ASHEBORO CITY SCHOOL’S CO-TEACHING JOURNEY
PARADIGMS AND EXPERIENCESTESOL for ALL symposium
UNCG
Welcome and intro
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Yellow Strip, blue strip
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A’s, what did you notice about B’s?
The essence of co-teaching
Who needs materials?
Co- teaching at ACS
Rationale
Change
• Demographics• Expectations• Supplement vs. supplant• St. Paul
Demographics
• New comers vs alumni ELL’s
Expectations
• AYP and AMAO’s
Supplement vs. supplant:
the metamorphosis vs. 4th of July paradigm
Collaboration through co-teaching in ELL:
St. Paul Public Schools
Principles of Collaboration through co-teaching (brief)
• Parity ( synergistic interdependence)• Flexibility
– Time• Progression towards diverse models
• ACS guidelines ( Q&A)
How does effective Co-teaching in ELL and regular education look like?
Notes from SPPSand Columbia Heights
Dubraska Stines
Funding through a Partnership between
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Co-teaching models
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One teach, one observeOne teach, one support
Parallel teaching
Alternative teaching
Team teaching
Station teaching
Adapted from: Friend, M. & Barsack, W. (1990). Including students with special needs: A practical guide for classroom teachers. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Basics of Co-Teaching
ESL Clustering
• % of students in the school• Different ability levels
Importance of Scheduling
• Staggered Reading blocks• Reader’s workshop• Common planning time
Co-teaching through the lens of . .
Experiences from the journey.
Co-teaching through the eyes of Matt Edwards: ESL/Language Arts teacher
Co-teaching through the eyes of Hilda Garner: Elementary ESL teacher
Co-teaching through the eyes of Martin Stanich: High School ESL/English teacher
Co-teaching through the eyes of Ryan Gybbs: Middle School Language Arts/ Social studies teacher
Co-teaching through the eyes of Dubraska Stines: Elementary ESL teacher
What model of co-teaching is this?
Collaboration
• “The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.”
Babe Ruth
Questions and Comments
THANK YOU!
• Resources– UNCG’s TESOL for ALL – http://eslasheboro.wikispaces.com/– [email protected]– http://ell.spps.org/– http://www.marilynfriend.com/
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