Complementary General education teacher focuses Good for related May slow down pacing on curriculum. Instruction professionals, focused Special education teacher focuses on expertise, sets up study skills, survival skills and special expectation that special education strategies through education will be provided lessons or input. in general education setting Skills Group Teachers divide students into more Clear responsibilities, Possible feel of “tracking” homogeneous subgroups and focused expertise provide leveled instruction Station Teaching A group of students is pulled to Focused expertise Impacts only a few kids the side for direct instruction with the expertise of the specialist Parallel Teaching Class is broken into 2 Good student-teacher ratio Requires equal expertise, heterogeneous groups; each lots of planning time teacher takes a group SECTION III: WEEKLY CO-TEACHING DOCUMENTATION This tool captures the delineation of co-teaching responsibilities, expectations, models, and strategies to be used to optimize student performance: Co-Teaching Strategies and Expectations • Co-Teaching Lesson Plan Template • Co-Teaching in the Classroom • CO-TEACHING STRATEGIES AND EXPECTATIONS General Educator: _____________________Spec./Gen. Educator: __________________________ Grade Level: ________ Subject: _____________________Week of: _________________________ Lesson Content: _________________________________________________________________ Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Materials Gen Ed Spec Ed Evaluation Tool: Choose an item Gen Ed
Complementary Instruction General education teacher focuses on curriculum. Special education teacher focuses on study skills, survival skills and special education strategies through or input. Good for related professionals, focused expertise, sets up expectation that special education will be provided in general education setting May slow down pacing Skills Group Teachers divide students into more homogeneous subgroups and provide leveled instruction Clear responsibilities, focused expertise Possible feel of “tracking” Station Teaching A group of students is pulled to the side for direct instruction Focused expertise Impacts only a few kids with the expertise of the specialist Parallel Teaching Class is broken into 2 heterogeneous groups; each teacher takes a group Good student-teacher ratio Requires equal expertise, lots of planning time SECTION III: WEEKLY CO-TEACHING DOCUMENTATION This tool captures the delineation of co-teaching responsibilities, expectations, models, and strategies to be used to optimize student performance: • Co-Teaching Strategies and Expectations • Co-Teaching Lesson Plan Template • Co-Teaching in the Classroom CO-TEACHING STRATEGIES AND EXPECTATIONS General Educator: _____________________Spec./Gen. Educator: __________________________ Grade Level: ________ Subject: _____________________Week of: _________________________ Lesson Content: _________________________________________________________________ Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Materials Gen Ed Spec Ed Evaluation Tool: Choose an item Gen Ed lessons
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