staff Contract to share instructional responsibility For a single group of students Primarily in a single classroom or workspace For specific content (objectives) With mutual ownership, pooled resources, and joint accountability Although each individual's level of participation may vary. Friend & Cook (2004) Co-Teaching: Principles, Practices, and Pragmatics

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Who is Involved? General Educator + General Educator General Educator + Special Educator Mentor + Intern (or Student Teacher)

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Mentor-Intern Co-teaching Benefits to pre-service teacher –Research done by Larson and Goebel (2008) showed that pre-service teachers are more confident and better prepared to enter the classroom as a result of their experience with the co-teaching model –Increased teacher efficacy –Confidence in classroom management –Application of course study

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“One of the best things about co-teaching is the opportunity to share - responsibility, accountability, workload, and fun!” - Murawski & Dieker 50 Ways to Keep Your Co-Teacher, 2008

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One Teach, One Observe One teacher leads instruction One teacher –Gathers data on students –Observes to learn procedures and routines –Evaluation

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One Teach, One Assist One teacher leads instruction One teacher –assists small groups or individuals –assists with classroom management Be careful of frequency of use

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Station Teaching Similar to stations/centers Small group instruction Both teachers split the content and students switch between teachers and independent work.

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Parallel Teaching Same content, same time, 2 different groups Content may be taught in different ways Different strategies, learning styles

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Alternative Teaching One teacher leads instruction for majority of the group One teacher focuses attention on small group –Preteaching –Intervention –Enrichment

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Teaming Both teachers share leadership and instruction in the classroom Dialogue teaching

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Reflection Are the roles of each teacher meaningful? Are co-teachers using strategies to promote success with all students in the classroom? Does evidence indicate that successful learning is occurring in the class?

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Your turn! Your turn! Form groups - –Stand up, Hand up, Pair up! Choose a structure Come up with an idea of how you would use that structure of co-teaching in your classroom Present!