Co-teaching Models: The Importance of Co-Teaching for Larger Class Sizes
Employing Co-teaching Models to Support Large Classes Dear Susan: I’m a special education teacher in Illinois, and I’m reaching out to you to ask a few questions. I have been co-teaching kindergarten for four years. Our co-teaching model has been to blend the special...
Co-teaching Models – Skills and Rigor: Kicking Co-Teaching Up A Notch
Exploring the Teach Half, Then Switch Co-teaching Model I walked into an eighth-grade language arts classroom in Kinston, North Carolina, to find two co-teachers and 28 students absolutely focused on the lesson. The desks and chairs had been arranged into two...
Co-Teaching Models: One Teach and One Interpret
Want to take your co-teaching up another level? Try using the “one teach and one interpret” co-teaching model. We’re familiar with the “one teach, one observe” method used in many co-teaching situations. And recently I suggested that co-teachers build on this with...
Co-teaching models: Changing it up
In co-teaching, the “one teach, one support” co-teaching model is pretty familiar. Yet, the same teacher tends to take on one of those roles permanently, while the other teacher takes the other role. Often, the subject matter expert or general education teacher...