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...
Teaching Strategy – A Dual Approach to Test-taking That Empowers Students
Can a student benefit by having a text read aloud to them rather than reading along silently? Can he or she do better on a test that’s given orally rather than silently writing the answers? How about letting the student decide? That’s right, giving students a choice...
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...