At some point in your career—whether you are new to teaching, a veteran, or switching roles—it’s likely that you will be asked (or told…) to co-teach. It’s also likely that you will receive little to no training on how to effectively collaborate with another educator to best meet your students’ needs. This course is the first in a series on BRIDGE-RI to support the implementation of co-teaching. It provides the foundation for the full series and presents the legal, ethical, and research foundations of co-teaching, along with a high-level overview of co-teaching models.
At the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- identify and communicate why co-teaching is necessary.
- explain and differentiate between the different types of co-teaching models.
- explain the use case for each co-teaching model
- identify the difference between co-teaching and having multiple teachers in a room.
Intended Audiences
- District and Building Administrators
- General Educators
- Special Educators
- MLL Educators
- Para-Professionals
Course Type
- Self-Paced
Recommended # of PLUs
- 2 PLUs
Now more than ever, our students are arriving with varied strengths and needs. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is the way to ensure we support ALL of our students. This course is designed to help you begin your journey to understand what UDL is, why it is important, and how to plan using UDL so that every student, regardless of variability, can access the content and engage in meaningful learning. The content in this course is organized around four sections:
- Variability and Barriers
- The Four Components of the UDL Lesson Plan
- UDL Guidelines
- Putting it into Practice
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the concepts of student variability and barriers, and why UDL is necessary.
- Identify the structure of a UDL lesson plan aligned to educational standards.
- Define the concept of expert learning and explain what it means to provide multiple means of engagement, representation, and action and expression.
- Plan ways to start using UDL in lesson planning and instruction.
Intended Audiences
- K–12 Educators
- Related Service Providers
- Paraprofessionals
Course Type
- Self-Paced
Recommended # of PLUs
- 2 PLUs