8). Effective co-teaching is when educators share equal responsibility for educating all students in the classroom through co-planning, co-teaching, and co-assessing (Conderman & Hedin, 2012). Commitment and active involvement on the parts of all teachers need to be ensured so that all standards of learning are met. The essential factor in implementing inclusive education is collaboration between teachers and support service providers. Soto’s study found that general educators who have scheduled routine opportunities to collaborate and have the opportunity to consult with support service providers show evidence of increased student achievement (Soto, Müller, Hunt, & Goetz, …show more content…
Provide effective adaptions for students with disabilities such as peer tutoring or using a collaborative teaching approach.
2. Provide collaboration between administrators, general educators, special educators, parents, and related service providers in order to deliver quality services to all students.
3. Professional development in the philosophy of inclusion and collaborative teaching methods.
To determine if providing an inclusive education would improve learners’ achievement these major variables would be considered in a first grade general education classroom. The classroom would comprise of 27 students: eight ELL students, eight Title 1 students, four special education students, and 13 students without support services. Formative assessments, progress monitoring data, and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Data will be obtained and compared to the other Terrace first grade classrooms.
Action Plan
• General education and special education teachers will collaborate on a weekly basis with instructional specialists to ensure coherent teaching and learning for shared