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A Balanced Co-Teaching Approach

8/2/2020

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Co-teaching according to Wenzlaff et al. (2002) is described as “two or more individuals who come together in a collaborative relationship for the purpose of shared work...for the outcome of achieving what none could have done alone”
There is no doubt that co-teaching is an effective practice to better serve English language learners.
Co-teaching is defined as two educators who team-teach by providing simultaneous instruction to a group of students. Through this model, students receive content-based language learning which means that students receive content learning as well as language acquisition support. 

Co-teaching or team teaching is an opportunity to create a culture of shared experiences and shared responsibilities among two teachers.  This, of course, increases the opportunity to provide a focus and intentional differentiation support students may need. 

But as easy and as effective as it may sound - co-teaching can be challenging for many of us!
  • Fear of the unknown begins to take over when we hear "co-teaching".
  • Doubts about our strengths begin to attack.
  • Anxiety strikes just thinking about being observed all the time by your co-teacher. 
This was true for Mrs. Eudy and me during the 2019-2020 school year. However, we both faced our fears by putting our students' needs FIRST and the outcome was very effective. We now recognize that co-teaching draws on the strengths of both - the content area teacher who understands the structure, the content, pacing of the curriculum - and the special area teacher who can identify unique challenges and individual needs students may have to fully access the content.

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Distance Learning Doesn’t Have to Feel “Distant”

8/1/2020

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I was honored to attend the South Carolina English Language Acquisition Kickoff as one of their keynote speakers. 
My presentation was recorded and thought I'd share it here for you to access. 

Topic: 
Distance Learning Doesn’t Have to Feel “Distant”
Presentation description: COVID-19 rocked every educators’ and students’ world. Educators across the globe had to adapt their teaching ways. Students across the globe had to adapt to a new way of learning.
However, regardless of the changes -- we are all adapting, and education must continue impacting our students. Today more than ever, our English language learners need stability and consistency when it comes to their learning.
Emily’s experience as an English learner affords her a deep understanding of the challenges her students must overcome to find success. This is why her distance learning lessons emphasize building relationships and providing compelling lessons.
Understanding and embracing that each individual brings unique life experiences and assets into the classroom makes the learning experience so much fun and engaging. So let’s learn how we can make distance learning feel not so “distant” for our students and us.

Presentation Slides: 

Our goal should not be “to be better than anyone else”, but to be better than we used to be.
There are several slides with resources in the notes section. If you find these resources helpful, please let me know. If you have any more resources I can add, please share them in the comments and I'll add them to the slides.

Thank you for reading and have a great school year! 

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