Best Practice: Establish a "No Putdown Rule" in Your Classroom
Class rule: No putdowns, no exceptions… not by students or by the teacher. Mat and Rick walk into the classroom putting each other down jovially. Friends, they often banter with each other for fun. Today, however, Matt’s teasing suddenly struck a tender...Co-Teachers Supporting Each Other
Co-teaching is often used as a way to support students; whether it’s a special education teacher working in a general classroom, team teaching, parallel teaching or station teaching. It can be a way to give more time and individualized attention to students. At its...12 Surefire Ways to Co-Teach Successfully!
1. Introduce each other’s roles in the classroom as equal but different. For example, the general education teacher is introduced as the content area specialist and the special education teacher is introduced as the learning strategies specialist. Other...12 Surefire Ways for Both Co-Teachers to Actively Participate in the Classroom
1. Be supportive – While one teacher has the primary responsibility for planning and teaching, the other teacher can circulate in the room and provide individual assistance to students. In this approach to co-teaching, students are able to be in the general...