February, 2016 EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP—Helping ELLS Excel
In a
period of five days the subject of co-teaching has come up in three separate
conversations with different colleagues. One colleague uses this model for
student teacher with a high success rate for teaching candidates. One teacher
just took a class and wanted to share with me the possibilities of engaging in
this practice with a classroom colleague. The tipping point came from a well-respected
colleague who works with principals all over the state and thought this would
be a great model for our summer school.
The
December 2015 Educational Leadership edition features the thinking and research
behind this practice. Starting with a quote from one of educations top
researcher John Hattie and his book Visible Learning for Teachers (Routledge,
2012). “The co-planning of lessons is the task that has one of the highest
likelihoods of making a marked positive difference on student learning.”
For other
who want to learn more about co-teaching here are some guiding questions with
answers from the authors and editors of this edition.
What is
co-teaching?
“To Clone
or Not To Clone?” by Anne M. Beninghof p. 10
What are
the approaches to co-teaching?
“Welcome
to Co Teaching 2.0 by Marilyn Friend p. 16
How can
the co-teaching model by applied to student teaching?
“A Better
Model for Student Teaching” by Teresa Washut Heck and Nancy Bacharach p. 24
How can
an administrator support co-teaching in their school?
“An
Administrator’s Guide to Co-Teaching” by Wendy W. Murawski and Philip Bernhardt
p. 30
How to
unleash co-teaching potential?
“Revisiting
Classroom Routines” by Gloria Lodato Wilson p. 50
There are
many other articles with practical applications and lessons learned from the
perspectives of ELL, Special Education, and classroom teachers. Although as we
move in the realm of students having more ownership of their own learning,
authors Fisher and Frey provide insights of having students be a part of the
peer-teaching experiences. The model of teaching and learning is quickly
evolving and co-teaching is becoming more prevalent in our educational
communities
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