Workshop for NSSED participants.The Northern Suburban Special Education District (NSSED) is a special education cooperative providing programs and services to eighteen (18) member districts throughout the northern suburbs of Chicago.

1. Co-Teaching
Approaches & Practices
Spiro Bolos,
Rachel Hess,
Trish Randall,
Anne Twadell

2. I) Introductions
Who We Are
8:30 – 9:00 AM

3. II) Philosophy & Expectations
Online Questionnaire
9:00 – 9:30 AM

4. Shared Expectations

5. Shared Expectations

6. III) Co-teaching Approaches
Summary of Six Possibilities
9:45 AM – 11:15 AM

7. Station Teaching
AS

8. Station #1: Primary Source Analysis

9. Visual Aid for Station #3

10. Station #2: Opinion Survey

11. Station #3: Map Analysis

12. Station #4: Film Notes

13. Station Teaching (modified)
AS

14. STATION #1

15. STATION #2

16. STATION #3

18. 1) Divide your assigned list of residents
among your fellow group members and
write down the entire list of residents.
As you write down the names, look
critically at what you are writing. What
do you notice about these names? What do
they have in common?

19. 2) What do you notice about the gender of
the names on your list?

20. 3) What do you think the second
column on the list represents? Give
several examples.

21. Parallel Teaching
RT

22. Parallel Teaching

23. Alternative Teaching
AS

24. Alternative Teaching

25. Teaming
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26. THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR:
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36. Teaming
RT

37. Teaming

38. One Teach, One Observe
RT

39. One Teach, One Observe

40. One Teach, One Assist
AS

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46. IV) Making Connections
Student Challenges & Instructional Strategies
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

47. LUNCH
On your own
12:00 – 1:30 PM

48. V) Application of Approaches
Work, then Report Back
1:30 – 3:00 PM

49. 1) Which of the approaches (if any) do
you currently implement? Which are
used most commonly? Why?

50. 2) Which new approach could you
imagine using? Why?

51. 3) After working with your co-teacher
this afternoon, please summarize
one or more new strategies using
your own course content.

52. VI) Reflection 3:00 – 3:30 PM

53. STAY IN TOUCH!
boloss@nths.net
hessr@nths.net
randaltr@nths.net
twadella@nths.net