Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
Co-teaching Models: The Importance of Co-Teaching for Larger Class Sizes
Employing Co-teaching Models to Support Large Classes Dear Susan: I’m a special education teacher in Illinois, and I’m reaching out to you to ask a few questions. I have been co-teaching...
Co-teaching Models – Skills and Rigor: Kicking Co-Teaching Up A Notch
Exploring the Teach Half, Then Switch Co-teaching Model I walked into an eighth-grade language arts classroom in Kinston, North Carolina, to find two co-teachers and 28 students absolutely...
Teaching Strategy – A Dual Approach to Test-taking That Empowers Students
Can a student benefit by having a text read aloud to them rather than reading along silently? Can he or she do better on a test that’s given orally rather than silently writing the answers? How...
Co-Teaching Models: One Teach and One Interpret
Want to take your co-teaching up another level? Try using the “one teach and one interpret” co-teaching model. We’re familiar with the “one teach, one observe” method used in many co-teaching...
Co-teaching models: Changing it up
In co-teaching, the “one teach, one support” co-teaching model is pretty familiar. Yet, the same teacher tends to take on one of those roles permanently, while the other teacher takes the other...
Co-teaching Models: One Teach, One Collect Data
A frequently used co-teaching model is “One Teach, One Support” or, by another name, “One Teach, One Observe.” This is one of several effective ways to co-teach that allows for flexibility in...
Co-teaching models: Chunking Lessons with Station Teaching
There are as many co-teaching models as there are types of students. That’s important to keep in mind when you’re dealing with a larger class where students are all at different levels. Even if...
Teaching Strategies: Using Video as a Teaching Tool
Many teachers avoid teaching strategies that include using online video in the classroom due to the hassle. Accessing the content can be difficult — a website may be blocked, streaming video may...
Teaching Strategies & Hacks: Using Audio Books As Supplemental Instruction
Teachers, as a rule, have a massive workload. And on top of that, there are always times when a student—often more than one student—needs reinforcement of the material being taught, or needs to...
Finding Better Ways to Get Parents to Sign Students’ Documents
Dear Susan: What can you do for the kids that are supposed to have something signed, but the parent doesn't do it? We have a lot of kids with a parent that works second or third shift, so the...
What’s Working? The 3 Best Tips for Successful Collaboration in the Classroom
Improving collaboration in the classroom between members of the teaching team is essential to improving the overall classroom experience for teachers, paraprofessionals and students – and it may...
Tell Me A Story: Two Fantastic Teaching Strategies to Increase Student Learning
Story Telling: Teaching Strategies to Increase and Reinforce Learning For some students, an effective way to reinforce something they have just learned is to have them place that element into a...