Multiple Personalities in the Classroom. . . And I Don

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Multiple Personalities in the Classroom. . . And
I Dont Mean Students!
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Needs, Expectations, and the Roles of Special
Education/Regular Education Teachers in the
Classroom
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All About Us

• Raccoon School is located in south-central
  Illinois
• Serves a K-8 rural population of about 250
  students
• Full- inclusion for 6 years

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Full-Inclusion Includes

• Teachers
• Special Education Teachers
• Administrators
• Paraprofessionals
• Parents
• Students regular and special education

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In A Perfect World. . .
Student Needs
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In The Real World. . .

• Special Education Teachers
• Feel a loss of control/classroom
• Dont feel like real teachers
• Fear students will not progress or thrive

• Regular Education Teachers
• Feel a loss of control/classroom
• Feel tied to curriculum/state standards/ISAT
  scores
• Fear students will not progress or thrive

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Scheduling!!!!

• Everyone must live and die by the schedule
• People and papers must be timely, correct, and
  consistent
• The teams success depends on everyone carrying
  their own weight
• Changes in scheduling must be agreed to by all
  parties well in advance

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Modifications

• Need to be made in advance so that the material
  can be approved and adjusted
• Need to be student appropriate and challenging
• Need to be predictable in format
• Need to be in a clear, clean format

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Assessment

• Parents, administrators, teachers, and students
  need to view assessment differently
• Buy in to non-traditional assessment
• Understand that grades are not standardized, but
  are based on individual growth and performance

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Models of Co-Teaching

• One Teach, One Observe
• One collecting data, one teaching
• One Teach, One Drift
• One working the room, one teaching
• Parallel Teaching
• Small groups, both teaching same information
• Station Teaching
• Small groups rotate through stations, teacher
  instruct different content
• Alternative Teaching
• One large group with one teacher, small group
  with other teacher
• Team Teaching
• Tag team teaching

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Planning

• Time, Time, Time!!!!!
• Come prepared!
• Be clear, concise, and flexible
• Use a format for staying on task assign roles
• Be realistic about modifications, progress, and
  time

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The Pill Everyone Must Swallow

• Administrators provide team planning
  opportunities and training
• Teachers, administrators, students, and parents
  must learn to look at grades differently
• Classroom management and instruction based on
  fairness

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Students

• Students adjust to full inclusion quickly
• Students recognize learning differences
• Students quickly adjust to different levels of
  materials
• Students easily utilize all instructors present
  in the classroom

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Benefits

• Creates a school community
• Lower frustration levels
• Higher academic achievement
• Classroom behavior improves because of constant
  and consistent age appropriate modeling