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Co-teaching

Beginning of the Year

IEP cheat sheet
tool to summarize student needs for easy reference

IEP cheat sheet.xlsx
Co-teaching Rating Scale
Reflection tool to identiry areas of growth

Self reflection rating scale.docx
Co-teaching Partner Plan- Elem
Document to guide conversation and planning between co-teachers

Co-teaching Partner Plan_1.xlsx
Co-teaching Partner Plan- Secondary
Document to guide conversation and planning between co-teachers

Co-teaching Partner Plan MS.xlsx
Partner Plan Alternative Format

Co-teaching Partner Plan HS (3).xlsx
Co-Teaching Unit Planning Tool
Tool to outline teacher roles for co-teaching for each unit

Co-teaching Unit Planning.xlsx
Capture Sheet
Short chart that captures who you are as a teacher

Capture.contract templates.pdf
Must Have Conversations

Must have conversations.docx

Web Resources

Two Teachers in the Room
Blog written by co-teachers with strategies and ideas

http://www.middleweb.com/category/two-teachers-in-the-room/
Co-teaching Self Assessment
Yes/No Checklist designed to help co-teachers reflect on the effectiveness of their co-taught partnership

http://www.ghaea.org/files/InstructionalDecisionMaking/CoTeaching/Self-Assessment_for_Co-Teachers.pdf
Resources for Inclusive Classrooms
ideas to implement in co-taught classroom

http://www.theinclusiveclass.com/search/label/For%20Teachers
PowerChamber Website
website created by co-teachers at Lake Forest ES

http://www.powerchamber.net/

Co-teaching Models

Preferred Models
description and ideas for use of preferred co-teaching models

Coteaching Flexible Grouping Matrix.doc

Recommended Books

Teaching in Tandem
Ways to promote effective co-teaching

http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Tandem-Effective-Co-Teaching-Inclusive/dp/1416613404
The Co-Teaching Book of Lists
practical ideas and strategies to use in the classroom

http://www.amazon.com/Co-Teaching-Book-Lists-Katherine-Perez/dp/1118017447
Critical Conversations in Co-teaching
structured protocols for communicating with colleagues

http://www.amazon.com/Critical-Conversations-Co-Teaching-Problem-Solving-Approach/dp/193554232X
A Guide to Co-teaching
more in depth discussion and ideas on co-teaching models

http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Co-Teaching-Strategies-Facilitate-Learning/dp/1452257787

Collaboration Resources

Conversation Starters
Ideas for initiating a critical conversation with your co-teacher

Critical Conversation Starters.docx
Co-Teaching Unit Planning Tool
Tool to help define teacher roles for each unit

Co-teaching Unit Planning_1.xlsx
Co-Teaching Partner Plan Elem
Tool to faciliate planning for co-taught classroom

Co-teaching Partner Plan ES.xlsx
Co-Teaching Partner Plan Secondary
Tool to facilitate planning for the co-taught classroom

Co-teaching Partner Plan MS_1.xlsx

LRE

LRE Guiding Questions
Questions to help you get in LRE mindset

Least Restrictive Environment Guiding Questions.docx

Strategies to Use Across Subject/Content Areas

Collaborative Group Guide
Tool to help students that struggle to work in collaborative groups

small group checklist.doc
Intensive Interventions for Students that Struggle

Intensive Interventions for Students Struggling in Reading (3).pdf
Resource Locator/Online Modules

http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/iris-resource-locator/
Makes Sense Strategies
variety of quality resources by content area

http://www.alspdg.org/makessense.html

Motivation Strategies

Effort/Achievement Chart
Tool to help students see the link between effort and achievement

Effort_and_Achievement_Chart.pdf
Self Monitoring of Academic Skills
strategy to help students monitor their own achievement

Self Monitoring Academic skills.doc

Study Skills Strategies

Q-notes
modified Cornell note taking template

q-notes.pdf

Organizational Strategies

Homework Checklist
Checklist to increase student responsibility for homework completion

Homework Checklist.doc
Homework Checklist 2
checklist to help students remember to take home necessary materials

Homework Checklist2.doc

Explicit Instruction

Explicit Instruction Graphic Organizer
Tool to help plan for explicit instruction

Explicit Instruction Planning Graphic Organizer 1.docx

Cognitive Strategy Instruction

8 steps of Cognitive Strategy Instruction
steps for teaching students a learning strategy

Steps of Strategy Instruction.docx
Cognitive Strategy Instruction Resources
specific strategies and lesson plans

http://cehs.unl.edu/csi
Strategy Instruction for Secondary Students
Book

http://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Instruction-Secondary-Students-Disabilities/dp/1412996325/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415155148&sr=8-1&keywords=strategy+instruction+for+secondary
Strategy Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities
Book

http://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Instruction-Students-Disabilities-Special-Needs/dp/1462511988/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415155187&sr=8-1&keywords=strategy+instruction+for+students+with+learning+disabilities

Rigor and SWD

Struggling Students and Rigor
article with suggestions and strategies

http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/aug12/vol54/num08/Support-Struggling-Students-with-Academic-Rigor.aspx
Teacher Guide for Rigor & SWD
3 steps to maintaining rigor with SWD

Teacher Guide. Rigorous Instruction for Students With Disabilities..docx
Rigor for Students With Special Needs
book

http://www.amazon.com/Rigor-Students-Special-Barbara-Blackburn/dp/159667248X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415155066&sr=8-1&keywords=rigor+and+students+with+disabilities

Scaffolding Instruction

Scaffolded Instruction
description and examples of scaffolded instruction

http://www.niu.edu/facdev/resources/guide/strategies/instructional_scaffolding_to_improve_learning.pdf
6 scaffolding strategies

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/scaffolding-lessons-six-strategies-rebecca-alber

Project Based Learning

PBL supports for SWD
ideas for supporting students with PBL

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/1351161
PBL supports for SWD- chart only
simplified chart of PBL resources for SWD

http://conference.esc13.net/assets/stem2014/docs/UDL_in_PBL_for_SWD.pdf

Dropout Prevention

Resources for SWD and Graduation

http://www.ndpc-sd.org/
Report on graduation rates of SWD

http://www.ncld.org/images/content/files/diplomas-at-risk/DiplomasatRisk.pdf

Reading Strategies

Resource Locator/Online Modules

http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/iris-resource-locator/

Reading Comprehension

Key Concept Synthesis
Strategy to help students identify key concepts in non-fiction text

Key_Concept_Synthesis.pdf
Pre-reading notes
Step by step guide for pre-reading a passage or article

prereadingnotes.pdf
Cognitive Strategy Instruction Resources

http://cehs.unl.edu/secd/reading/
Before, During After cue Card

Before, During, After cue card.docx
GIST strategy

GIST.docx
Text Lookback Strategy

Text Lookback.docx
Wrap Up Summarizing Strategy

Wrap Up.docx
Steps of Strategy Instruction

Steps of Strategy Instruction_2.docx
Active Reading

activer.pdf
Adolescent Literacy
links to various strategies

http://www.adlit.org/strategy_library/

Specialized Programs

Reading Programs for High Incidence Disabilities
description of some specialized programs for students with disabilities or struggling readers

ReadingMatrixHighIncidence.pdf
Reading Programs for Low Incidence
description of some specialized programs for students with low incidence disabilities

ReadingMatrixLowIncidence.pdf

Math Strategies

Resource Locator/Online Modules

http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/iris-resource-locator/

Secondary Math Strategies

CRA Planning Sheet
Checklist to incorporate CRA into your lessons

Implementation Plan_1.docx
CRA
description of the CRA strategy

ConcreteRepresentationalAbstractInstructionalApproach_1.pdf
Step by step math problem solving strategies
strategies to help students problem solve in math

Math cognitive strategies_1.docx
Sample CRA lesson 1
percent increase/decrease

Percent Increase.Decrease.docx
Sample CRA lesson 2
y=mx+b

8th grade sample lesson.pdf
Sample CRA Lesson 3
Solving ratio problems

Solving Ratio Problems.docx
Vanderbilt Math Strategies: Algebra
Research based strategies for Algebra with examples

Vanderbilt examples.pdf
Procedural Notes
Template for note-taking in math

Procedural_Notes_Organizer.pdf
Ticket out the Door prompts
prompts incorporating math language

Prompts_for_Uncertain_Purposes.pdf
Solve It! graphic organizer
graphic organizer for Solve It! strategy

Solve It graphic organizer.docx
Basic Fact Strategies
memory strategies

http://hanlonmath.com/pdfFiles/244StrategiesforFactsBH.pdf
Basic Fact Routines

Basic Fact Routines_1.docx
Cognitive Strategy Instruction Resources

http://cehs.unl.edu/csi/
Multi-step Computation Strategies

smonitor- mutli-step computation_1.pdf
Steps of Strategy Instruction

Steps of Strategy Instruction_3.docx
Frayer Model template

Frayer Model 6 to a page_1.pdf
Vocabulary Organizer

Vocabulary Organizer_1.doc
Visual and Verbal Word Association

Visual and Verbal Word Association_1.docx
Common Core Vocab Words

http://www.ncesd.org/Page/983
Strategy Summary Sheet

Effective Math Strategies for Struggling Students_1.docx

Elementary Math Strategies

CRA Description
Description of the CRA strategy

ConcreteRepresentationalAbstractInstructionalApproach.pdf
CRA Planning Sheet
Checklist for incorporating CRA into your lessons

Implementation Plan.docx
Multi-step computation strategies
self-monitoring strategies for multi-step computation

smonitor- mutli-step computation.pdf
Subtraction strategies
strategies to help students that struggle with subtraction

Subtraction Strategies.pdf
Story Problem graphic organizer
graphic organizer to assist students with completing word problems

story problem organizer K-5.docx
Basic Fact Strategies
memory strategies

http://hanlonmath.com/pdfFiles/244StrategiesforFactsBH.pdf
Basic Fact Routines.docx

Basic Fact Routines.docx
Step by step math problem solving strategies

Step by step math problem solving strategies K-5.docx
Cognitive Strategy Instruction Resources

http://cehs.unl.edu/csi/
CRA example- Multiplication

CRA Math Lesson Scaffold.docx
Steps of Strategy Instruction

Steps of Strategy Instruction_1.docx
Common Core Vocab Cards
with visual cues

http://www.ncesd.org/Page/983
Frayer Model Description

http://www.phs.d211.org/science/filipekcj/Bio138/frayer%20cards%20template.pdf
Frayer Model Template

BlankFrayerModel.doc
Frayer Model 6 to a page

Frayer Model 6 to a page.pdf
Vocabulary Organizer

Vocabulary Organizer.doc
Visual and Verbal Word Association

Visual and Verbal Word Association.docx
Strategy Summary Sheet

Effective Math Strategies for Struggling Students.docx

Writing Strategies

Teaching Expressive Writing to Students with LD
tips for teaching writing

http://www.ncld.org/students-disabilities/ld-education-teachers/teaching-expressive-writing-students-with-ld
Strategies for Reinforcing Writing
list of strategies

http://www.interventioncentral.org/academic-interventions/writing/school-wide-strategies-managing-writing
Strategies by Difficulty

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/writingstrats.html#strategies
Grades 2-5 Strategies

http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/pdf_case_studies/ics_writex.pdf
Resource Locator/Online Modules

http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/iris-resource-locator/

Content Area Strategies

Resource Locator/Online Modules

http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/iris-resource-locator/

Graphic Organizers

Framing Routine
Used to organize ideas in unit

http://www.adlit.org/strategies/22229/
Concept Mastery Routine
graphic organizer to enhance understanding of concept

http://www.kucrl.org/images/presentations/Concept_Mastery_Routine.pdf

Data Collection

How to Use Google Docs for data collection
Step by step guide for using Google docs to collect data

http://www.teachingspecialthinkers.com/2013/05/be-proactive-using-google-docs-to.html
Data Sheet
spreadsheet that calculates average

Data Collection for Progress on IEP Goals.xls
Percentage data sheet
sheet where you can shade in percentages

Percentage Data Sheet.doc
Data sheet with graph
data sheet that graphs data as you enter it

Progress_monitoring_chart_blank (2).xls
Trial data sheet
data sheet where you can shade in number of trials correct

Trial (20) Data Sheet.xls

Classroom management

Resource Locator/Online Modules

http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/iris-resource-locator/
Pre-school resources
high quality resources

http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/
Preventive classroom management strategies

General classroom management suggestions.docx
Function based strategies

Antecedent Strategies by Function.pdf

FBA/BIP Tools

FBA Data Tool
Tool that calculates, organizes, and graphs FBA data. Amazing tool!

FBA data tool.xlsx
FBA data collection sheet- checklist
tool teachers use to collect FBA data

blank ABC data sheet - checklist.pdf
FBA data collection sheet- codes
tool teachers use to collect FBA data

blank ABC datasheet-with codes.pdf

Behavior Charts Elem

Sample behavior checklist
morning/afternoon checklist

Primary Grades Behavior Checklist 2.doc
Sample behavior checklist with visuals
designed to track behaviors each period of the day

Primary Grades Behavior Checklist with visuals.doc
Sample behavior checklist
designed to track behaviors each period of the day

Primary Grades Behavior Checklist.doc
Self Monitoring Checklist
checklist designed for students to monitor and record own behavior

Elementary self-monitoring Behavior Checklist.doc
Reinforcement chart with visuals
students earn certain number of check boxes before they receive reinforcer

Reinforcement Chart with visuals.doc
Self monitoring chart
students rate their behavior on a scale for each period

Self monitoring Behavior Point sheet.docx
Self Monitoring Tally Sheet
Designed for students to increase student awareness of behaviors

self monitoring form- simple.doc
Visual Schedule Checklist
Student can check off start and completion of each task

Visual Schedule.Checklist.doc

Behavior Charts Secondary

Self monitoring tally sheet
Designed to increase student awareness of behavior

self monitoring form- simple_1.doc
Self Monitoring Behavior Chart
students rate their behavior on a scale each period

Self monitoring Behavior Point sheet_1.docx
Self Monitoring Behavior checklist
Students monitor certain behaviors each period

Self-monitoring Behavior Checklist.doc

Discipline Resources

Article about ineffectiveness of suspensions
Describes why suspensions don't work and offers suggestions

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-ellen-stevens/with-thousands-of-schools-curbing-suspensions_b_3041833.html?view=print&comm_ref=false
Alternatives to Suspensions
list of alternative disciplinary actions

Alternatives to Suspension.pdf
Supporting SWD with Discipline Cycle
suggested actions aligned with days of OSS suspension

Supporting Students with Disabilities in the Discipline Cycle.docx
School to Prison Pipeline Info

http://safequalityschools.org/
Individualized Disciplinary Action Form

Individualized Disciplinary Action Form.xlsx

Technology Integration

Resource Locator/Online Modules

http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/iris-resource-locator/
Assistive Technology Resources

http://www.pluk.org/Pubs/ATguide4LD_419k.pdf

Resources for Administrators

Co-teaching Observation Form
form to help provide feedback to co-teachers

Co-teaching Observation Form 2014-15.doc
Rigor & SWD: Tips for Admin
Look fors and guiding questions

TKES8.SWD. Feedback Questions.docx
Resource Locator/Online Modules

http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/iris-resource-locator/

Disability Resources

Resources for Students with Disabilities
Lots of resources and strategies for teachers of students with disabilities

http://www.do2learn.com/