Help district administrators and teachers understand integrated co-teaching (ICT) models and best practices. (Year 1 / Year 2)
Strengthen teachers' understanding of ICT practices by engaging in discussion around what effective models look like in their own classrooms and addressing the impact of hybrid and concurrent learning. (Year 2/ Year 3)
Support teachers in the use of technology to facilitate collaboration between themselves and their co-teacher, and other support personnel. (Year 2 / Year 3)
Assist teachers in developing practices using technology to support differentiation and provide a more personalized experience for students. (Year 2 / Year 3)
Judy Dodge
Blanca E. Duarte
In order to provide for a more collaborative co-teaching environment, make sure you leverage cloud-based tools like Google Drive and Docs, OneDrive, Dropbox, or a shared network folder to plan lessons.
It is not always necessary to be face-to-face to plan. Leverage tools like Google Hangouts/Meet or Microsoft Teams and Skype to connect remotely.
Communication is crucial before, during, and after the planning process.
When designing tiered assignments, be sure to communicate the objectives with your co-teacher and share how to scaffold the learning not only for SwDs or ELLs but for all students who might need the support.
Do not forget to include an on-grade task, support, and a challenge.
Research and use political cartoon images; have students annotate the cartoons as they would a piece of text. Create a copy of this cartoon in Google Drawings or use another annotation tool.
After analyzing the cartoons, have students recreate the cartoon using today's current events.
Provide newly created cartoons to other students to analyze.
Allow students to use digital tools to annotate text and images.
Use Kami, Explain Everything (iPad), or Microsoft Word/OneNote to annotate text while adding explanations to the side of a document.
Use Comic Creator for creative writing and assessment.