Strengthening Your Co-Teaching: New, Innovative Ideas for Improving Student Success

Presented by Yamiley Jean-Simon
Experienced Co-Teacher and Co-Teaching Trainer

Specifically Designed for K-12 General Education Teachers, Special Education Staff, ELL Teachers, and Other Specialists Who Currently Co-Teach or Plan to Co-Teach

Dozens of practical strategies for making the best use of a variety of co-teaching models to increase student success
Practical communication and collaboration techniques for more effectively working together in the co-taught classroom
Successful co-taught lesson examples using research-based approaches to co-teaching
Timesaving methods for improving collaborative lesson planning

Practical Ideas and Strategies

This NEW, timely seminar by outstanding presenter YAMILEY JEAN-SIMON is filled with new, effective, updated co-teaching approaches and clear implementation methods. Teaching today’s increasingly diverse student population, including students with disabilities or other special needs, comes with the challenge of meeting the needs of all students, without neglecting any of them. One of the most effective ways to accomplish this goal is to partner professionals through co-teaching. In this lively, interactive seminar you will learn the keys for general education teachers and specialists to successfully co-teach in the same classroom or shared teaching space. You will also learn dozens of practical tips, including new, innovative ideas for implementing the co-teaching models, collaborative lesson planning, efficient use of precious class time, and working with a wide range of student ability levels in the classroom. This outstanding seminar will also include proven instructional strategies for use within co-teaching partnerships.

You will leave this seminar with dozens of highly practical, effective strategies and a co-teaching digital resource handbook to help improve your effectiveness in meeting the needs of all your students. You will be equipped with many new ideas for creating a more dynamic and effective co-taught classroom that fosters greater student success.

Ten Key Benefits of Attending

Learn the Best, High-Yield Instructional Strategies for Co-Teaching
Implement powerful strategies to better structure your co-taught classroom and improve learning and growth for your students
Get Better Results for Your Efforts in Co-Taught Classes
Learn which models work best for different purposes … Match your instructional targets and students’ learning goals to specific co-teaching models and approaches
Maintain High Expectations in Your Co-Taught Classroom
Understand innovative ways to keep the focus on rigor and relevance in your classroom … Practical strategies to achieve high standards in your co-taught classroom
Avoid Common Pitfalls in Co-Teaching
Learn the most common mistakes that can lead to frustration and decreased effectiveness in the co-taught classroom and how to avoid them
Ensure that Both Teachers are Fully Utilized
Discover the best co-teaching models to make all team members feel valued and useful … Learn timesaving tips for maximizing classroom efficiency
Work Collaboratively for Greater Student Success
Understand the key issues co-teachers face and how to better maximize each co-teacher’s strengths … How to work more collaboratively to increase the success of your students with special needs while integrating high academic expectations
Build Upon Your Current Co-Teaching Resources
Identify valuable, easy-to-use co-teaching models to help enhance classroom cohesion and better serve your students
Engage Your Co-Teacher in Effective Communication
Maintain a strong collaborative bond in the classroom by establishing clear, organized strategies that build upon both co-teachers’ strengths
Improve Your Performance and Better Support All Your Students
Increase the effectiveness of you and your co-teacher’s efforts in the classroom … Meet the needs of your students with a variety of approaches and methods
Receive a Comprehensive Co-Teaching Digital Resource Handbook
Each participant will leave with a comprehensive digital co-teaching handbook to help implement and retain new strategies

Outstanding Strategies You Can Use Immediately

Cutting-edge teaching methods to help you more efficiently organize and re-structure your co-taught classroom to better serve your students
Easy-to-implement ways to help you better coordinate with your co-teacher
Specific methods to more effectively address diverse student needs of your co-taught classes
Timesaving strategies to help vary your co-teaching models and avoid stagnation
An expanded repertoire of skills to more successfully manage the challenges you and your co-teacher face every day
Powerful ways to give your students access to more tailored instruction
Proven strategies to maximize learning outcomes for your students
Strategies that help students develop an understanding of their learning needs
Co-teaching models and approaches that work best in different situations to maximize learning outcomes
Practical ideas for motivating, engaging and empowering your students
Ways to make the most of two teachers in whole group instruction
Proven strategies to better meet IEP goals in co-taught classrooms
Innovative ideas for incorporating students’ specially designed instruction into effective co-taught lessons
Tools for evaluating the success of your co-teaching program
Specific ideas for better defining roles between co-teachers

A Message From Your Seminar Leader

Dear Colleague:

Have you ever wondered how you can better meet the wide range of student needs within a co-taught classroom? Are you curious as to which co-teaching models will support your students best? Do you find it challenging to create a co-taught classroom or online teaching environment in which all adults are best utilized? These are some of the questions and challenges faced by many educators in today’s co-taught classrooms and online learning settings.

I have designed this unique seminar to inform and excite you with many highly effective strategies and proven techniques for better supporting your students in a co-taught classroom. It will also provide you with many tools to enhance your co-teaching toolkit, making this seminar meaningful for new co-teachers and experienced co-teachers alike.

During our day together, I will share dozens of strategies you can use immediately in your co-taught classroom. You will learn proven strategies for better meeting the needs of diverse learners while engaging in best practices for co-teaching.

You will leave this seminar feeling empowered to incorporate what you have learned into your own classroom or online teaching experience!

Sincerely,
Yamiley Jean-Simon

P.S. You will leave this seminar with many co-teaching techniques and strategies to help you better serve the needs of all your students.

Who Should Attend

K-12 General Education Teachers, Special Education Staff, ELL Teachers, and Other Specialists Who Currently Co-Teach or Plan to Co-Teach

Special Benefits of Attending

Extensive Resource Handbook
Each participant will receive an extensive digital resource handbook giving you access to countless strategies before, during and after the seminar. The handbook includes:

Descriptions of critical co-teaching models
Samples of co-teaching lessons across different content areas
Tools for evaluating your co-teaching program
A bibliography of resources on co-teaching
Teacher-friendly lists of instructional strategies tailored for co-taught classrooms, whether you’re working at school or online

For in-person seminars, registrants will also receive a printed copy of the resource handbook as long as their registration is received in the BER office at least 15 calendar days before the event.

Share Ideas with Other Educators
This seminar provides a wonderful opportunity for participants to share ideas with other educators interested in enhancing the success of their co-teaching practices.

Consultation Available
Yamiley Jean-Simon will be available for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your own program.

Semester Credit Option
UMASS Logo Up to four graduate level professional development credits are available with an additional fee and completion of follow-up practicum activities. Details for direct enrollment with University of Massachusetts Global, a nonprofit affiliate, will be available at this program.

Meet Inservice Requirements
At the end of the program, each attendee will receive a certificate of participation that may be used to verify hours of participation in meeting continuing education requirements.

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