“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” I love this quote from Benjamin Franklin. Planning and preparation for co-teaching is, in my estimate, 80 percent of the work. Co-teaching is centered on rapport and relationship building between the co-teachers and...
Co-Teaching Models We all know the benefits of co-teaching but it is not Field of Dreams (if you are too young for this reference, look up the movie on YouTube and enjoy). Simply saying you are going to do something will not make it so. The secret sauce to co-teaching...
The last part of this series of Effective IEP Meetings is accommodations and modifications. Continue to use the IEP Connection Worksheet for alignment and the Accommodation Guidance Tool. This section asks the team to consider what accommodations or modifications are...
The service section is the next portion of the IEP when using the IEP Connection Worksheet to ensure alignment across all areas of the IEP. Services are directly related to the time and instruction needed to support the goals. Connection starts with the needs...
The next section in the IEP is Goals. The IEP goals are designed to be ambitious. They are also meant for the student to make progress over a year and should address the needs that were identified in the PLAAFP. Goals are related to the student’s disability and are...
