SPE503 Collaborative and Consultative Teaming and Teaching

This course is designed to focus on collaborative structures in the educational realm. Participants will develop a systematic plan for introducing innovative collaborative structures, planning and teaching into a school system. Learning styles and intelligences of students, as well as teaming styles of adults will be addressed. Inclusion strategies such as curriculum planning, adaptations, modifications, differentiated instruction, teambuilding, problem solving, lesson design and evaluation will be emphasized. Student collaboration methodology will be discussed and applied. Communication techniques will be taught. Students are required to complete a minimum of 15 hours of clinical experiences as part of this course. Prerequisite(s): SPE500, SPE506 or consent of instructor. 3 semester hours