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Special Education Field Advisory Schools provide high quality inclusive programs and activities. Kristen Ferro - Director of Special Education Fredonia Central School District Erin Clark - 3rd grade general education teacher From a grade


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Special Education Field Advisory

Schools provide high quality inclusive programs and activities.

Fredonia Central School District From a grade 3 perspective ➔ Kristen Ferro - Director of Special Education ➔ Erin Clark - 3rd grade general education teacher ➔ Laura Corsi - 3rd grade special education teacher

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Resistance to co-teaching by school staff is often driven by limited understanding

  • f the co-teaching process and by

lack of experience. (Walther-Thomas, Korinek, & McLaughlin, 1999)

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Inclusion

A belief system or philosophy that all students are a part of the learning community/classroom and make valuable contributions, even if their abilities differ.

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Integration

3 educational dimensions that contributes to inclusion: ❖ Social ❖ Physical ❖ Instructional

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Collaboration

The systematic process in which we work together to analyze and impact professional practice in order to improve our individual and collective results.

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Co-Teaching models

Co-teaching occurs when two or more certified teachers jointly deliver substantive instruction to a diverse, or blended, group of students in a single physical space.

1. One Teach, One Support 2. Parallel Teaching 3. Alternative Teaching 4. Station Teaching 5. Team Teaching

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What it takes…

  • 1. Establish rapport
  • 2. Identify your teaching styles
  • 3. Discuss strengths and weaknesses
  • 4. Trust
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Curriculum

  • Differentiated curriculum for all
  • Our job is not just to differentiate for the special

education children, but for all children within the classroom.

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Blending Expertise

❖ How are we similar? ➢ How can these similarities contribute to the effectiveness of our co-teaching partnership? ❖ How are we different? ➢ How might these differences contribute to the effectiveness of our co-teaching partnership?

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What does it look like in our Third grade classroom?

  • Laura teaches math while Erin supports
  • Erin teaches ELA while Laura supports
  • We also team teach depending on the lesson being taught
  • Both teachers are in charge of scaffolding for students
  • Shared planning period and lunch
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Collaboration has become a necessity, not a luxury.

Interview with Marilyn Friend (Walther-Thomas, 2002)