Our dynamic, hands-on workshops provide concrete, practical strategies.  During each workshop, our coaches model the strategies being taught.  All co-teaching workshops are co-taught. Each workshop is fun, interactive and engaging, with differentiated approaches to learning. Participants have the opportunity to plan how they will apply the strategies they learned to their classroom, content area and/or team.  

Below is a listing of workshops offered. Our workshops can be done virtually for you and your team. Review our offerings and if you need assistance in determining the best workshop for your needs please contact us for additional assistance.

Administrators’ Workshop

Half to full day workshop to overview concepts taught to district staff 

Learning outcomes:

• Best practices of inclusive education, co-teaching and/or differentiated instruction

• Deeper understanding of the professional development provided to your staff

• Establishing collaborative practices among professional developers and administrators

• Concrete, specific guide for administrators to support teachers as they learn to co-teach effectively

• Creating cultural shift for the school or district
  
  

Introductory Co-teaching and Teaming

1-2 day workshop for teams K - 12 that teaches the principles, practices and problem solving tools and strategies of co-teaching and teaming

Learning outcomes:

• An in-depth study of the six co-teaching models

• Learning tiered by length of time with co-teaching partner

• Explore and problem-solve concrete teaming issues necessary for successful co-teaching

• Roles and responsibilities

• Concrete tools for planning and implementation

• Each participant leaves with a self-directed action plan to implement specific strategies learned

Co-Teaching: Taking It To the Next Level

1-2 day workshop for teams K-12 who have worked together for a year or more and have received the introductory training.  

Learning outcomes:

• Deepening and strengthening of co-teaching relationship

• How to expand your roles and practice

• Evaluation of current practice with partner

• Setting goals for the implementation of new skills and strategies

• Each team leaves with a self-direction concrete action plan

Co-Teaching: Deeping Your Practice

1-2 day workshop for teams K-12 who have worked together for 3 years or more and have mastered the material in the introductory training.  

Learning outcomes:

• Deepening and strengthening of co-teaching relationship

• Evaluation of current practice with partner

• Implementing creative variations of the Friend Co-Teaching models

• Creating in depth lessons incorporating the co-teaching models, differentiated instruction, individualizations and modifications into 

• Setting goals for the implementation of new skills and strategies

• Each team leaves with a self-direction concrete action plan

Inclusion 101

1 to 2 hour presentation that explores the principles and best practices of inclusion.  

Learning outcomes:

• Ethical, societal and philosophic issues of inclusion – seeing the big picture

• Historical and legal perspective of inclusive education

• Inclusive education best practices

Differentiated Instruction: Ideas and Practical Applications

1-2 days

Learning outcomes:

• Components that comprise Differentiated Instruction

• Concrete strategies to differentiate content, process and product

• Can include unpacking standards and analyzing pre-requisite skills

• Each participant leaves with a self-directed action plan to implement specific strategies learned

Individualizations and Modifications

1 day workshop providing concrete strategies for creating materials and activities to address individual needs and modifications

Learning outcomes:

• Understanding of the difference between individualizing to make an activity accessible to a student and modifying the curriculum

• Structural hierarchy of curriculum modifications

• Create materials for specific students

• Tools to meet individualized needs including planning tiered activities

• How to embed IEP goals into general education lessons

• Each participant leaves with a self-directed action plan to implement specific strategies learned

Facilitating Peer Interaction

1 day workshop for elementary staff that teaches how to implement social  IEP goals while creating positive, meaningful social interactions between peers with and without disabilities

Learning outcomes:

• Concrete strategies to teach social skills in the context of the daily life of the classroom

• Teaching adults the necessary skills to support social relationships without becoming the interaction partner

Explicit Instruction

1 day workshop that teaches the sequence of explicit instruction and how to apply it in co-taught classrooms

Learning outcomes:

• Understanding of the sequence of explicit instruction, the component strategies of each step and the necessity to use all steps for struggling learners

• To apply explicit instruction to planning in co-taught classrooms

LCSS Institute

3 to 5 day program which incorporates any of the above topics, crafted to meet your district’s needs.