Celebrate the Middle School Co-Teaching Cadre
- From GW:
- Sonia Chintha
- Amber Grier
- Marilyn Lowry
- Karen Panth
- Felicia Tolliver-Johnson
- Peter Jones
- Eleanor Hein
- Lauren Smith
- Melinda Snow
- Jennifer Tutuska
- Melissa Tilashalski
- Ayse Nalcaoglu
- Sukhdeep Kaur
- Kailee Smith
- Denise Radomski
- Katelyn Charbonneau
- Irina Kress
- From Hammond:
- Rejane McCorkel
- Meghan Pope
- Nicole Davenport
- Janelle Kochis
Celebrate the Elementary Co-Teaching Cadre!
This month we celebrate the ACPS Elementary UDL Co-Teaching Cadre! Ten elementary co-teaching pairs from James Polk, John Adams, Mount Vernon Community School, William Ramsay and Cora Kelly participated in a 4-part professional learning series facilitated by Inclusion Specialists Nicole Barrion and Vivien DePeralta, and ELL Instructional Specialist, Jaime Knight. The teachers advanced their instructional practices in the co-teaching models and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as they learned to plan and deliver instruction accessible to all learners within their co-taught classes. During the professional learning sessions, they explored various ways to incorporate Multiple Means of Representation, Multiple Means of Engagement, and Multiple Means of Action & Expression. They co-planned with their co-teachers to use Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as their framework, particularly as they focused on one of the three high-yield models of co-teaching (Parallel Teaching, Station Teaching, and Alternative Teaching for pre-teaching). The Cadre teachers noted that the most valuable activity was the video self-reflection portion in which teachers viewed and analyzed videos of each other teaching and provided feedback based on what we had learned.
Scott Mills, 5th grade teacher at John Adams and his ELL co-teacher, Michelle Nettleton, have been spotted successfully implementing Multiple Means of Expression as they asked students to demonstrate their understanding on either a slate, paper/pencil, or using the ShowMe app. Reka Barton, 2nd grade teacher at Mount Vernon Community School and her ELL co-teacher, Justine Hudec, used the website Padlet on iPads during a cooperative learning activity to increase student engagement while brainstorming ideas about animals. In addition, co-teaching pair Ali Shuster and Kelly Davis have been spotted implementing the best practice, co-teaching models they learned. All participating teachers reflected that they grew in their understanding of UDL and co-teaching, which was evidenced in student success and greater student engagement and achievement.