Lecturette 2: When Co-planning Works

• Time• Setting realistic expectations • Others?

Concerns when Concerns when forming collaborative forming collaborative working relationshipsworking relationships

Mr. Jones and Ms. Smith’s classroom

Ms. SmithGen. Ed

Mr. JonesSPED

Curriculum A Curriculum B

Co-teaching Separate Co-teaching Separate CurriculumsCurriculums

Mr. Jones and Ms. Smith’s classroomMs. SmithGen. Ed

Mr. JonesSPED

Co-teaching with Co-teaching with Separate RolesSeparate Roles

Moving to Collaborative Moving to Collaborative Instructional Planning & Instructional Planning &

DeliveryDelivery

Compromising StageShare More PlanningPlan Outside ClassroomPlan During InstructionCollaborative Stage

Collaborative Co-teachingCollaborative Co-teaching

Mr. Jones and Ms. Smith’s classroom

Mr. JonesSPED

Ms. SmithGen. Ed

Strategies for CollaborationStrategies for Collaboration• Two classes team to release one teacher• Use other adults to help cover classes • Find funds for substitutes• Find “volunteer substitutes”• Use instructionally relevant videotapes or

other programs to release part of the staff

• Arrange time during school-based staff development

Strategies for CollaborationStrategies for Collaboration• Experiment with a late arrival or early

dismissal day• Stay late after school once per month• Treat collaboration as the equitant of

school committee responsibilities• In elementary schools, divide labor for

instruction to save time• Reduce other work• Special educators, reserve time in daily

schedule