Teaching Collaboratively
A key aspect in ensuring that all students achieve the best possible educational outcomes is for regular classroom teachers and special education teachers to collaborate. Based on our concern that this may not universally occur and to model this for our pre-service students, we brought together the student teachers in the Middle Level Teacher Education Program (MLTE) and in the Special Education Program (SPED) to see and experience collaboration in action.
The seminar was co-taught by Beth Parrent and Candice Rogers (special education teachers at Beaumont Middle School), Kera Ackerman (special education at UK), Dr. Margaret Rintamaa (Middle Level education at UK), the special education student teachers, and the Middle Level student teachers. Bringing these different groups together was a great success!
Teaching Collaboratively
A key aspect in ensuring that all students achieve the best possible educational outcomes is for regular classroom teachers and special education teachers to collaborate. Based on our concern that this may not universally occur and to model this for our pre-service students, we brought together the student teachers in the Middle Level Teacher Education Program (MLTE) and in the Special Education Program (SPED) to see and experience collaboration in action.
The seminar was co-taught by Beth Parrent and Candice Rogers (special education teachers at Beaumont Middle School), Kera Ackerman (special education at UK), Dr. Margaret Rintamaa (Middle Level education at UK), the special education student teachers, and the Middle Level student teachers. Bringing these different groups together was a great success!