1. What is your biggest instructional problem with LD students in the classroom?

2. Co-Teaching: A Method of Inclusion

3. Do you have a name?

4. Learning Disabled?

5. Slow Learner?

6. Dyslexic?

7. Manic Depressive?

8. Anger issues?

9. Autistic?

10. Mentally Challenged?

11. A.D.H.D?

12. Try again.

13. John

14. Max

15. Clay

16. Elijah

17. Rylie

18. Pedro

19. Sanjee

20. Teach to them, not their label. Co-Teaching: A Method of Inclusion

22. History In 1975, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) encouraged mainstreaming. Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) 2004 requires inclusion. Gaskin Settlement Agreement (6/94) establishes Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) compliance monitoring. The number of students enrolled in special education has risen 30% over the past ten years (NEA, 2009)

23. Societal Waves of Changes (Lipsky and Gartner, 1992) First wave was standards and curriculum Second wave was teacher empowerment, school-based management Third wave was school reform

24. Underfunded Programs Under IDEA, the federal government committed to pay 40% of the average per student cost for every special education student. On November 19, 2004, Congress reauthorized IDEA with new provisions and yet is only providing local school less than 20% of the promised funds, a $10.6 billion shortfall for our schools. Pennsylvania pays flat rate 15% for Special Education. High-School Teachers in Inclusion Classrooms require dual certification.

25. What is Co-Teaching Two teachers: one education teacher and one special service provider. Shared responsibility in planning and teaching A minor portion of students have special needs

26. Research No single ideal model Co-teaching forces teachers to collaborate and it is that collaboration, not the model, that ensures student success.

27. Skits #1 and #2 go here.

28. Hempfield Co-Teaching

29. Core Teacher Taught Lesson Pictures of coteachers go here

30. Learning Support Teacher Taught Skills

31. Pros Beneficial and effective for all students, teaching to every student’s need Has parental buy-in Potential strong administrative support (provide scheduling and planning time) Co-teaching reduces existing replacement services.

32. Skits #3 and #4 go here.

33. Considerations Planning time Scheduling Program effectiveness School buy-in Parental buy-in

34. Skits #5 and #6 go here.

35. More Considerations Cost Co-teacher relationships Professional development Impact on curriculum

36. Co-Teaching Wiki http://edl728co-teaching.wikispaces.com/

37. Co-Teaching Practices DO: Consider students with special needs as full members of your class. DON’T: Cluster all the students with disabilities in one place in the room – at the back, on one side, or in their own row

38. Co-Teaching Practices DO: Work with your co-teacher as a real partner, negotiating and sharing all aspects of work in the class. DON’T: Have the co-teacher act as a teacher helper, copying or filling out forms.

39. Co-Teaching Practices DO: Staff share responsibilities. Students know that there are two (or more) teachers in the room. DON’T: Have the co-teacher work only with students with disabilities.

40. Co-Teaching Practices DO: Make sure that students with special needs are part of all aspects of the class so that outsiders find it difficult or impossible to identify the “special kids.” DON’T: Enclose an “included” student within a wall of file cabinets to keep behaviors in check.

41. Co-Teaching Practices DO: Work together to design teaching at multiple levels that includes all students. Spend 90% of your collaborative time this way and 10% on accommodations and adaptations. DON’T: Use co-teacher to develop adaptations for your lesson.

44. Collaboration is the Key Our team finds that inclusion in the form of co-teaching forces teachers to collaborate and it is that collaboration, not the model, that ensures student success.

45. Recommendations for Implementation Begin Small to Pilot the Program Show Support by Providing: –Reasonable Schedule –Adequate Space –Planning Time –Staff Development Educate Parents

46. Budgetary Considerations

47. How could you foresee using this at your school? Can you afford not to?