What Do I Do When My Co-teacher is Completely Different Than Me?
Sometimes it’s hard to know how best to work together in support of students when you and your co-teacher seem to be so different. There are almost always things that you can do, or ways to make the co-teaching relationship work, even when you and your partner...
Co-teaching Model: Team Teaching
#24 Team Teaching If there is one co-teaching term that instigates misinformation, conflict, and the demise of co-teaching efforts, it is Team Teaching. Expectations and misinformation about the Team Teaching co-teaching model significantly impact the success of many...
Co-teaching Model: Two Run Acceleration Centers
#23 Two Run Acceleration Centers This co-teaching model utilizes Fitzell Acceleration Centers™, a merging of several “station” teaching methods. If you have ever created a learning center, implemented an Accelerated Reading program, or if you are familiar with Science...
Co-teaching Model: Three Same-Ability Stations—Re-Teach, Reinforce, Enrich
#22 – Three Same-Ability Stations—Re-Teach, Reinforce, Enrich Same-ability groups have earned a negative reputation because, too often, they are overused, sentencing students to a school career imprisoned in an academic caste system. Yet there are times when...