2014 SUPPORT FOR COLLABORATIVE TEACHING PARTNERSHIPS (SCTP) ACADEMY
DESCRIPTION: A three-day, face-to-face summer Academy, in June and July 2014, will bring
school/county collaborative training teams together to examine Co-Teaching. Participants will be
expected to train their school or county staff and implement the co-teaching model.
CONTENT: Co-Teaching is two or more people sharing instructional responsibility for students
assigned to the classroom. It is two or more adults simultaneously instructing a heterogeneous group of
students in a coordinated fashion. Ann Beninghof, an internationally recognized consultant and trainer,
will define co-teaching structures, identify the critical components of effective co-teaching, outline
practical strategies that co-teachers use and explain how to choose the best ways to meet the needs of
individual students.
PARTICIPANTS: It is recommended that counties select a training team of two(2) staff members that
represent special education, general education, Title 1, English as a second language, interventionists,
academic coaches or teachers of gifted. The training of in-district/in-school trainers will focus on
implementation of effective co-teaching practices. Participants from Priority and Focus Schools will be
given priority.
DATES/LOCATIONS: The 2014 SCTP Academies will occur in two (2) locations on two (2) separate
sets of dates accommodating one-hundred twenty (120) participants or sixty (60) teams of two (2), as
follows:
 June 17-19
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Charleston, WV
Lodging: Holiday Inn & Suites
South Charleston, WV
 July 1-3
Bridgeport Conference Center
Bridgeport, WV
Follow-up Support:
 January 15, 2015
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January 16, 2015
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Lodging: Holiday Inn & Suites
Bridgeport Conference Center
Charleston, WV
South Charleston, WV
Bridgeport, WV
COST: The WVDE will cover the cost of the SCTP sessions including materials, meals and lodging
during the summer; beginning the night before each session. Dinner will also be provided from 6:008:00 pm the the evening before the first day of the Academy. Each county has been issued a grant to
finance summer travel and district determined stipends.
REGISTRATION: The special education director, after conferring with appropriate personnel and the
selected teams(s), will register their county’s team(s) of two (2) online at the following link
http://wvde.state.wv.us/forms/2014/osp/summer-academies/.
Questions will be addressed by Matthew Dotson, Coordinator, Office of Special Programs, at
ddotson@access.k12.wv.us.
Please register and reserve rooms for teacher participants no later than May 9 to allow meals and
lodging arrangements to be confirmed.