What Do I Do When Students Interrupt with Personal Stories?
Capture Student Stories in a Mail Box Teachers often ask, "What do I do when students interrupt with personal stories?" Ruby Hibdon shares her solution.
Parallel Teaching in the Co-teaching Classroom
I'm often asked how it is possible for two teachers to co-teach in the same room at the same time without distracting students. In all honesty, in all my years of coaching co-teachers, I've never seen students get distracted by parallel teaching. Rather, it's the teachers who get distracted. This is especially true if one of the co-teachers is a control freak who is too concerned about what the other teacher is saying to focus on her half of the class. I make that statement with compassion and understanding. It's so difficult to let go, especially, when you care about your students and their success.
Which Co-teaching Approach is Right for You?
There are many different approaches to co-teaching and it is important to choose the one that will work best for both you and your students. First, it's important to know your options.
Co-teaching: An Opportunity to Teach by Co-Example
Back in 2003, I was working in classrooms coaching co-teachers at a high school in a tough part of town. I walked into this one room with nothing more than a list of room numbers and teacher names. I didn't know which teacher was the special education teacher or which one was the English teacher. I [...]
A Powerful Strategy to Reach All Learners with Response to Intervention at the Secondary Level
Response to Intervention is a process that involves providing struggling learners with academic interventions that match their needs in order to help all students master the curriculum. My experience in secondary education has convinced me that every secondary classroom needs to begin Response to Intervention at the Secondary Level at Tier One of RTI: differentiated instruction.