Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Practical Strategies for Coteaching

Have you been asked to coteach next year?

Do you coteach now but aren't sure whether you're doing it well?

Judging by the crowd that filled the room for the Monday session Coteaching: Practical Strategies for Facilitating Student Learning, many educators have questions about coteaching. The session presenters gave clear, practical information for getting started or getting better at coteaching, distinguishing four approaches to it:
  • supportive
  • parallel
  • complementary
  • team teaching
They also discussed and answered FAQs about these approaches, and helped participants consider various issues related to each. Best of all, the three presenters actively modeled each approach throughout the session, blending content and delivery--really "walking the talk"--to heighten participants' understanding.

What are your thoughts about coteaching? Write a comment using the comment button at the bottom of this post.
  • Two of the presenters, Richard A. Villa and Jacqueline S. Thousand, included a chapter about collaborative teaching in Creating an Inclusive School.



1 Comments:

At 12:55 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Coteaching is an outstanding model when put into place with proper planning and professional development for staff. Common planning time among coteachers is essential to the model. The marriage of the two teachers within the classroom setting needs time to grow.

 

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