Class
Article
College
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services
Faculty Mentor
Kaitlin Bundock
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Abstract
Co-teaching is the collaborative efforts of two professionals to deliver effective instruction to a group of students (Friend & Cook, 1995). Over the past five years, the Utah State Board of Education has been interested in using co-teaching as a vehicle for providing an appropriate education for students who qualify to receive special education services. In the model adopted by the Utah State Board of Education, one special education teacher and one general education teacher collaborate to provide instruction to a group of middle school students with and without disabilities. The Utah State Board of Education provides professional development prior to and throughout the school year to teachers and administrators who commit to this co-teaching model. Preliminary results of the state's efforts are presented on this poster. Pre/post-test data from last year's cohort indicate that students' math achievement is positively impacted by this co-teaching model. Additional questions currently under investigation include: (1) Do students with (and without) disabilities achieve at higher rates in co-taught settings versus non-co-taught settings?; (2) Do students with disabilities achieve at comparable rates as students without disabilities in co-taught (and non-co-taught) settings?; (3) To what degree do student factors (other than disability/no-disability) affect the growth rates of students in co-taught and non-co-taught settings?
Location
The North Atrium
Start Date
4-12-2018 9:00 AM
End Date
4-12-2018 10:15 AM
The Effects of a State-Implemented Co-Teaching Training on Students' Mathematics Achievement Scores
The North Atrium
Co-teaching is the collaborative efforts of two professionals to deliver effective instruction to a group of students (Friend & Cook, 1995). Over the past five years, the Utah State Board of Education has been interested in using co-teaching as a vehicle for providing an appropriate education for students who qualify to receive special education services. In the model adopted by the Utah State Board of Education, one special education teacher and one general education teacher collaborate to provide instruction to a group of middle school students with and without disabilities. The Utah State Board of Education provides professional development prior to and throughout the school year to teachers and administrators who commit to this co-teaching model. Preliminary results of the state's efforts are presented on this poster. Pre/post-test data from last year's cohort indicate that students' math achievement is positively impacted by this co-teaching model. Additional questions currently under investigation include: (1) Do students with (and without) disabilities achieve at higher rates in co-taught settings versus non-co-taught settings?; (2) Do students with disabilities achieve at comparable rates as students without disabilities in co-taught (and non-co-taught) settings?; (3) To what degree do student factors (other than disability/no-disability) affect the growth rates of students in co-taught and non-co-taught settings?