Co-teaching

Co-teaching or team teaching is the division of labor between educators to plan, organize, instruct and make assessments on the same group of students, generally in the a common classroom,[1] and often with a strong focus on those teaching as a team complementing one another's particular skills or other strengths.[2] This approach can be seen in several ways. Teacher candidates who are learning to become teachers are asked to co-teach with experienced associate teachers, whereby the classroom responsibilities are shared, and the teacher candidate can learn from the associate teacher.[3] Regular classroom teachers and special education teachers can be paired in co-teaching relationships to benefit inclusion of students with special needs.[4]

To evaluate the effectiveness of co-teaching, partnerships can use the Magiera-Simmons Quality Indicator Model of Co-Teaching, which gives standard definitions for co-teaching skills through 25 quality indicators and a rating scale.[5] Co-teaching is often evaluated on the amount of shared leadership is present, the amount of co-planning time, honest communication between the two educators, and how much respect and trust is present in the relationship.[6]

  1. ^ Hartnett, Joanie; Weed, s strengths; McCoy, Ann; Theiss, Deb; Nickens, Nicole (2013). "Co-Teaching: A New Partnership During Student Teaching" (PDF). SRATE Journal. 23 (1): 1–12.
  2. ^ Mofield, Emily L. (20 December 2019). "Benefits and Barriers to Collaboration and Co-Teaching: Examining Perspectives of Gifted Education Teachers and General Education Teachers". Gifted Child Today. 43 (1): 20–33. doi:10.1177/1076217519880588. S2CID 213104917.
  3. ^ Cherian, Finney (1 January 2007). "Learning to Teach: Teacher Candidates Reflect on the Relational, Conceptual, and Contextual Influences of Responsive Mentorship". Canadian Journal of Education. 30 (1): 25–46. doi:10.2307/20466624. JSTOR 20466624.
  4. ^ Friend, M.; Cook, L.; Hurley-Chamberlain, D.; Shamberger, C. (February 2010). "Co-teaching: An illustration of the complexity of collaboration in special education". Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation. 20 (1): 9–27. doi:10.1080/10474410903535380. ISSN 1047-4412. S2CID 143670464.
  5. ^ Simmons, R. J.; Magiera, K. (2007). "Evaluation of Co-Teaching in Three High Schools within One School District: How Do You Know when You Are TRULY Co-Teaching?". TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus. 3 (3): 1–12.
  6. ^ Mofield, Emily L. (20 December 2019). "Benefits and Barriers to Collaboration and Co-Teaching: Examining Perspectives of Gifted Education Teachers and General Education Teachers". Gifted Child Today. 43 (1): 20–33. doi:10.1177/1076217519880588. S2CID 213104917.