This presentation is a part of the Collaboration and Co-Teaching: A Workshop for Mathematics and Special Educators materials from the Mathematics Improvement Toolkit. The materials were developed by the Educational Development Center for the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform
28. Stations Example Station 1: (co-teacher) Explore an algebra tool from NCTM Illuminations website . Station 3: (co-teacher) Complete a mini-lesson from primary curriculum materials. Station 2: (independent) Write an “I’m thinking of a number” problem. Solve 2 written by classmates. Station 4: (independent, individualized) Skills practice
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30. Alternative Teaching Example Large Group Extension activity from current unit Large Group Practice with a skill or concept EXAMPLE ONE: Small Group Review of skills for an upcoming unit EXAMPLE TWO: Small Group Apply skill or concept to new situation
36. In the next section, you’ll learn more about the facilitation support materials and explore how you might conduct a workshop from the toolkit in your school or district. Workshop Facilitation
Hello, and welcome to the webinar on “Collaboration and Coteaching” webinar, in support of the Mathematics Improvement toolkit. The Mathematics Improvement Toolkit is a set of resources designed to support teachers in developing mathematical understand for all students. This webinar will focus on one of the tools from the toolkit – a professional development workshop designed to address issues of collaboration and co-teaching.
We are going to be talking a bit about the Mathematics Improvement Toolkit today. The toolkit was developed from funds from the U.S. Department of Education through a grant to the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform. The National Forum, along with four partner organizations, developed a set of resources to support mathematics instruction, specifically for teachers of disenfranchised students or populations. These tools address the needs of educators and professional developers who want to provide high quality mathematics learning to students who often struggle in the math classroom. For more information about the toolkit, visit our website at www.middlegrademath.org The tool we are addressing today focuses on collaboration and co-teaching strategies for mathematics and special education teachers.
NOTES: Below is the script you can use or customize to your needs as part of your introduction and housekeeping. My name is Steve Best, and I am the organizer for this webinar. In addition to being a member of the MIT team, I will be handling the controls for this webinar. Before we get started, I want to review a few housekeeping items and let you know how you can participate in today’s Web event. We’re looking at an example of the GoToWebinar Attendee Interface which is made up of two parts. The Viewer Window is where attendees see the presenter’s screen. The Viewer Window can be resized by clicking and dragging the lower right corner. The Control Panel is where attendees can interact with organizers. Move mouse over the Grab Tab You should see something that looks like this on your own computer desktop in the upper right corner. Click 1 Clicking the arrows on the Grab Tab opens and closes the Control Panel. Click 2 The Audio pane provides audio information. (If the organizer has given attendees a choice) There are two options. You can join audio through your computer; select Use Mic & Speakers. Click 3 Click Audio Setup to select your computer speaker or headset devices. We recommend this way of listening to the webinar. Click 4, 5 and 6 You can choose to join audio through your telephone, using the number on the screen on your control panel. You may wish to use this if you are having a hard time hearing the presentation. However, the number is not a toll free call. If you wish to use the telephone, Select Use Telephone, dial the number listed and enter both the Access Code and Audio PIN when prompted. Click 7 During (at the end, etc.) the presentation, you have the ability to send questions to me or Emily, our presenter, through the Questions pane. Simply type in your question and click send. During the presentations, Emily may ask a few questions of you all, and you should use this area to respond. You can also use this to pose any questions you have along the way, and I will respond directly, or will pass some of these questions on to Emily at different breaks during the presentation. Click 8 During the presentation we may ask you to answer a question by raising your hand. This option is located on the Grab Tab. Click 9 and 10 If you prefer to keep your control panel open during the presentation, click View in the top menu and un-check Auto-Hide the Control Panel.
Now, let’s get on to the webinar. I am happy to introduce our presenter, Emily Fagan, from the Education Development Center. Emily is going to be presenting the collaboration and co-teaching tools of the toolkit over the next hour or so. You will note that a handout for the webinar, which contains some handouts and questions about the topic, can be downloaded from the webinar site, listed here. I will also put the direct link in the question section. Now, on to the webinar…