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

• Please take one strip• Music• Follow the instructions on the slip• Pause for visuals• Music stops

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/– jroman@asheboro.k12.nc.us– http://ell.spps.org/– http://www.marilynfriend.com/

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