1. Co-Teaching and Collaborative Planning

2. Define Co-Teaching
Turn and Talk with a partner next to you.

3. Co-Teaching is…
Collaboration
Co-existing
Communicating
Cooperation
Combining skills
Co-teaching is traditionally defined as the collaboration between teachers for all of the teaching responsibilities of all of the students assigned to a classroom (Gately & Gately, 2001).

4. Dos and Don’ts of Co- teaching
Post – it Note Activity
Jot down ideas of what to do and not to do when co-teaching
Post on chart paper
Compare your answers to Co-Teaching Roles and Responsibilities worksheet & share out
Participants should not have the worksheet until after jotting down do’s and don’t. Then share the roles and responsibilities do and don’t document for comparison with what was brainstormed.

5. Misconceptions of Co- Teaching
Lead teacher with an assistant
One teacher plans
My kids vs. your kids
Push in / Pull out
Translator
Behavior management

6. Successes of Co-Teaching
Multiple adults for students to connect with
Multiple teaching styles
Sharing of all responsibilities
More opportunities for differentiation
More teacher – student interaction
Enhanced quality of learning for students

7. NYS Regulations
NYS CR Part 154 regulations define ENL, as a researching based program comprised of two components:
An English language development component
And a content area instructional component in English
*Integrated ENL requires either a dually certified teacher or certified ESOL teacher and a certified content area teacher who co-teach a class

10. Role of Content and ENL teacher
“Top 3” Activity:
With a partner, commit to your top 3 goals for co-teaching on the Co-teaching Roles and Responsibilities worksheet.
Have a discussion on one goal you plan to use throughout this school year and create an action plan.
This roles and responsibilities information is on the back of the do and don’t sheet that participants received during slide 4.

11. Responsibilities in the Classroom
Teachers roles need to be clearly defined. Who is doing what?
Responsibilities and materials should be pre-planned and discussed.
Each teacher is responsible for making curriculum accessible to all students.
Teachers should work together to develop appropriate content and language objectives.

12. Content Objective: 2.6 Writers draft a persuasive piece by stating an opinion and supporting it with details
Language Objective: I can use my box and bullets notes to create complete sentences.
Here are picture examples of ways to show people about responsibilities of both teachers…. The co-teaching for ELL’s Weekly Planning template is from The sample Co-Teaching Lesson Plan Template is created and adapted from the Co-Teaching book written by Honigsfeld and Dove. Even when teachers don’t have common planning time, they can share and type in the lesson plan and/or weekly planning template if they use Office 365 to share (that’s why there’s a graphic pic of Office 365). There’s also a sample content and language objective to show general ed teachers if needed.

13. Models of Co-Teaching One Teach, One Observe Station Teaching
Parallel Teaching
Alternative Teaching
Teaming
One teach, One Assist
Teachers should engage in a gallery walk where teachers will go around to each model (posted large in the room) and identify pro’s and con’s of this model. Teacher should answer the questions: why is this model effective? In which setting? This slide should be accompanied with the “Co-Teaching Models and Descriptions” handout

14. Co-Teaching in Action Debrief
What effective co-teaching did you observe?
How could you use these strategies in your classroom?
How were the teacher roles defined?
How do the teachers successfully plan so that each teacher is used effectively?
The video is 8 minutes long.

15. Planning
Participants now have time to collaboratively plan with their co-teachers.