CO-TEACHING THAT WORKS: Powerful Strategies to Accelerate Student Success in Today's Inclusive Classrooms (Grades K-12)
Co-teaching has become an ever more important way to provide the necessary supports for diverse learners with special needs. At the same time, many co-teachers struggle to determine the best ways to go about supporting their students' needs using the latest co-teaching models, strategies and approaches. In this seminar, you will learn how to identify the most appropriate co-teaching strategies to more rapidly increase student success. Experienced special education teacher and outstanding…
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Co-teaching has become an ever more important way to provide the necessary supports for diverse learners with special needs. At the same time, many co-teachers struggle to determine the best ways to go about supporting their students' needs using the latest co-teaching models, strategies and approaches. In this seminar, you will learn how to identify the most appropriate co-teaching strategies to more rapidly increase student success. Experienced special education teacher and outstanding national presenter Petra Nelson will share a comprehensive approach to co-teaching to help you strengthen co-teaching partnerships and accelerate student achievement.
Explore practical ways to enhance collaboration, co-planning, co-instructing, and co-assessing to maximize the impact of your co-taught classroom. You will leave with dozens of practical, effective strategies and an extensive digital resource handbook to help you better meet the needs of students in your co-taught classroom. Because co-teaching is a partnership, teaching teams are encouraged to attend.
Co-teaching is a proven strategy for ensuring the opportunity for every student to be successful. In my years as a special education teacher, I have personally witnessed the power of co-teaching to help students with special needs thrive academically and behaviorally. Co-teaching provides an approach that is powerful, evidence-based, and impactful – which is great news for our students and given the ever-increasing demands on our time and resources.
I am excited to share with you outstanding, practical ways to establish or enhance your co-taught partnership and instruction. I want to help you accelerate the progress of students in your co-taught classroom to maximize their success. During this unique seminar, my goal is to provide you with numerous strategies you can immediately incorporate into your practice. I want to share practical, timesaving ways to increase your impact on students' academic and behavioral achievement in the co-taught classroom.
The emphasis will be on effective ways of determining appropriate co-teaching models, planning for instruction, and assessing students. Actively explore evidence-based instructional co-teaching practices that will support and accelerate student learning and strengthen the impact of your co-taught instruction. Learn practical ways to increase students' engagement and responsibility for their own learning. Gain outstanding, proven strategies for accelerating the progress of your students in a co-taught setting.
Join your colleagues and me in this fast-paced day designed specifically for co-teachers. You will leave this seminar excited, refreshed, and ready to implement highly effective practices and ideas to make a marked difference in the lives of the students you serve.
P.S. You will leave this seminar with many practical techniques and strategies designed to help you better collaborate with your co-teaching partner and support the success of your students.
Grades K-12: General Education Teachers, Special Education Staff, ELL Teachers, and Other Specialists Who Currently Co-Teach or Plan to Co-Teach as Part of Their Schools' Inclusive Practices
Extensive Digital Resource Handbook You will receive an extensive digital resource handbook giving you access to countless strategies. The handbook includes:
For in-person seminars, registrants will also receive a printed copy of the resource handbook as long as their registration is received in the BER office at least 15 calendar days before the event.
Share Ideas This seminar provides a wonderful opportunity for participants to share ideas with other educators interested in best practices in co-teaching.
Consultation Available Petra Nelson will be available for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your own co-teaching program.
Semester Credit Option Up to four graduate level professional development credits are available with an additional fee and completion of follow-up practicum activities. Details for direct enrollment with University of Massachusetts Global, a nonprofit affiliate, will be available at this program.
Meet Inservice Requirements Participants of both the Live Online Seminar and those completing the Recorded Version online can receive a certificate of participation that may be used to verify five continuing education hours. State CEUs are available for both versions of the course. For specific details, visit www.ber.org/ceus.
What you'll learn
- The most up-to-date approaches and best practices to strengthen your co-taught classroom
- Dozens of practical co-teaching strategies to increase the success of students with diverse learning needs
- Highly effective co-teaching strategies that provide maximum benefits and help your students make greater gains from every co-taught lesson
- Timesaving ways to select the most appropriate co-teaching strategies to meet individual students' academic and behavioral needs
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