Station Teaching
Things to consider:
• What are the advantages/limitations of the model?
• What would need to happen amongst the adults to make this model successful?
• What might be most difficult for you in this model (i.e. students expectations/your area of expertise)?
• What do you find most exciting about this model?
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Students who need more direct instruction can recieve it
ReplyDeleteStudents learn how to work independnetly and complete the task appropriatly
Both teachers are teaching a group of students and are able to be involved
Both teachers would need to know the content and be comfortable with it
As the students become better at stations they can work more independently
Station Teaching
ReplyDeleteThings to consider:
• What are the advantages/limitations of the model?
The advantages are that both teachers are providing instruction to a smaller group of students. The student to teacher ratio is lower. Another benefit would be that students are in heterogenous groups.
• What would need to happen amongst the adults to make this model successful?
In order to make this model successful both teachers would know the curriculum and feel comfortable delivering the content. Also students would need to be able to work independently in groups.
• What might be most difficult for you in this model (i.e. students expectations/your area of expertise)?
What would be difficult for this model would be planning and implementation.
• What do you find most exciting about this model?
This would be exciting about this model is I can let the students work independently and provide direct instruction.
I think that station teaching can be a very fun way to run a classroom for the students and the instructors. It allows the students to move from one station to the next, rather than staying in one place for a long period. It can also be very helpful for students who have a difficult time processing large group instruction. Again, if the roles of each teacher are not clear and the students do not understand the expectations - it can be a difficult model of teaching (and be very distracting for some students).
ReplyDeleteVery interesting. Not only do the students get varied instruction from more than one teacher, but the partners are/ and are recognized as equal providers. I like the smaller groups for many different reasons, and I think this can be effective and refreshing.
ReplyDeleteThe adults in the groups needs to be flexable and willing to try new ideas,sugestion and work together to make this model successful. It should also help them to realize the areas they are strongest in.
ReplyDeleteThis model is beneficial in that it gives more individualized attention to the students and can address their needs more specifically. Students can be grouped according to skill level to meet specific needs or heterogeneously so that they can work independently.
ReplyDeleteIt can be challenging to teach the students how to work through the stations especially when working independently.
I would like to try this model. It is very like any small group instruction with more planning and flexibility. I like the idea of posting instructions at each station so that repetition is at a minimum. It seems to require both parties to have solid grasp of subject matter.
ReplyDeleteAdvantages- allows for lower student:teacher ratio, teach to a variety of learning styles, more equal teaching roles, more direct instruction
ReplyDeletelimitations- need planning time, need to be equally familiar with content
adults would have to have good communication
Love this model- great way to allow students more opportunities to learn in a variety of ways
I have done a lot of station teaching: Read 180, with a student teacher, summer school and by myself. Kids love the movement especially in a block set up. The problem that I've had is when I've stationed alone, kids from a group that I am not working with, always have questions which causes interruptions. What I've found that works the best is a lot of prep in the beginning, going over expectations and the assignment. I still get interruptions, but they are less than without the prep. Stations Rock in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy station teaching. I think it has many advantages and can allow the students also to teach each other, work as a group, and work on teamwork. In older students it is possible to have more groups working independently and one or both teachers floating, helping and clarifying - or to have the teachers work more with specific groups. This can also allow an aide in the classroom to get more involved if they choose. I also believe that if possible the station materials should be passed though - not the students more - it cuts down on noise, time adjusting and general chaos in the room.
ReplyDeleteI like the concept of changing activities but students would have to be given explicit instructions/expectations-and held accountable. Partners would have to know content material and trust each others judgement. The lower student to teacher ratio is good and would allow for more direct teaching. Teaching roles are more equal and equitable.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the comments about this method being exciting and beneficial. I have always liked using station teaching, even when I didn' have a collaborator in the room.
ReplyDeleteHaving a collaborator in the room seems like a way to really maximize the potential of this method. I think it would be important to make sure that coteachers have specific times identified for meeting to discuss what went on in each group. This communication will help both people stay "in the loop" with what all of the students are doing and needing, and can also be helpful in terms of problem-solving - helping each other figure out why something didn't go so well and what might work more effectively next time.
I enjoy using this model becuase it allows the students to move around during class and breaks up the lesson into smaller segments. This can be beneficial for many learners. Also, this model supports the equity between the special and general educator.
ReplyDeleteIn my experience, teachers had to be aware of their teacher voice and practice small group instruction, so that one voice did not dominate the other.
Station teaching looks good rotating the students using the timer is a good idea and no one person has to be resposible for keeping tabs they can consentrate on what they are doing. Its good to see some students working independently. The noise leavle could get can be very loud, the students do know what to do.
ReplyDeleteThere are great advantages to small groups. I liked seeing it in action. There are so many possibilities for differentiated instruction. It would take cooperation and coordination.
ReplyDeleteParallel teaching in smaller groups showed that one teacher kept his voice lower than the other teacher who was very loud. This style would be helpful so that one person does not have the lower functioning students all the time. I like this concept very much and this should be more helpful both to the students and the teachers.
ReplyDeleteteam teaching can be confussing to the students. each teacher a[had different styles and ideas. the students were put in the middle when they were asked choose which method work better for them. teachers has to comfortable with the subject and confident enough to get the other teacher a chance to prsent.
ReplyDeleteThis could be a way to begin co-teaching for those who just want to get to know one another or when one of the teachers feel more confident in the material being presented or if teachers want to share the load (unit wise). Personally, I am more of an eclectic and can see how each of the models presented could work throughout the year when needed or when it that approach would best fit the desired outcome.
ReplyDeleteIn one teach and one assist it was clear that the male teacher was the leader. The female teacher spent more time going around the classroom checking students work she was like the aid in the classroom and not one of the teachers. She didn't seem interest in presenting, she seemed comfortable in the roll she played. This was more teacher and teacher assistant than coteaching.
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