While using station teaching or acceleration centers as an approach to co-teaching is often very successful for both teachers and students, it is important to use this approach correctly. Fitzell Acceleration Centers™ are a unique twist to the old-style learning centers designed by Susan Fitzell to zero in on specific student deficits.
When students in your classroom are not progressing at the same rate or better as their peers, supplement their learning with researched based strategies that increase achievement. These are also Tier Two interventions for Response to Intervention.
The number of immigrant children in American schools is quite literally growing by the day. It's estimated that children of immigrants represent 25% of the K-12 population in the United States and that number has jumped dramatically in recent years.
Use group work as a part of the lecture. Pause for a few minutes at two or three points in the lecture and ask students to discuss what they've learned amongst themselves. This will help with reinforcement and give students time to catch up and consolidate their notes. It also gives you time to assess the class, ask questions of individuals and listen to your students.
Try to get parents/partners to work together with children on homework. On a given night, one parent may be able to get results that the other can't.