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Ask questions. Engage fully. Integrate new information. Open your mind to diverse views. Utilize what you learn *Taken from LF.org… Working Agreements

Objectives –Be introduced to co-teaching –Plan how to use a co-teaching structure in your position –Increase awareness of student collaboration strategies

Expectations:  Positive relationships are built with ALL students.  Knowledge of student backgrounds and interests drives positive engagement strategies and relevance of class work and homework assignments.  Within the PLC structure, teachers will explore the associations between behavioral indicators and academic achievement.  Reinforcing positive behavior is exhausted before the use of office referrals and other disciplinary strategies that limit access to instruction.  Schools implement PBIS and SEL framework, and monitor effectiveness through MTSS process.  Schools track and monitor student behavior data through IC.  Teachers intentionally work toward developing common cultural connections around language for more effective instructional and learning opportunities in and outside of the classroom. Fundamental 3: Climate and Engagement

P – people: how we use our people and power them to take leadership roles at all levels O – optimism: hope and faith in and for all….along with deliberate actions to accompany the beliefs and optimism W – work: own our work, be collaborative – no islands/ isolation E – efficacy: look at and use data R – relationships: all we do centers around relationships with all stakeholders Mama J’s Message

Co-Teaching Classroom Example Have you been a co-teacher or observed people co-teaching?

What Is Co-Teaching? With a partner, discuss what co-teaching is and is not.

Overview: Co-Teaching Strategies

One Teach, One Observe

One Teach, One Assist

Differentiated Teaching

Parallel Teaching

Team Teaching

Station Teaching

Effectiveness in Co-Teaching Define areas you may need to concentrate on and those tasks you do well for celebration!

Jelly and Toast This is the relationship I’d like to see Between the teacher -- My partner, and me. We’d bounce ideas Off each other With mutual respect -- One for the other. Listening and learning every day, Striving always for a better way, To get across what matters most By working together - like jelly and toast!

What if Co-Teaching Isn’t Practicable? Scaffold learning with student collaboration strategies… Image source: ways-to-improve-student-collaboration/

Class-Wide Peer Tutoring

Accountable Talk

Reflective Questions Turn to the “Relationship with Students” reflective questions (Framework 3, page 58): –Do I know them? –Do I know how they learn? –Do I know how to keep them inspired about learning? –Do I know how to keep them motivated to excel? –Do I know their goals and aspirations? –Do I know their needs and interests? –Do I know their experiences and realities? –Do I know their challenges and obstacles? –Do I know their parents? –Do I know their neighborhoods?