Long-term Coaching – The Unique, Hidden Benefits
It happened again… …and it only took until March! Reflecting on my 20 plus years of coaching co-teaching teams, I’ve recognized a pivotal trend: the trans-formative power of ongoing, long-term, collaborative coaching for co-teaching pairs. ...
Mind Mapping: An Effective Strategy for Differently Wired Brains
I started using mind mapping after reading I Can See You Naked: A Fearless Guide to Making Great Presentations by Ron Hoff (1988). My first presentation was drawn out like a colorful board game with a route to follow, arrows, and picture images of what I was going to...
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...