It discusses how special education teachers should coordinate with the general educators to meet the students' needs.

1. PRESSURE
SERVICES
CONTROL
COORDINATION
ISSUES RELATED TO
EDUCATION
COLLABORATION
WORKING WITH TEACHERS
EDUC 321

2. Issues Related to
Education
Collaboration
Working with other
teachers
Control and
Ownership
Coordinating Services
for Collaboration
Role-Specific
Pressures
Role-Specific
Pressures
Conflict arises when teachers’ responsibilities
interferes with collaborative activities.
A- General and special educators’ strategies may be unmatchable
Low achievement level.
This reflects a negative image
about the teacher’s performance.
Less encouragement for co-
teaching.

3. Special Educators And ESL Teachers
Don’t even expect to participate in a collaborative
activity because of the context there are teaching in
B- Ineffective RTI
Dysfunctional communication
between the members of the RTI
team.
Dismissal of teachers.
C- Resisting co-teaching with a second
language teacher.
Issues Related to
Education
Collaboration
Working with other
teachers
Control and
Ownership
Coordinating Services
for Collaboration
Role-Specific
Pressures

4. Issues Related to
Education
Collaboration
Working with other
teachers
Role –Specific
Pressures
Coordinating
Services for
Collaboration
Control and
Ownership
Control and
Ownership
Relates to the perception of the
concept of ownership of a group of
students.
In some schools, to choose to be a special
educator may put you under the control of the
general educator.
 Focusing on the success of the whole class, is not the only
goal.
 So, taking responsibility of the challenges faced at the
same class should also be considered.
What does this mean?

5. Issues Related to
Education
Collaboration
Working with other
teachers
Control and
Ownership
Role-Specific
Pressures
Coordinating Services
for Collaboration
Special Educators
Psychologist
Speech therapists
Parent Volunteers

6. Issues Related to
Education
Collaboration
Working with other
teachers
Control and
Ownership
Coordinating Services
for Collaboration
Role-Specific
Pressures
Professionals who deliver in-class services have to:
Coordinate their
efforts
 Arrange tasks
depending on the
students’ needs.
 Try to reduce the
general educator’s
responsibilities.
Assist each others to
meet students’ needs.
 Be careful of having the
class overrun by excessive
service providers.
 Adapt flexible
approaches.
 Be willing to share duties.
Consider the priorities and
schedules of the general educators.
 The implementation of services should suit
with the general educators’ programs.
 Avoid the fragmentation of instruction.
Assistance
Priority
Coordination