Co-Teaching Spotlight: Team Teaching
This year, many of the amazing teachers at my school have asked me how to best co-teach. The models are unfamiliar to many new co-teachers and they want to know how to most successfully use the two professionals that now share a room. I have a complicated relationship with the co-teaching models. I feel that oftentimes the models are misunderstood. Let's break it down, eh? Myth: Team Teaching is the best co-teaching model. Truth: No one co-teaching model is better than the other. The goal of co-teaching is to provide access to the general education curriculum and appropriately challenge all students. The trick is to vary the model used and not get stuck with just one. The type of model used depends on many things including lesson type, classroom dynamics, space, and teacher preference. Myth: Co-teaching is only beneficial for students with disabilities. Truth: Co-teaching is beneficial for all. Research shows that students with and without disabilities benefi...