Thank You, Chain of Lakes Elementary!

It was a pleasure spending the day with Chain of Lakes Elementary teachers! What a positive and energetic group of teachers! In PLCs, we investigated Differentiated Instruction principles and tools. Teachers received Linda Tilton's book, The Teacher's Toolbox for Differentiating Instruction, which includes 700 DI strategies! Teachers walked away with four ready to use DI tools. Look under Electronic Resources for blackline masters of some of the tools. Thank you, thank you, Mr. Duncan, Mrs. McCollum, and the dynamic teachers at Chain of Lakes Elementary for all you are doing to meet the needs of ALL students!

Collaborative Planning and Teaching

We have completed elementary and secondary day 1 of collaborative planning and teaching. Teachers from across the district learned how general education teachers and ESE teachers can work together in order to meet the needs of ALL learners. In order to be the most effective team, teachers must learn how they work together. Participants identified their working style and learned about their collaborative partner's working style as they prepared a foundation for working together-an eye-opening experience for all! Participants developed an in-depth understanding of co-teaching and support facilitation, which are both in-class supports for students with disabilities being served in the general education classroom.
Participants discovered the strengths they bring to the collaborative classrooms, defined their roles, and began to look closely at ways they can co-deliver instruction in any content area.


We look forward to day 2 with elementary and secondary teachers as we will unravel more strategies to plan and co-deliver instruction in order to meet the needs of ALL students!