Collaboration in the Inclusion Classroom

Creating dynamic synergy and providing instructional strategies needed to successfully integrate special education students into the mainstream classroom

Collaboration in the Inclusion Classroom is a professional development series designed to give general teachers and special education teachers a customized plan for collaborating in a differentiated mainstream classroom.

In a co-taught classroom, teachers are expected to share the planning, presentation, evaluation, and classroom management in an effort to enhance the learning environment for all students; however, without a roadmap this merger can sometimes feel more like an intrusion than inclusion. Unlike other inclusion trainings, these sessions provide specific co-teaching strategies and day-to-day management techniques for the shared classroom.

This series covers several topics based on current research in the field of special education including Response To Intervention (RTI) methodology. All sessions are interactive including group-based sessions and on-site coaching. Below is an outline for each day of instruction.

Topic 1: Collaboratively Managing a Successful InclusionClassroom

• The purpose and the benefits of having a collaborative classroom
• How to handle apprehension and personality conflicts
• How to prepare for collaborative classroom

• 5 Phase Co-Teaching Model as developed by Friend &Cook
• Co-teaching roles
• Co-planning strategies
• Co-teaching strategies
• Time management
• How to incorporate remediation

Topic 2: Differentiated Instructional Strategies for the Special Education Student

• Specific instructional strategies for working with the following learning disorders:

• ADD and ADHD
• LD
• Autism and Aspergers Syndrome
• Executive Dysfunction Disorder

Topic 3: Diagnostic Visit with Observation and Evaluation

Because every school has a different special education program, there is not a one-size-fits-all solution. At Modern Red SchoolHouse, we believe the best help is given when we can explore your program and meet one-on-one with your general and special education teachers.

• Custom analysis and feedback of practice

• Interview Special Education and general teachers
• Observation of special education classrooms
• Observation of inclusion classrooms
• Debriefing for revisions and next steps
  
  
• Exit interview with the administrator

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