Benefits in co-teaching

This is a great article that provides different methods for co-teaching in the classroom. As a pre-service teacher, I find this article beneficial as a means for how to manage and go about c... See More

This is a great article that provides different methods for co-teaching in the classroom. As a pre-service teacher, I find this article beneficial as a means for how to manage and go about co-teaching with more than one teacher. While the main teacher is providing instruction, the co-teacher is walking around assisting students who may need further reinforcement. The author provides strategies to use in the classroom and how each one benefits the learning environment and I find the information very useful when dividing up the work between co-teaching partners. The greatest use of co-teaching is not having to pull students out for further instruction and keeping them in the classroom to learn with their peers. Great article that I will add to my library for future consideration if I co-teach in the future.

Concise summary of key methods for success

Over the past 20 years I have co-taught with 5-6 different special needs teachers and I feel this article does a wonderful job of providing the main styles you would see in a co-taught class... See More

Over the past 20 years I have co-taught with 5-6 different special needs teachers and I feel this article does a wonderful job of providing the main styles you would see in a co-taught classroom. In a classroom where the co-teaching is seamless, you would see different styles on different days or parts of the lesson as best fit the material and student needs. And I have to point out, that there were days when either one of the other of us had a sub, and learning continued and the classes did not fall behind. If you can co-teach with a special needs teacher who is willing to learn or knows the science that is great but not necessary for a successful partnership; but the best partnerships I have had were those where I worked on science content with my partner and they helped me with differentiation in all my lessons and creative ways of working with behavior issues and we both improved along with our students. I highly recommend this article as an introduction and basic explanation of ways to provide meaningful co-taught science.