Co-Teaching and LearningFor Student Success

Presented by Dr. Elizabeth WhittenWestern Michigan University

3506 Sangren HallKalamazoo, Michigan 49008

(269) 387-5940Whitten@wmich.edu

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Co-Teaching: A Definition

Collaborative teaching is a professional partnership between two or more educators that erases traditional boundaries and allows them to make informed decisions when designing, communicating, and monitoring instruction through reflective teaching.

-Whitten & Hoekstra, 2002

Complementary TeachingCycle of Teaching Stage

Design:

Roles and Responsibilities lead teacher models organization

of the lesson content

lead teacher identifies metacogitive strategies or technology needed for group and individual students to complete the tasks of the lesson

support teacher assists

lead teacher conducts formal teaching

Lead TeacherDesigns

Support Teacher Adds to Design

Complementary TeachingCycle of Teaching Stage

Communication:

Roles and Responsibilities support teacher applies metacognitive

components of the lesson with small groups or individuals

support teacher provides content or technological support to lead teacher’s lesson

Complementary Teaching

Cycle of Teaching Stage

Monitoring:Roles and Responsibilities

Lead Teacher

Support Teacher

lead teacher uses pre-assessment to determine students’ needs for meta-cognitive or technological support

support teacher assesses students’ skills and facilities self-regulation during the lesson

students use self-assessment as they request assistance during or after a formal lesson

Complementary Teaching Classroom Strategies

Activating prior knowledge Semantic mapping Discussion webs Study Guides S.L.A.N.T. Predict, Organize, Search, Summarize, Evaluation

(P.O.S.S.E.) What they know, what they want to know, what they learn

(KWL) Story mapping Two or Three tier note taking Keep It Moving

Co-Teaching Models

1.Complementary Teach

2.Station TeachComplementary

Station

Station TeachingCycle of Teaching Stage

Design:

Roles and Responsibilities lead teacher and support teacher

segment the lesson content lead teacher and support teacher divide

the number of stations in which they are responsible

lead teacher and support teacher plan and organize their station activities

Lead Teacher

Support Teacher 1

Support Teacher 2

Support Teacher 3

Station TeachingCycle of Teaching Stage

Communication:

Roles and Responsibilities lead teacher and support teacher

facilitate learning in segments to small groups or individual at the the station they designed

Station TeachingCycle of Teaching Stage

Monitoring:Roles and Responsibilities Lead teacher and support teacher use

preassessment to determine how students are selected for stations

given the organizational structure and tasks of each station, assessment done by students and teachers can be used during the lesson

Lead Teacher

Support Teacher 1

Support Teacher 2

Support Teacher 3

Station Teaching Classroom Strategies

highlighting key concepts providing purpose for reading provide lesson overview individual or small group instruction books-on-tape pairing students for success graphic arts identifying key concepts and terms manipulatives hypothesizing Reflection time

Co-Teaching Models

1. Complementary Teach

2. Station Teach

3. Parallel Teach

Complementary

Parallel

Station

Parallel TeachingCycle of Teaching StageDesign:

Roles and Responsibilities lead teacher and support

teacher collaboratively organize the content of the lesson

lead teacher and support teacher identify strategies and technology needed for group and individual students

lead teacher and support teacher divide the students into two group

Lead Teacher

SupportTeacher

Parallel TeachingCycle of Teaching Stage

Communication:

Roles and Responsibilities lead teacher and support teacher

independently deliver the lesson plan to one of the groups

lead teacher and support teacher facilitate learning in their groups

Lead Teacher

with Half of the Students

SupportTeacher

with Half of the Students

Parallel TeachingCycle of Teaching Stage

Monitoring:

Roles and Responsibilities lead teacher and support

teacher each monitor their own group of students

lead teacher and support teacher use post lesson reflection to share their expectations using the same lesson plan with different groups of students

Lead Teacher

SupportTeacher

Parallel Teaching Classroom Strategies

choral reading think-pair-share learning style groups exploring content small group discussion scaffolding direct instruction sharing-reader’s theater, author’s chair,

presentations test review

Co-Teaching Models

1. Complementary Teach

2. Station Teach

3. Parallel Teach

4. Alternative Teach

Complementary

Parallel

Station

Alternative

Alternative TeachingCycle of Teaching Stage

Design:

Roles and Responsibilities lead teacher and support teacher

make decisions about the content and organization of the lesson

lead teacher and support teacher determine the appropriate structures for alternative remedial or enrichment lessons that would promote more student learning

Lead Teacher

Support Teacher

Alternative TeachingCycle of Teaching Stage

Communication:

Roles and Responsibilities lead teacher conducts formal teaching support teacher implements

supplemental activities for small groups, or individuals before or after the formal lesson

Lead Teacher

Support Teacher(Activating

Background Knowledge)

Support Teacher

(Extension)

Support Teacher(Remedial)

Alternative TeachingCycle of Teaching Stage

Monitoring:

Roles and Responsibilities lead teacher and support teacher pre-

assess the students to plan for alternative lessons

lead teacher and support teacher assess the students during the formal lesson to identify students who would benefit from the alternative lessons

student self-assessment and/or peer assessment encourages students to articulate their need for alternative forms of instruction

Lead Teacher

Support Teacher

Alternative Teaching Strategies

Peer-tutoring Multi-age tutoring Computer assisted instruction Creative arts interventions Reciprocal teaching Predicting Portfolios Note taking Dramatization Manipulatives

Co-Teaching Models

1. Complementary Teach

2. Station Teach

3. Parallel Teach

4. Alternative Teach

5. Shared Teach

Complementary

Parallel

Station

Alternative

Shared

Shared Teaching

Cycle of Teaching Stage

Design:Roles and Responsibilities teachers collaboratively

organize the lesson content

teachers identify strategies and technology needed for the whole group instruction

Lead Teacher 1

Lead Teacher 2

Shared TeachingCycle of Teaching Stage

Communication:

Roles and Responsibilities teachers simultaneously facilitate

learning with the whole group teachers spontaneously

exchange lead and support roles throughout the lesson and often make use of more than one of the co-teaching models

Shared TeachingCycle of Teaching Stage

Monitoring:

Roles and Responsibilities

must be reflection-in-action to address the needs of the students by switching roles during a lesson

Lead Teacher 1

Lead Teacher 2

Quality Indices of Co-Teaching

Ability to choose your co-teaching partner Flexibility and spontaneity in teaching Administrative support Common designing and reflecting time Close proximity Teaching to various learning styles Teaching through differentiated instruction Balancing theory and practice Understanding of educational philosophies