1. Covering The Bases; cooperative teaming at the high school level
Presenters
Jessi Felice
Laura Reiske

2. About Us Laura Reiske Jessi Felice year 4 teacher at Homer High School
Student teaching in elementary resource
Training in Expeditionary Learning
Major in Human Development
Jessi Felice
year 17 teacher
5 years teaching Emotionally/Behaviorally Disturbed Students
4 years as an intensive needs teacher
8 years as High School Resource

3. Our Superpowers

4. Todays goals
Demonstrating a secondary case management teaming model involving;
Cooperative Teaching in the content areas
Will provide resources for tracking grades and student performance and linking them to IEP goals
Communication models between teachers
Tools to use to support student learning within general education classrooms.

5. HOMER HIGH SCHOOL, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
Home of the Mariners
406 students
22 general education teachers
5 special education teachers
4 resource teachers
1 intensive needs teacher
8 paraprofessionals

6. Year one: Caseload split ups and teaching assignments
Other than teacher 1, all other teachers had students, mixed grade levels, dispersed based on ESER/IEP dates, Connection students
Teacher 1:
9 behavioral/emotionally disturbed students
3 study skills, 2 English
Teacher 2
2 study skills, English coop, history, government
Teacher 3
2 study skills, 2 science coop, 1 math coop
Laura
2 study skills, 3 math coop
Jessi
2 study skills, biology coop, earth science coop, FOL/Service Learning

7. Year One Conflicts
No communication: Sped teachers with Gen. Ed teachers, sped teachers with sped teachers.
Roles in Gen Ed: not defined, poor image based on previous years not co- teaching model
Credit recovery: no clear expectations for teachers/students, unorganized
IEP students: behind on credits, little time with case manager
Resource teachers: spread thin, no clear study skills expectations
No department head
End of year 1 Proposal: Grade level caseloads, Implement CRISS strategies into PLC, develop common assessment, department head

8. Year 1 tools developed
Credit Checks (Laura’s Tools)
Powerschool Check

9. Departmental Duties DEPARTMENT IEP Timelines Meeting Agenda Database
ESER/Annual Schedule
Caseloads
Data/goals

10. continued RESOURCE Class Binders CANVAS Study Skills Binders
Transition Binders
Data Collection
Collaboration
Cooperative Teaching Model
Blending

11. continued PLC CRISS Instruction Writing, Reading, Math Note taking
Organizing
Test Prep

12. Year 2: Caseloads and assignments
Teacher 1:
9 behavioral/emotionally disturbed students
3 study skills, 2 English
Teacher 2: Grade 10
2 study skills, English coop, history, government
Teacher 3: Grade 11
2 study skills, 2 science coop, 1 math coop
Laura: Grade 9
2 study skills, 3 math coop
Jessi: Grade 12, Connections Students
2 study skills, biology coop, earth science coop, FOL/Service Learning, Grad Point Administrator

13. Year 2 Focus Become a “master” of your Grade
9th & 10th: Transition to high school, note taking, executive functioning skills
We met with middle school teachers, parents, students at the middle school in the spring to introduce them to the ideals of the high school
11th: SAT, ACT, Credits, Graduation Progress
12th: College prep, Job transition, applications
End of year 2 Proposal: (attach draft)

14. Year 2 progress/conflicts
Increased credit checks, transition plans
No expired IEP’s
Conflicts
Still no set plan for study skills
Losing students in core classes, numerous failures
No common assessment
Not utilizing CRISS consistently

15. Tools Developed Year #2 Middle School Transition folders
Transition Binders
Common Assessment 1

16. New Plan/Overhaul
Collaborative Teaching!

17. Year 3 Caseloads and assignments
Teacher 1: Retired
Teacher 2: Grade 10
1 study skills, 1 credit recovery, AK history, US history, government
New Teacher 3: Grade 11
2 study skills, 2 biology coop, 1 earth science coop
Laura: Grade 9
1 study skills, 4 math coop
Jessi: Grade 12
1 study skills, 4 English coop, Grad Point Administrator
Focus: Become a true “resource” to your content area

18. Collaboration/Communication Techniques
Set a goal: #1 was to just learn about each other as educators and develop trust.
Communicate regularly; , conversations, PLC meetings
Binders: keep a model student binder=HELPS EVERYONE
Have ideas? write them down, communicate them effectively (asking nicely)

19. Daily Data Sheets/Communication Tools
Date/ On time
Prepared
Homework
Class work
completed
Missing work/concerns/quiz or test grades

20. Year 3 Progress
Decline of failures quarter 1 and semester 1 (add data)
Rearrangement of department split (next slide)
Increased communication: SPED and Gen Ed
Increase in universal tools for all: Quizlet, Kahoot, study guides, note taking devices.
Grad point accountability
Quality PLC meetings/notes/feedback

21. Year 3 Tools Developed (so far)
Increase in universal tools for all:
Quizlet
Kahoot
Study guides
Note taking devices

22. Year 4: 2017-2018 New Teacher 2: Grade 10 Teacher 3: Grade 11
2 study skills, AK history, US history, government support
Teacher 3: Grade 11
1 study skills, 1 biology coop, 1 personal finance, 1 life science with a reading focus
Laura: Grade 9
2 study skills, 4 math coop
Jessi: Grade 12
1 study skills, 4 English coop, Grad Point Administrator, department head
Focus: Study Skills for our caseload students!

23. Use of one para….. Period 1: Study skills 9 Period2: Study skills 11
Period 3: Natural Resources with behavioral student
Period 4: Study skills 9
Period 5: Study skills 10
Period 6: Government with group of LD students

24. We still have work to do…..
Scheduling difficulties
Coworker conflicts
Study skills balance
Consistency
Student buy-in

25. Tools we use ( attach documents)
Credit check sheet
Common Assessment
Syllabus
Weekly Planner