coteaching

Two educators, together

Coteaching is two or more teachers sharing responsibility for instruction in the same classroom.

The arrangement pairs educators with complementary expertise—often a general education teacher with a special education specialist—to better serve diverse learners: The coteaching model helped students who needed extra support.

Also spelled co-teaching.

pedagogy

instruction

Guidance for action

curriculumEducational program's content plan
differentiationRecognizing meaningful differences
inclusionBeing made part

learning · scaffolding · accommodation · intervention · student-centered · multidisciplinary · interdisciplinary · didactics

partnership

collaboration

Joint intellectual work

cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
pairingJoining two together
coordinatedArranged to work together

complementary · cooperative · interdependent · reciprocal · unified · supportive · harmonious · interactive · integrative · symbiotic

mentorship

guidance

Advice for decisions

coachingGuiding others to improve
modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
apprenticeshipLearning trade through employment

protégé · nurturing · support · development · shadowing · feedback · observation · expertise · experience · wisdom

Opposites

collaboration

coteachingworking in isolation

collaborative structure

coteachingindependent practice

Solo application of learned skills

Family

teach, teacher, teaching, cohabit, coauthor, coteacher, peer teaching, co-teaching, team teaching

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