Co-Teaching With Data-Driven Instruction: Why Looking Busy Isn’t Enough
Lessons from the Assembly Line After high school, I worked in a factory to put myself through college. The assembly line had production quotas, dictating how many “pieces” we had to produce per hour. One of the first things I learned was to look busy. As a young...
A Dozen Ways to Co-Teach Successfully!
Introduce each other’s roles in the classroom as equal but different. For example, the general education teacher can be the content area specialist, while the special education teacher is the learning strategies specialist. Some co-teaching teams prefer not to...
Effective Strategies for Dyslexic Readers: Unlocking Comprehension with Reciprocal Teaching
What is Reciprocal Teaching? Reciprocal teaching is a fantastic way to improve reading comprehension. This strategy involves discussion and the use of specific reading techniques: summarizing, question generating, clarifying, and predicting. Why Reciprocal Teaching...