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April 15, 2022

What are some collaboration

strategies that you currently
COLLAB 101 apply in your classroom?
Brenda Bermudez
Shelby Correa

Agenda Identifying Students with IEPs

o Emails
o Identifying Students with IEP’s o IEP at a glance from Case Carriers
o Aeries
o Locating IEP at a glance

o Accomodations

o Meaning of collab

o Models of Co-teaching

o Applying models in your classroom

How to find IEP at a glance → Accommodations Now you try!

1) Log in to Aeries

2) Identify SpEd code on Aeries

3) Find case carrier

4) Reach out to case carrier for IEP/IEP at a glance OR locate it on

google drive

5) Read accomodations and goals

Most common accommodations Collaboration classes
o Graphic organizers o Mix of GenEd and SpEd students

o Access to teacher notes o Assigned a SpEd teacher or an aide

o Visuals

o Access to audio books

o Preferential seating
o Pace is slower and broken down

o Extra time o Be aware of accomodations, incorporate accommodations into

o Checks for understanding overall lesson, not just for SpEd students when applicable.

Guiding Questions Lesson Example

Guiding Questions
1. Content: Review of
1. What’s the content that we want to teach? Factoring Quadratics for
Quiz
2. Teaching strategy:
2. What teaching strategy are we using to deliver the content? Whiteboard Competition
3. Support needed: Visuals
around the room, access
3. What supports are needed in the lesson? to notes, checks for
understanding, access to
4. What co-teaching method should we use to ensure all students are supported? questions
Grouping:
○ Small group: students in
need of further extension
and slower pace
○ Big group: Students at
pace with content based
on prior last assessment
4. What method was used?
Lesson Example
Guiding Questions Check in
1. Content: Review of
Factoring Quadratics for
Quiz
2. Teaching strategy:
Whiteboard Competition Looking at the lesson example
3. Support needed: Visuals
around the room, access that we gave, what other
to notes, checks for
understanding, access to method could we have used?
questions
Grouping:
○ Small group: students in
need of further extension
and slower pace
○ Big group: Students at
pace with content based
on prior last assessment
4. Co-teach method:
Enrichment Teaching

How to make the collaborative team stronger

“Co-Teaching is only as effective as the o Fostering a positive relationship

o Have fun together
relationship of the co-teachers. o Student Interactions

This goes not only for teachers involved in the co- o roles and titles

teaching, but also for the students. If the co-

o Direct students to each other
o Plan together → How does your lesson support all learners?
teaching relationship is not effective, then it’s o Keep in mind most collab teachers are not content specific teachers
not effective for student achievement either. o Provide answer keys/explanations

Remember the students and their success are our o explain the overview and talk about where in the lesson students might
need support
goal!” o Work together to decide classroom roles
o Communicate with each other about expectations and/or concerns
o HAVE FUN TOGETHER!

Checking in

Thank you for your time!

What are some collaboration
strategies that you learned about Questions or Comments?

today that would like to try in your

classroom?
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