Co-teaching Implementation #1 – Two Teach and Debate
Two Teach and Debate – The HOW of Co-teaching This co-teaching implementation is a powerful way to co-teach, and a surprisingly simple and flexible co-teaching model. It could take two minutes, or ten, or even half a class period, if you choose. This...
Hybrid Co-teaching Strategies – Both Facilitate Participation and Collect Data
Both Facilitate Participation and Collect Data – The HOW of Co-teaching Don’t make co-teaching harder than it needs to be. This co-teaching implementation takes interactive student activities up a level and offers ways to collect the student data you need to...
Co-teaching Strategies – One Teach, One Summarize
One Teach, One Summarize – The HOW of Co-teaching This co-teaching implementation maximizes the talent of both adults in the room, even if one does not know the curriculum verbatim. With this teaching strategy, you are modeling the skill of summarizing and...
20 Things to Never Say to Your Co-teacher
I was co-teaching biology and working with a teacher who could say the meanest things with a smile on his face. One day, I was teaching the parts of the heart. When I finished explaining the difference between the inferior vena cava and the superior vena cava, he told...