Co-Teaching As Best Practice in Student Teaching: College of Education and Professional Studies
Co-Teaching As Best Practice in Student Teaching: College of Education and Professional Studies
Co-Teaching As Best Practice in Student Teaching: College of Education and Professional Studies
Student Teaching
College of
Education and
Professional
Studies
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Co-Teaching
…is defined as two teachers
(cooperating teacher and teacher candidate)
working together with groups of
students-sharing the planning,
organization, delivery and assessment of
instruction, as well as the physical space.
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Co-Teaching is an Attitude
An attitude of sharing the classroom and
students
Co-Teachers must always be thinking…
WE’RE
BOTH
TEACHING
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Why Co-Teach?
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At the Heart of Co-Teaching
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Key Elements
• Co-teaching Workshop for CT & US
• One teacher candidate per classroom
• Co-teaching integrated into teacher
preparation curriculum
• Clearly defined expectations, including solo
teaching time
• Support for CT’s and Teacher Candidates
• Designated planning time for co-teaching
each week
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Stages of Concern for
Teacher Candidates
Pre-teaching
Survival
Teaching Situation
Pupils
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Co-Teaching Strategies
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Co-Teaching is not simply dividing the
tasks and responsibilities between two
people.
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One Teach, One Assist
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Parallel Teaching
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Station Teaching
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Supplemental Teaching
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Alttiernative orDifferentiated
Alternative or Differentiated
Teaching
Teaching
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Team Teaching
• Team Teaching
• Alternative or Differentiated Teaching
• Supplemental/Extended Teaching
• Parallel Teaching
• Station Teaching Co-teaching
strategies do not
• One Teach, One Assist follow a specific
hierarchy
• One Teach, One Observe
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Sharing Responsibility
Plan
Cooperating
Teacher &
Teach Assess
Teacher
Candidate
Lead
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Sharing Planning
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7-12 Survey Drawbacks of Co-Teaching
Grading Issues 13
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
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Benefits to K-12 Students
Focus Groups (N= 546)
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Benefits to Teacher Candidates
End of Experience Survey (N= 157)
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Benefits to Teacher Candidates
Focus Groups (N= 136)
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