1. Let’s talk about “Understanding Language” and EC students Learning Profiles Professional Collaboration Support Structure of MTSS

2. Learning Profiles Brainstorming Activity: – What are some of the learning/teaching challenges of EC students?

3. How do EC learning profiles compare to ELL learning profiles? ELLsECs

4. Professional Collaboration COLLABORATIVE APPROACH CO-TEACHINGCONSULTATIONTEAMS

5. Co-Teaching

6. Models of Co-Teaching 1 Teach 1 Assist Alternative Teaching Parallel Teaching Station Teaching Team Teaching

7. 1 Teach 1 Assist One teacher is responsible for teaching, one teacher circulates throughout the classroom monitoring progress and providing assistance to students as needed. Both teachers share roles and responsibilities for working with students over time in such a way that the distinction between generalist and specialist is not obvious.

8. Alternative Teaching One teacher takes responsibility for the large group while the other works with a smaller group for a specific instructional purpose.

9. Parallel Teaching The teachers are both teaching the same information, but they divide the class group and do so simultaneously.

10. Station Teaching Teachers divide content and students. Each teacher then teaches the content to one group and subsequently repeats the instruction for the other group.

11. Team Teaching Both teachers share the planning and delivery and have equally active roles in leading the class. Both teachers are actively engaged in the delivery of core instruction.

12. Reflection for Teachers and Specialists How many models of co-teaching are you using now?

13. Reflection for Administrators How many models of co-teaching are occurring in your school?

14. Consultation

15. Definition: School consultation is a process in which one professional assists another to address a problem concerning a third party.

16. Teacher = consultee Specialist = consultant Students = beneficiaries

17. Comprehensive Consulting Listen carefully to your consultee Consider this a partnership to support students Avoid being a “one-time expert” – Participate in planning, implementation, and monitoring/evaluating

18. Expanded Consulting Expand the original definition of “one professional assists another” Consult to a team or a small group

19. Reflection for Teachers and Specialists Are you engaged in consulting at your school? Is it part of your assignment? Is it in your schedule?

20. Reflection for Administrators How many of your staff engage in consultation? Is it an acknowledged part of their assignment, with time allocated for it?

21. Teams

22. Definition of Educational Team: (from Friend and Cook) A set of interdependent individuals with unique skills and perspectives who interact directly to achieve their mutual goal of providing students with effective educational programs and services.

23. NC Multi-Tiered System of Supports Definition NC MTSS is a multi-tiered framework which promotes school improvement through engaging, research-based academic and behavioral practices. NC MTSS employs a systems approach using data-driven problem-solving to maximize growth for all. NCDPI Vision Every NC Pre K-12 public education system implements and sustains all components of a Multi-Tiered System of Support to ensure college and career readiness for all students.

24. Student Needs Resources LAYERING OF SUPPORT

25. TIER 1 – ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE QUALITY CORE AND UNIVERSAL SUPPORTS

26. TIER 2 – SOME STUDENTS RECEIVE TARGETED SUPPORTS/REMEDIATION

27. TIER 3 – FEW STUDENTS RECEIVE INTENSIVE SUPPORTS/INTERVENTION

28. “Increasingly intensive” Frequency of supports (days per week) Duration of supports (minutes per session) Number of students (large group to small group to pair to individual) Targeted instruction/intervention (focus) Professional delivering support (assistant, teacher, specialist)

29. Use these structures to support the delivery of “Universal Language” to struggling learners Learning Profiles Professional Collaboration Support Structure of MTSS