Real Co-Teachers of Virginia Enhance Student Engagement
Description:
This series of webshops showcases products created by real co-teachers of Virginia, whose classrooms have been selected as demonstration sites for the Virginia Department of Education’s Excellence in Co-Teaching Initiative. The teams have received professional development in a number of instructional practices designed to engage students in the learning process. They have found these techniques critical to their students’ success.
In webshops 1 through 4, in videos and/or lesson plans, the teams demonstrate their use of Total Participation Techniques, Content Enhancement Routines, and High-Leverage Practices to enhance their students’ educational journey, in addition to using Specially Designed Instruction to close learning gaps. In webshop 5, some teams have shared professional development activities they presented to colleagues. Webshop 6 shares further information about:
Total Participation Techniques (TPTs) are motivational instructional techniques that give all students the confidence to participate in classroom activities and demonstrate their understanding of skills and concepts being taught.
Content Enhancement Routines (CERs) are research-based instructional routines that engage students in co-creating visual devices with their teachers which are designed to present and review content information in easy-to-understand formats. Embedded within each routine is a Cue-Do-Review instructional sequence.
High-Leverage Practices (HLPs) are instructional practices that all teachers should implement as they plan, deliver, and assess instruction. These have been found to promote academic and social/emotional growth for students, and are essential to the success of students with disabilities.
Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) is specialized “instruction” provided by special and general educators, designed to help students with disabilities master Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals/objectives and ensure access to and progress in the general curriculum. Teachers use specialized strategies to close the learning gaps between students’ current skills and general curriculum expectations.
Webshops:
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Meet the teachers at the only preschool demonstration site to participate in the Excellence in Co-Teaching Initiative. In this webshop, they’ve shared lesson plans taught to their students that you can re-create in your own class. Their "Three Little Pigs" lesson comes alive in a video, where you can see their positive and engaging interactions with their students. In their "My Feelings" lesson, they share a call and response song using hand motions to help their students focus attention on the task at hand.
Target Audience: Preschool, Early Elementary Co-Teachers and Administrators
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Two middle school English demonstration site teams in the Excellence in Co-Teaching Initiative share plans to meet seventh grade Standards of Learning. In the "Point of View" lesson, you will see the integration of a research-based learning strategy as Specially Designed Instruction to address the needs of students who struggle with using roots and affixes to read words and understand their meanings. In the "Organizational Patterns" lesson, the teachers explain and model use of the Silent Survey Total Participation Technique and the Interactive Notebook system to organize class notes. The techniques shared will be valuable across content areas.
Target Audience: Elementary, Middle, High Co-Teachers and Administrators
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Elementary, middle, and high math demonstration site teams in the Excellence in Co-Teaching Initiative share ways they address a variety of skills, ranging from basic multiplication and division through polynomial operations. Their lesson plans include a number of Total Participation Techniques, such as Processing Cards and Quick Write/Quick Draw Cards. Several implement a Content Enhancement Routine and all highlight the High-Leverage Practices they use to create their learning environment – including how positive constructive feedback can help students turn math computation mistakes into learning opportunities. The techniques shared will be valuable across content areas.
Target Audience: Elementary, Middle, High Co-Teachers and Administrators
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Two demonstration site teams in the Excellence in Co-Teaching Initiative share plans for third grade social studies and ninth grade earth science. The use of Processing Cards, Bounce Cards and vocabulary Sorting Cards engage students in large and small group activities. Their plans highlight critical High-Leverage Practices, and discuss ways they differentiate instruction. The techniques shared will be valuable across content areas.
Target Audience: Elementary, Middle, High Co-Teachers and Administrators
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Demonstration site teams in the Excellence in Co-Teaching Initiative conduct professional development within their schools and divisions, as well as at professional conferences. This webshop presents some of those professional development sessions, sharing ideas about developing collaborative relationships, implementing co-teaching models and High-Leverage Practices, and integrating Specially Designed Instruction and Total Participation Techniques into classroom instruction.
Target Audience: Elementary, Middle, High Co-Teachers and Administrators
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This webshop shares information and links to resources related to Total Participation Techniques, High-Leverage Practices, and Content Enhancement Routines, as well as Learning Strategies to provide Specially Designed Instruction to close learning gaps. A list of the co-teaching teams who contributed to this eWorkshop is also provided.
Target Audience: Elementary, Middle, High Co-Teachers and Administrators