Practical Co-Teaching Strategies to Effectively Support Your Classroom and Students with SEN

Course Outline
Co-teaching and teacher collaboration are proven strategies for helping students with diverse backgrounds, such as students with special education needs (SEN) achieve academic success. Come and discover the essential components for a successful co-teaching program: learn practical ways to define your roles, a variety of co-teaching approaches, ways to plan and deliver instruction, as well as how to make the most of each teacher’s strengths. The emphasis will be on creative and time-efficient strategies you can use in your co-teaching program!
In this strategy-packed workshop, Dr. Kathy will share practical ways for providing instruction that works for ALL students, including students with special needs (SEN) and tips for maximizing the value of each team member.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to learn to:

• Discover how to scaffold and differentiate co-teaching instruction to help your students with SEN take charge of their own learning in your co-taught classroom
• Explore dozens of useful tools and resources for working together to boost student learning and active involvement
• Understand and apply the essential components of co-teaching in order to create an inclusive learning environment for both co-teachers and students

Course Instructor(s)
Dr. Kathy Perez, an international consultant, presenter, teacher, instructional coach, administrator and author has worked with students from preschoolers to university graduates. Dr. Kathy is Professor Emerita at Saint Mary’s College of California. She has extensive teaching experience as a general and special educator, literacy/ESL coach, and curriculum/staff development coordinator. Teachers from all grade levels and subject areas rave about Kathy Perez’s dynamic approach to teaching. Her innovative and interactive workshops are loaded with teacher-tested materials and activities you can use immediately and share with others. Kathy provides a lively and informative day of hands-on and minds-on learning. Participants learn from an experienced and informed educator who knows first-hand the daily instructional challenges of classroom teachers. Her enthusiasm is infectious!

Dr. Kathy has worked extensively with teachers, administrators and parents throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, China, Qatar, Brazil, Britain, Colombia, Caribbean, Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Her best-selling books include: More Than 100+ Brain-Friendly Tools and Strategies for Literacy! (Corwin Press), Co-Teaching Book of Lists: A Practical Guide for Teachers (Jossey-Bass); The New Inclusion: Differentiated Strategies to Engage ALL Students! (Teacher College Press, 2013) and her latest: 200+ Proven Strategies for Teaching Reading (Solution Tree, 2016).

Terms and Conditions
– Participants from SSAs will be eligible for the VCF subsidy based on certain criteria and on first-come-first serve basis, as only limited seats are given by NCSS.
– Participants who have registered before 30 April and did not receive VCF funding will have to pay full course fee.
– Registration will be confirmed only upon receiving invoice or full payment.
– In the event of no show up for the course, course fee will be charged with no refund