Challenge:
Co-Teaching

Co-teaching is when a general education teacher and a special education teacher share the responsibilities of planning, delivering instruction, and collecting data.
Task:  
Complete the following: (1) Explore the various implementation models for co-teaching (2) Choose a co-teaching model (3) Plan instruction (4) Deliver instruction using the co-teaching model (5) Collect data and reflect
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Points: 10,000
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Challenge:
​Accommodations/ Modifications

Accommodations can help students learn the same material and meet the same expectations.  Modifications make changes to the curriculum.
Task:  
Complete the following: (1) Review Student Learner Profiles for students in your classroom.  What accommodations/modifications need to be made for your students?  (2) Collaborate with a general education teacher or special education teacher (3) Make the necessary and appropriate accommodations/modifications for the students in your class.  (4) Reflect on the impact of the accommodations/modifications implemented.
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Challenge:
​Differentiation

Differentiation tailors instruction to meet individual student needs in the classroom.  Teachers can differentiate at least four classroom elements based on student readiness, interest, and/or learning profile.  These elements include: content, process, products, and environment.
Task:  
​Complete the following: (1) Evaluate the learners in your classroom.  Review their student profiles.  (2) Plan and refine ways to differentiate your instruction to meet all student needs.  (3) Implement the differentiation strategies planned throughout the course of your instruction.  (4) Reflect on the effectiveness of your differentiated instruction.
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Challenge:
Paraprofessional Involvement and Support

Paraprofessionals are important members of an education team.  
Task:  
Complete the following: (1) Identify areas of concern regarding classroom operations or student support (2) Analyze these individual situations and ask whether or not paraprofessional support could be modified or incorporated (3) Refine paraprofessional involvement and/or support for the area being addressed.  (4) Implement plan (5) Reflect on the involvement and/or implementation of support.
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Challenge:
High Expectations

All students benefit from the power of high expectations.
Task:  
​Complete the following: (1) Evaluate the level of your classroom expectations and how those expectations are communicated (2) Refine your classroom and student expectations  (3) Set goals for your classroom or students that reflect high expectations and monitor progress  (5) Reflect on your expectations, goals, and progress.
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Challenge:
​Personalized PD

Research shows that teachers will engage in professional learning when he or she is given choices in learning.
Task:  
​CHOOSE YOUR OWN TASK Design your own task that includes inquiry into new learning resulting in a change in practice, reflect on the new practice, and in some form or another share beyond the classroom.
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Challenge:
​AIW Framework

Research shows that teachers who engage in the AIW  framework provide a foundation of standards for the more complex intellectual work necessary for success in contemporary society for students to engage in
Task:  
​Complete the following (1) Bring a lesson that connects to one of the 4C's to a district AIW meeting for scoring.  (2) After the scoring conversation, make adjustments to the lesson using the feedback given during the scoring session.  (3) Reflect on the AIW scoring process along with the changes you made in your instruction and how the process impacted you as a teacher.
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