Collaborative Teaching Overview
Speaker 1 (00:00):
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<silence> The term collaboration means two professionals working together for a specific purpose. In Florida, when a special education teacher and a general education teacher collaborate to provide in-class supports for students with disabilities, they’re called co-teachers or support facilitators.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Training and technical assistance for collaborative teaching are provided by FIN.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
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When teachers teach together, there are a variety and a combination of approaches that should be used to provide specially designed instruction and intensify instruction in the general education setting. In this video, we will provide an overview
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of the following six approaches, parallel teaching station, teaching alternative teaching teaming. One, teach, one assist, and one teach. One observe.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
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One approach used to intensify instruction is parallel teaching. Both teachers teach the lesson to equally divided groups of students. The teacher-student ratio is greatly reduced. In this approach, students are able to respond more frequently, and formative assessment data is more easily collected.
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This approach should be used frequently in station teaching. The teacher student ratio is also reduced, but the purpose and number of stations can be varied. Usually, students rotate through two teacher led stations and one or two independent stations. Students can receive additional practice opportunities, additional instruction, more intensive instruction, or receive extension activities related to the topic. This approach should be a frequent one.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
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Alternative teaching is done when one of the teachers convenes a small group of students for a short time at the beginning or end of class for a specific purpose. Alternative teaching allows for review or preview of difficult concepts or vocabulary, extension, or enrichment activities, or for another intentionally planned purpose. Alternative groups should consist of different students for different purposes and should not be made up of the same students every time. This approach should have occasional use.
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Team teaching is when teachers present the lesson together to the whole group. Often teachers team teach in order to show different ways to do the same thing, or so that one teacher can demonstrate note taking or ask strategic questions for the benefit of student learning. The recommended use for team teaching is occasional. In one teach, one assist, one teacher leads the whole group, and the other teacher walks amongst students, offering assistance in maintaining attention, correction of observed errors or other support. This approach should be used infrequently because it does not provide the intensity of instruction seen in other approaches, nor does it allow for the delivery of specially designed instruction.
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One, teach one observe is recommended infrequently and for short periods of time. This approach is used primarily for data collection related to student IEP goals, formative assessments, or other intentionally planned purposes.
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The six collaborative approaches can be a powerful way to provide specially designed instruction for students with disabilities, as well as more intensive instruction in a general education setting.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
For training, coaching, and other technical assistance supports, please contact FIN.
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[ A black screen is shown with the words: “A special thank you to the School District of Palm Beach County, Principal Gail Pasterczyk and Dr. Lyndsey Zurawski. Thank you also to the faculty, staff and students at Eldbridge Gale Elementary School. Additional thanks to the PS/Rtl – Technology and Learning Connections project for the collaboration on this film. For more information and training opportunity, visit https://fin-network.org and contact your local FIN facilitator. ]