Collaborative Teaching

1. IDEA Workshop 4:
Collaborative Teaching
Learning Team E:
Yeida Chavez
Shemiah Owens
Melissa VandenBussche
SPE/513
23 May 2016
Claustina Mahon Reynolds

2. Introduction
In this week’s workshop series we will cover:
O How co-teaching helps facilitate access to the
general education curriculum for exceptional
learners.
O Through understanding models of collaborative
teaching that provide appropriate levels of support
students increase their achievement through more
individualization.
O Examples of collaborative teaching
O Building respect and rapport with students and
other professionals.
O The benefits of co-teaching to students.
O The benefits of co-teaching to educators.

3. Building respect and rapport with
students and other professionals

4. Multidisciplinary
OA group of professionals from different
disciplines who function as a team but
perform their roles independent of one
another.
OIndividuals contribute according to their own
specialty area with little regard for the actions
of other professionals.
OThere is a high degree of professional
autonomy and minimal integration.

5. Interdisciplinary
O A group of professionals from different disciplines who
function as a team but work independently;
recommendations, however, are the result of sharing
information and joint planning.
O In this model of teaming, team members perform their
evaluations independently, but program development
and instructional recommendations are the result of
information sharing and joint planning.
O Significant cooperation among the team members leads
to an integrated plan of services and holistic view of the
student’s strengths and needs.

6. Transdisciplinary
O A group of professionals from different disciplines
who function as a team but work independently;
however, they share roles, and a peer is identified
as the primary interventionist
O Distinguished by two additional and related
features; role sharing and a primary therapist
O Team leader assigned

7. Benefits to Students

8. Benefits to Students
A. There is a growing recognition of the importance
of professionals working together regardless of the
different disciplines they may represent
O Professionals are increasingly working together
O Professional cooperation and partnership are the key
to delivering services in an efficient and integrated
manner.
B. Collaboration is beneficial
O Incorrect placement recommendations are likely to be
reduced.
O There is a greater likelihood that assessments will be
nondiscriminatory.
O More appropriate educational plans and goals are
likely to result from professional teaming.

9. Collaborative Team Teaching
Models

10. Collaborative Team Teaching Models
O One Teach/One Observe- One teacher is the primary
instructor, while the other observes learning behavior.
O One Teach/One Assist- A teacher instructs and the other
teacher helps individual students who may need
assistance.
O Station Teaching- Allows both teachers to assist
individual groups of students.
O Parallel Teaching- Both teachers are teaching the exact
same content but with different groups of students.
O Alternative or Differentiated Lesson- One of the
teachers teaches the main lesson, while the other teacher
works with individual groups who may need help with
more challenging material.
O Teaming- Both teachers are working together to deliver
instruction to the same group of students at the same
time.

11. Benefits to Educators

12. Benefits to Educators
A. Students benefit from different teaching styles and
strategies
1. Student’s become active learners.
2. Students are more accepting of their peers.
3. Individualization is targeted with multiple
views of each student.
4. Students learn collaboration through
observation of co-teachers.
5. More immediate and accurate diagnosis of
student need.
B. Classroom management strategies are more
consistent with feedback
1. Shared resources create cohesion.
2. Less wait time increases feedback for
students.
3. Decreased referrals in co-taught classes.

13. Conclusion
O Successful co-teaching requires facilitating a
collaborative culture in the classroom.
O Co-teaching helps facilitate access to the general
education curriculum for exceptional learners.
O Through understanding models of collaborative
teaching that provide appropriate levels of
support, students increase their achievement
through more individualization.
O Co-teaching builds respect and rapport with
students and other professionals.
O Co-teaching benefits educators and students.

14. References:
Hallahan, D. P., Kauffman, J. M., & Pullen, P. C.
(2015). EXCEPTIONAL LEARNERS: An Introduction
to Special Education (13th ed.). Retrieved
from The University of Phoenix ebook collection
database.
Gargiulo, R. (2015). Special Education in Contemporary
Society: An Introduction to Exceptionality, 5th
Edition. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE.