CO-TOP Instructional Teamwork August 27, 2025

Course Description

Participants will: 

Focus on building SPED team relationships by learning how to:

• Recognize effective and disruptive characteristics of team communication
• Know the characteristics of effective team functioning
• Identify levels of decision making in teams, schools, and districts
• Recognize own strengths and weaknesses as a team member

This class was developed based on a framework and course created by the PARAprofessional Resource & Research Center (paracenter.orgLinks to an external site.).

Instructor: Jenifer Nerwin 

Target Audience

• DCSD Special Education EAs (Paraeducators) ONLY

Date, Time & Location

• August 27, 2025
• 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
• Location: Castle Pines Library | 360 Village Square Ln, Castle Pines, 80108Links to an external site.

Please Note:  In order to receive completion credit on your DCSD transcript and receive your compensation for taking the course, you must:

• Attend the face to face class
• Complete the course assessment in Canvas
• Submit the course completion survey (final module in this Canvas Class).