The scoop on co-teaching featuring NJTeacher2Teacher

Welcome back, EduMagicians. Today, with me, Darlene, and Nicole from NJTeacher2Teacher. NJ Teacher to teacher is all teacher created and teacher presented. The best in live & virtual professional development for teachers, schools & districts. We are discussing co-teaching - what it is, why we need to know about it, co-teaching methods, and more! Here we go!

Episode takeaways

• Defining co-teaching - two certified teachers working and giving 100% to all students in the class.

• Each person comes into the relationship with their strengths

• Who are co-teachers?

• How to build a professional working relationship with your co-teacher

• Share some trust and relationship-building exercises

• Write letters to each other about dreams and fears for the new year or how to approach the lines of communication

• Open lines of communication between the pair

• Share something that your colleague doesn't know about you

• Find time where you can plan together

• Review each of the six co-teaching models - one teaches, one drift, one teacher, one assist, one teacher and one observes, parallel teaching, alternative teaching, station teaching, and team teaching.

• There may be 6 methods for co teaching, but there are 600 possibilities.

Resources mentioned in this episode

• http://castpublishing.org/introduction-co-teaching-inclusion/

• https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/co-teaching-push-in/

• https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/for-educators/universal-design-for-learning/6-models-of-co-teaching

• https://coteach.com/

Connect with guests

• Connect with NJTeacher2Teacher on Instagram

• Connect with Darlene - @darlenemariefp

• Connect with Nicole - @naintoccia

• https://njteacher2teacher.com/

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