Make

Co-teaching
Beautiful
Instead of Just
Bearable

Connect
Go

to www.todaysmeet.com
Class code is Co-Teach
Introduce yourself
In

another window go to
www.educ569u.weebly.com

Collaboration vs. Co-teaching

me your thoughts
What does it mean to you?
What does it look like?
Give

Becoming partners
Self-Assess

(On gingerbread mans

belly)
What do you bring to the team?
What is your expertise?
Think about rules and routines. What do
you feel most strongly about (not
budging on)?
What compromises would you be willing
to make?

Find a Partner
Partner

assessment: Come together with

your self-assessment, introduce
yourself, LISTEN, and compromise.
What can you learn from this partner?

Introducing Part of OUR Class

Pull a gingerbread man from your ziploc
and introduce him/her to the class.
Students answered the following questions.
1. What do I struggle with in the classroom
(learning), and what helps me overcome
that?
2. What am I great at (instructionally)?
3. What motivates me in the classroom?
(think incentives)

Expert Groups
Look in the page protector.
Packet includes:

Instructions/Worksheet
PLOP
Information about the disability category

Gingerbread man (make a gingerbread man for

this student): 1. What do I struggle with in the
classroom (learning), and what helps me overcome
that? 2. What am I great at (instructionally)? 3.
What motivates me in the classroom? (think
incentives)

Putting Together OUR

Classroom
Tell

us about the student you studied in

your expert group (introduce their
gingerbread man), include their
instructional

needs

Strengths
possible

motivators.
add a list of accommodations from the IEP

Co-Teaching Models
One

Teach, One Observe

One Teach, One Assist
Parallel Teaching
Station Teaching
Alternative Teaching
Team Teaching

Types of Resources
Accessing

curriculum
Individualizing and differentiating
instruction
Stimulating creativity, productivity, and
project based learning
Assessing

Accessing Curriculum
Technology

examples

DocAS(app)
Snap

and Read
Newsela
Settings in Google Searches
Digital flashcards (so many apps)
Teacher webpages (weebly.com)
Digital timers
Low-tech
Sand

examples

Timers, gel timers, visual timers, auditory kitchen

timers
Look in your bag for low-tech examples

Individualizing and
Differentiating
Technology

examples

IXL, Braingenie, Manga High, Coursesites

Rubrics
Grouping practices
Volume control apps
Readworks.org

There

are some low-tech examples in

your ziplocs

Creativity, Productivity,
Project-Based Learning
Technology

examples

Padlet

(headlines)
Back Channel
Wordle
Voki (or other avatars)
Low-Tech
Socrative

Seminars

Assessing/Studying
Technology

examples

Coursesites
Socrative.com

(go to socrative.com, class

code:f49c850d)
Educreations (or other presentation apps)
Kahoot
Vocabulist
Quizlet
Low-Tech
Stop

lights

Collaboration
Stoodle
Edmodo
Google

Docs

Padlet
Wikis
TodaysMeet

Motivating/Decreasing
Boredom
Mix

it up
Good distractions
Change the medium (example: taking
notes on the iPad, or from the computer)
Remind.com
Class Dojo

Planning Forms
The

sample plans are located under CoTeaching on the class website

Check them out!

Explore the Resources

Create

an activity for OUR classroom

using at least one resource and at least
one co-teaching model
Be ready to tell us WHY this would be
best.