Lecturette 2:
When Co-planning Works
Concerns when forming
collaborative working
relationships
• Time
• Setting realistic expectations
• Others?
Co-teaching Separate
Curriculums
Mr. Jones and Ms. Smith’s classroom
Curriculum A
Mr. Jones
SPED
Curriculum B
Ms. Smith
Gen. Ed
Co-teaching with Separate Roles
Mr. Jones and Ms. Smith’s classroom
Ms. Smith
Gen. Ed
Mr. Jones
SPED
Moving to Collaborative Instructional
Planning & Delivery
Collaborative Stage
Plan During Instruction
Plan Outside Classroom
Share More Planning
Compromising Stage
Collaborative Co-teaching
Mr. Jones and Ms. Smith’s classroom
Mr. Jones Ms. Smith
SPED
Gen. Ed
Strategies for Collaboration
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Two classes team to release one teacher
Use other adults to help cover classes
Find funds for substitutes
Find “volunteer substitutes”
Use instructionally relevant videotapes or other programs
to release part of the staff
• Arrange time during school-based staff development
Strategies for Collaboration
• Experiment with a late arrival or early dismissal day
• Stay late after school once per month
• Treat collaboration as the equitant of school committee
responsibilities
• In elementary schools, divide labor for instruction to save
time
• Reduce other work
• Special educators, reserve time in daily schedule