How do we get started?
Co-teaching partners have:
Source: Adapted from M. Friend & L. Cook, Interactions: Collaboration Skills for School Professionals, 6th ed. (Boston: Pearson, 2010).
Source: www.schools.utah.gov/sars/Instruction/CoTeaching.aspx
- Discussed and understood the definition of co-teaching.
- Discussed and identified preferred co-teaching model.
- Discussed and shared understandings with regard to students with disabilities and expectations in relation to accommodations, and instructional needs.
- Shared, discussed, and identified shared roles and responsibilities.
- Discussed perceptions of a shared classroom.
- Shared and discussed similar beliefs and how to resolve differences if they arise.
- Shared the potential strengths and liabilities each teacher brings to co-teaching (see tools).
- Shared and discussed perceptions on the following topics:
- Classroom rules
- Grading
- Disciplinary issues
- Parent contact
- Classroom routines
- Homework
- Physical environment of classroom
- Teacher style or preference
- Pet Peeves
Source: Adapted from M. Friend & L. Cook, Interactions: Collaboration Skills for School Professionals, 6th ed. (Boston: Pearson, 2010).
Source: www.schools.utah.gov/sars/Instruction/CoTeaching.aspx
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