Co-Teaching & Differentiated Instruction: Essential Processes for Facilitating Access to the Core Curriculum with Rich Villa and Jacqueline Thousand
Dates:
Location:
January 23 & 24, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 3:30pm
Capitol Plaza, Montpelier, VT
Member Cost:
$300 per person for BOTH days
Member Cost:
$150.00 per person for
Day 1 or Day 2 option
Non-Member Cost:
$350 per person for BOTH days
Non-Member Cost:
$175.00 per person for
Day 1 or Day 2 option
When Registering Please choose Both Days, Day 1 or Day 2
All participants will receive the Co-Teaching Tri-fold
Register:
http:www.lapdavt.org
Call (802) 224-9110 for more information
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Target Audience:
All Teachers, Special Educators, Principals, Curriculum Directors
2 Day Workshop Description
January 23, 2012 Day 1
Co-teaching is two or more people – most frequently a general education teacher and a special education teacher - sharing responsibility for teaching all of the students assigned to a classroom. It involves the equal distribution of responsibility among co-teachers for planning, instruction, and evaluation for a classroom of students. Co-teaching is an option for providing differentiated and special instruction in an inclusive educational community. The primary objective of the co-teaching model is to maximize student growth and achievement in a community of diverse learners.
January 24, 2012 Day 2
Differentiating Instruction:
Access to the General Education Curriculum for All
Topics include approaches to differentiating the content students learn, the process through which they learn it, and how they demonstrate what they have learned. A Retrofit and a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) approach to differentiation will be learned, practiced, and viewed via DVD footage of actual classrooms.
Teams will have some planning time each day to do the exercises for real that we talk about and simulate during the day. Team planning time on day 2 will provide participants the opportunity to begin lesson planning for a co-taught differentiated lesson. If planning for a lesson, you should bring some curricular materials.
About the Instructors
Dr. Richard A. Villa has worked with thousands of teachers and administrators both nationally and internationally to develop and implement organizational and instructional support systems for educating all students within general education settings. Rich has been a middle and high school classroom teacher, special educator, special education coordinator, pupil personnel services director, and director of instructional services. Rich works with schools, governmental and non-governmental agencies, and advocacy organizations. He has authored over a hundred articles and book chapters regarding inclusive education, differentiated instruction, collaborative planning and teaching, and school restructuring. Dr. Villa has
co-edited twelve books and developed three multimedia kits for teachers, administrators, and parents Rich is known for his enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and humorous style of presenting
Dr. Jacqueline Thousand ,Professor at the College of Education, California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, California. Jacqueline has been a teacher educator since 1981 and have more than 20 years experience in training teachers and providing technical assistance to schools to create inclusive educational experiences for children from preschool through high school. She has authored numerous books, research articles, and book chapters on practical how-to strategies for meeting the needs of all students in general education; adapting curriculum, instruction, and assessment; collaborative teaming; and creative problem solving.
