Benefits of Collaboration
Pitfalls and Celebrations of Co-Teaching
Responsibilities of IEP Team Members
Cultural Diversity & Legal Issues
Families as Collaborators
100

Supporting educational goals and behavior plans are primary roles of these amazing staff members

What are paraprofessionals

100

Parallel Teaching, one teach/one observe, and teaming

What are examples of co-teaching models?

100

Parent, Special Educator, General Educator, District Representative, and Individual to Interpret Results are members of this, also known for being a famous college basketball team nickname from the 90's

What are the Fab Five?

100

A Parent can defer to a the IEP team every time while another parent can provide an opinion on every aspect of the IEP is an example of

What is cultural diversity in responding to authority figures?

100

According to Family Systems Theory, families need this for structure and change

What are rules?

200

Analyze the problem-solving context, Identify the problem, generate solutions, evaluate potential solutions, select the solution, implement the solution, evaluate the outcomes

What are steps in group problem-solving?

200

One person plans, teaches, and writes a reflection on the lesson plan, while the other person scrolls Reels, falls asleep, and is absent from meetings is

What are examples of a bad experience in co-teaching?

200

Teams who write IEPs in silos without consultation of each other

What is a multidisciplinary IEP team?

200

Not having required members present during an IEP meeting

What is out of compliance with federal law?

200

Graduations, New Jobs, Birth of a child are this

What are major life events?

300

Administering teaching that is evidence/research-based and coaching someone through how to teach in that manner. It provides someone with the steps in order to teach within a system that has been defined to work effectively.

What is technical coaching?

300

Lack of common prep time, no admin support, and clashing personalities

What are most common pitfalls of co-teaching?
300

Service providers are separate in implementation but consult and share results with one another

What is an interdisciplinary IEP team?

300

Putting a student in self-contained classroom without consideration for participation with same-aged peers or exposure

What is a violation of Least Restrictive Environment?

300

Families can bring them to IEP meetings as support 

What are advocates?
400

The thinking and ‘why’ of teaching. It is non-judgmental and leads with questioning, prompting, and reflection.

What is cognitive coaching?

400

Must have preceded co-teaching in order to be effective

What is co-planning?

400

IEP members are equal partners in services rendered and collaborate meaningfully in IEP implementation

What is a transdisciplinary IEP team?

400

Incomplete IEPs, reading off notes, and late or vague PWNs

What are inaccurate forms of documentation and non-meaningful participation from parents?

400

Families may reach out to this person at a school in order to volunteer or support school events/programs

What are parent volunteer coordinators?

500

OT or Speech is able to be an extra rotation during writing/reading groups in order to service students

What is a push-in method?

500

improved student achievement, increased student engagement, and stronger teacher collaboration

What are celebrations of co-teaching?

500

The teams goals are clear

Members needs are met

Members have individual accountability

Group processes maintain the team

Team members have leadership skills

What are components of a successful team?

500

Providing an interpreter and translated legal documents

What is consideration for linguistic diversity?

500

Families may bring progress notes from these people who work outside of the school 

What are outside related service providers based in the community?

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