1. Expanding the impact of co-teaching: The Wisdom and the Practice July 21, 9:45-10:45 AM Presenters and Affiliations Radford University: Leslie S. Daniel, Kenna M. Colley, & M. Bradley Powers Muskingum University: Linda Morrow, Halle SchoenerRandles, & Pamela Lear University of Cincinnati: Stephen Kroeger, Jonathan Breiner, & Simon Jorgenson

2. UC: Urban Contextual Factors At first we attempted to place our candidates in co-teaching settings in student teaching placements, however…  Students were unsure about how to collaborate  Cooperating teachers had little experience Ah ha! We need to model the practice!  We began co-teaching our methods courses  We began inservice training for our cooperating teachers

3. University Co-teaching Academic YearMethods CourseInstructors 2008-2009Secondary English Methods1 Gen Ed Faculty 1 Sped Faculty 2009-2010Secondary English Methods1 Gen Ed Faculty 1 Sped Faculty Middle English Methods1 Gen Ed Doctoral Student 1 Sped Doctoral Student Middle Mathematics Methods1 Gen Ed Faculty 1 Sped Faculty Middle Mathematics Methods1 Gen Ed Faculty 1 Sped Doctoral Student 2010-2011Secondary English Methods1 Gen Ed Faculty 1 Sped Faculty Middle Mathematics Methods1 Gen Ed Faculty 1 Sped Faculty

4. Simon Jorgenson Put principles before personalities Try teaching one another’s content Build the foundation together: the syllabus Be prepared to compromise Communicate early and often Be honest about what’s not working Use the Collaborative Assessment Log (CAL)

5. Muskingum University Developing and Supporting Sites for Co- Teaching Placements: Geographic Challenges  Rural region with many local school districts  Field placements made in five rural counties  Schools range: from 200 to 2000, some with only 1-2 special educators.

6. Strong Regional Collaboration Strong collaborative networks University supports reform & transformation Some view teacher education candidates as a resource rather than a requirement Many teachers and administrators were prepared through our licensure programs “Pockets” of schools/districts in region began to embrace co-teaching

7. Developing Partnership Schools and Districts to Support Co-Teaching – What Does it Take? “Proactive Professional Partnership Schools (P 3 ) Common goals and thinking out-of-the box Administrative support Belief that all benefit Establishment of a P 3 Leadership Team Commitment of resources Co-teaching as a “big rock” On-going accountability

8. How is being a P 3 District Making a Difference? What does the administration say? What do the principals say? What do the co-teachers say? What do the students say? What does the data say? What does the Muskingum faculty say?

9. RU: Moving from Elementary to Middle and Secondary School Co-Placements Three years of co-placing education interns in elementary settings Spring and summer 2009, planned for co- placements at one middle and one high school Spring semester 2010, planned co-placements  Two university supervisors and two cooperating teachers at each site. Ancillary co-placements occurred

10. Middle School Co-placement: The Parr and Powers Show Matt Parr: Middle School Education Intern  Expertise in math education Brad Powers: K-12 Special Education Intern  Expertise in instructional strategies and classroom management Fall 2009: Attended Marilyn Friend conference with:  One university supervisor (general education)  Two middle school teachers (GE and SE)  Two interns (GE and SE who would be co-placed in spring)

11. Co-Planning Retro-fitting  In person before school, in situ, and after work  On the phone while driving (safely)  Google documents

12. Co-teaching Methods Used One teach one assist Parallel teaching Alternate teaching Station teaching Supportive instruction

13. Questions and Discussion Contacts:  Leslie S. Daniel, ldaniel10@radford.eduldaniel10@radford.edu  Simon Jorgenson, jorgensn@ucmail.uc.edujorgensn@ucmail.uc.edu  Steve Kroeger, Stephen.kroeger@uc.eduStephen.kroeger@uc.edu  Linda Morrow, lmorrow@muskingum.edulmorrow@muskingum.edu  Halle Randles, hrandles@muskingum.eduhrandles@muskingum.edu