co-teachers

Shared classroom instructors

Co-teachers are two or more teachers who share responsibility for instructing the same group of students.

The arrangement appears most often in inclusive classrooms, where a general education teacher and a special education teacher work together: The co-teachers split the class into small groups.

Co-teaching requires coordination on planning, instruction, and assessment.

inclusion

special education

Adapted instruction for disabilities

mainstreaming · learning disabilities · support services · paraprofessional · inclusive classroom · modifications · intervention · accessibility · general education · specialist

collaboration

partnership

Shared business arrangement

peer support · collegial · division of labor · mutual support · shared goals

professional

colleagues

Professional associates

department · mentorship · certification · training · professional development · in-service · workshop · pedagogy · feedback · evaluation

roles

rotation

Turning on an axis

equal partners · classroom management · division · tag-team · generalist · shared leadership

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Opposites
role relationship

co-teachersstudents

Those receiving instruction

pupils · learners · trainees · teaching assistants · aides

collaboration vs. solo work

co-teacherssolo practitioner

Lawyer working alone

Family

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