Co-Teaching

Co-teaching is whenever two adults are in the classroom.

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When you say "co-teach," you mean that the two teachers are together in the room all day?

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Co-teaching is a strategy used for differentiating instruction.

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Co-teaching is best when the teachers are together in front of the students, exchanging information and literally sharing the instruction of the group of students.

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Co-teaching is the vehicle through which students's specialized services are delivered. 

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Co-teaching is a service delivery option that occurs primarily in a shared classroom or workspace between two professionals who share instructional responsibility and accountability for a single group of students for whom they both have ownership. 

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Both the gen-ed teacher and the co-teacher is responsible for lesson planning and lesson execution. 

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In order to ensure a sustainable co-teaching partnership, both professionals must establish a common planning time, understand the needs of the classroom, and share classroom responsibilities.

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The following terms often dilute the true nature of co-teaching: collaboration, inclusion, and team teaching. 

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The characteristics that contribute to an effective co-teaching relationship are: collaboration, mutual trust, mutual respect, and establishment of a sense of community.

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