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Co-teaching has been described as: . . .a model that emphasizes collaboration and communication among all members of a team to meet the needs of all students.
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Another thing i...See MoreI know this may not be the place for this post, but I tried the "contact us" link and got the 404 message.
One thing I just noticed, that is easy to miss and should be easy to correct is that on the "quick links" drop-down menu, the word childcare is spelled without the "d". Just thought you'd want to correct it.
Another thing is a question. I have dial-up Internet. No other connection available except satellite, and that doesn't work well either. Anyway, I was wondering if it is even possible to make it so that the only part that has to load when we click on the "next post" could be the post itself instead of having to reload all the pictures and links (valuable content, but slow loading). Just a question to see if that's even possible.
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Bob R/CAHi CJ - I missed your response, the system in 2011 didn't alert you when you had a response. It looks like your ideas were addressed through improvements over time anyway - thanks for your feedback!
I understand that she is giving up her room. I was saying to another teacher how I am glad she has offered to help. I was commenting that she is good with organizing.
I was being positive and happy. She heard me and became upset. I think she did not understand or hear everything I was saying. She thought I was talking about her or she might have thought I was upset with her help.
I want this to work. I tried to explain to her that I was happy for her help and I think she thought of something that was not there.
Hello, I would just continue to be positive and cheerful in the classroom. Sometime our actions speak louder than our words. Instead of telling her how much you enjoy teaching with her, show her by being positive and active.
I'm hoping to find and interview an English teacher (grade 6-12) who has experience co-teaching, and a special educator or resource teacher with the same.
The interview is for my MAT field experiences, and is not very long. All questions can be answered via email.
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On 10/17/15, out of the loop wrote: > Hello. > I am looking for some advice/suggestions/even online > resources. I am an class support teacher in four different > science classes, (bio, chem, environ) As the usual case, I a > am not a science content teacher. Half or more than half of t > the students are mine and they are resource students. So, t > the science content is tough for some of them. Suggestions g > greatly appreciated on how I can help my students and how I c > could be more involved in the classroom, so it looks like I k > know what I am doing during those dreaded pop in o > observations by district administrators. > Thank you.
On 10/17/15, jme wrote: > I thought I'd answered this. Obviously I either forgot to put > my name or I answered in the wrong post. I'll try again. > > > On 10/17/15, out of the loop wrote: >> Hello. >> I am looking for some advice/suggestions/even online >> resources. I am an class support teacher in four different >> science classes, (bio, chem, environ) As the usual case, > I a >> am not a science content teacher. Half or more than half > of t >> the students are mine and they are resource students. > So, t >> the science content is tough for some of them. > Suggestions g >> greatly appreciated on how I can help my students and > how I c >> could be more involved in the classroom, so it looks like I > k >> know what I am doing during those dreaded pop in o >> observations by district administrators. >> Thank you.
Allow for common planning periods with one partner teacher. Also, make sure people hired or placed in coteaching roles want to coteach.
> What recommendations regarding collaboration would make > for future educators?
"Future educators" have heard a bunch of philosophical nonsense in their education program. Co-teaching is typically haphazardly assigned to abide by IEPs, and little thought, planning, or resources go towards it.
In addition to what I said above, co-teaching is impacted negatively by one, or more, of the following situations:
1. A sped teacher is assigned several co-teachers throughout the day, possibly assigned to various subjects, without common planning time.
2. A regular ed teacher also has several different co- teachers assigned and can't co-plan.
3. The sped teacher doesn't know the content any more than the students... perhaps less. This is particularly the case in high school math and science.
4. The reg ed teacher has a negative opinion of sped students being included in his classroom, and that extends to the sped teacher.
4b. The reg ed teacher doesn't want help from anyone and the sped teacher is viewed as an interloper.
5. The sped teacher is upset he/she can't spend all day in a self-contained room being a "real" teacher.
On 1/16/14, Annamarie wrote: > My co-teacher and I have teach the same subject. We are > both foreign language teachers. We've split our > responsibilities, I am responsible for one grade level and > she the other (grading, teaching, parent contact). We also > have the same planning time and plan together. However, > when I make suggestions regarding lessons she shoots them > down. Or while I'm teaching if I call on a student to > answer a question and I am satisfied with the answer and am > moving on, she interrupts me and continues questioning the > student. I don't shoot down her ideas. She is new to our > school and I look for new ways to present lessons. Nor do I > override her when she calls on students. I've already > spoken with her that she needs to trust me and my judgement > like I do her. Things were better for a bit but now have > taken a step back. Any suggestions?
One thing I just noticed, that is easy to miss and should be easy to correct is that on the "quick links" drop-down menu, the word childcare is spelled without the "d". Just thought you'd want to correct it.
Another thing i...See More