Below you will find videos from a Co-taught Science class at Grand Island Senior High (John LeCompte and Jeff Ehlers). The class was going to be reviewing ionic and covalent bonds. They split students into either a "proton" group, an "electron" group, or a "neutron" group. The students created a foldable to help organize information. At one station, they worked with a teacher on ionic bonds and that section of the foldable. At a second station, they worked on covalent bonds and that section of the foldable. And at a third station, they looked at similarities and differences of the two types of bonds. A para-educator was utilized to guide students in that section but if you did not have access to a para-educator, students could work independently and be sure to place students in heterogeneous groups in order to provide for some peer support.
This first video allows you to see how the groups were split and what one teacher station was doing.
This second video allows you to see what was happening at the second teacher station.
This final video allows you a brief clip of the station being guided by the para-educator.
2 DYNAMIC Co-teachers at Grand Island Senior High - John LeCompte (Science) and Jeff Ehlers (Special Education Specialist) provide feedback regarding the use of small group specialized instruction through co-taught structures such as Flip Flop and 3 Station Rotation. They share their hesitancies, as well as their ultimate success.
Thanks Gentlemen! You are making magic happen in your Co-taught Classroom at GISH!
