Solving Common Consultant Teaching and Co-Teaching Challenges 

THE PROBLEM 

Consultant teaching and co-teaching are complex and often poorly implemented as schools struggle with maximizing the potential of these inclusive models.  Districts most often have excellent teachers ready and able to implement these services, but the services are not meeting their full potential due to the lack of effective, actionalble, results based training.  

Why Consultant Teaching and Co-Teaching Often Falls Short

• Roles and responsibilities between teachers are unclear

• Consultant teachers are underutilized

• The individual strenghths of each coteacher is underutilized

• Teachers have a hard time opening honest lines of communication with their teaching partner, because they don't want to strain their relationship or make their partner uncomfortable.

• Collaboration time is unstructured or ineffective

• Training is often theoretical...not actionable

• Teachers default to “one teach, one assist”, which can be an effective model at times, but should not be relied upon as the standard every day teaching that two highly trained professionals can deliver.

Result: Frustrated teachers and limited impact for students

THE SOLUTION

A Simple, Flexible, Practical System That Actually Changes Teacher Practice

Our training is built differently:

• Teacher pairs complete real collaboration assignments

• Each team receives targeted feedback on all assignments.

• Each team is able to reach out to instructors who will answer questions throughout the duration of their course.

• Focus is on implementation....not theory.  The training and course assignments provide a platform for teachers to discuss topics with each other and share view points that will help put them on the same page together as they discuss how to best work together to maximize the results for teachers in the classroom.    

• Course instructors are current teachers with over 25 years of combined teaching experience in inclusive classrooms in NYS.

• With more than seven years of teacher training experience, course instructors have a demonstrated history of designing and delivering high-quality training to district teachers focused on effective collaborative planning and teaching. 

WHAT DISTRICTS GET

• Teachers enrolled in courses that are flexible based on timelines and needs expressed by your district.

• All materials provided in asynchronous training modules and assignments.

• Feedback on submitted teacher work

• Clear frameworks for:

  • Planning together

  • Instructional roles

  • Student support strategies

• Oversite and course completion certficates provided to teachers and district administrator

• Optional district administrator overview

RESULTS YOU CAN EXPECT

• Stronger teaching partnerships

• Clear teacher roles in the classroom

• Increased instructional effectiveness

• Better support for students with disabilities and general education students in the classroom

• More consistent practices across your classrooms

We offer simple, flexible, practical, assignment-based training that helps general and special education teachers build real collaborative partnerships. 

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