My Journey with Dyslexia Reading has always been a challenge for me. I can read, but I'm a very slow reader. When my son's eye doctor diagnosed him with dyslexia*, I decided to get an eye exam for myself and his sister, too. During my exam, the doctor said, "Well, the apple doesn’t fall far from the [...]
It happened again... ...and it only took until March! Reflecting on my 20 plus years of coaching co-teaching teams, I've recognized a pivotal trend: the trans-formative power of ongoing, long-term, collaborative coaching for co-teaching pairs. Today was another reminder. I was working with an [...]
Mind mapping can help students to visual their thought process and learn better.
Sometimes it's hard to know how best to work together in support of students when you and your co-teacher seem to be so different. There are almost always things that you can do, or ways to make the co-teaching relationship work, even when you and your partner appear to be operating from different p [...]
#24 Team Teaching If there is one co-teaching term that instigates misinformation, conflict, and the demise of co-teaching efforts, it is Team Teaching. Expectations and misinformation about the Team Teaching co-teaching model significantly impact the success of many co-teaching initiatives. Here, I [...]