Co-Teaching

Co-Teaching is one approach for bringing the best of teacher talents together to benefit all students. Most commonly, a special education teacher and general education teacher will teach a class together. Special education students benefit by having exposure to highly rigorous content. General education students benefit by having more ways to learn the content. When teachers combine their expertise in content knowledge, learning strategy, and classroom management, more students achieve to higher levels of proficiency.

This area includes resources to help teachers learn how to co-teach together.

Co-Teaching Basics Training Module

Teachers and school leaders may use these training materials to introduce teachers to co-teaching basics. Each semester, teachers who are engaging in co-teaching will need to have time to establish their classroom procedures before establishing their routines with students. Use these materials to start the conversation in building the co-teaching partnership.

Co-Teaching Basics PowerPoint

Administrators may use these materials to train staff. Teachers may refer to these materials on the basics of co-teaching to build their teaching procedures.

Co-Teaching Match Profile

Start your training by writing a "personal ad" that describes what each teacher brings to the co-teaching relationship and is looking for in a teaching partner.

Co-Teaching Planning Organizer

This is an essential tool for establishing basic agreements for how the co-teachers will work together. Teachers will need one to two hours to discuss this planning tool and establish routines/procedures for their classroom.