Team Teaching Section 2: Traditional Team Teaching

Traditional Team Teaching Definition Two or more teachers actively share the instruction of the content and skills in the same classroom at the same time with the same group of students. Section 2: Traditional Team Teaching

Traditional Team Teaching Example An anatomy class is preparing to dissect frogs. One teacher demonstrates proper dissection technique while modeling a dissection with an overhead camera. The other teacher lectures and fields questions from students about the dissection technique. Section 2: Traditional Team Teaching

Activity With your teaching partner, brainstorm instructional activities specifically linked to the subject or program you plan to teach where you could use Traditional Team Teaching. Discuss times and situations where you have used the Traditional Team Teaching model in the classroom. Section 2: Traditional Team Teaching

Activity Look at the focus questions. (link) Then watch the video (Link to video) and note the characteristics of the Traditional Team Teaching model. What did you see that indicated this was an example of the Traditional Team Teaching model? Answer the focus questions together. Section 2: Traditional Team Teaching

Activity As a team, create a brief lesson activity using the Traditional Team Teaching model that you could use in your program. Discuss how to assess the impact of the Traditional Team Teaching model on students. Section 2: Traditional Team Teaching

Activity What preparation will you and your partner teacher need to do to implement the Traditional Team Teaching model in your sample lesson? Section 2: Traditional Team Teaching

Activity – review and reflect Discuss the advantages, opportunities, and challenges of using the Traditional Team Teaching model in I-BEST. Reflecting on your integrated outcomes and subject, when would this model be most useful, helpful, productive? Section 2: Traditional Team Teaching

Follow-up activities To discuss with others who are taking this course, to share your lesson activities, or to collaborate with teachers who do what you do, go to: (online forum) Do you have a video of you and your partner using Traditional Team Teaching in your classroom? Post it here: (YouTube site?) Section 2: Traditional Team Teaching

Next Steps Please move to Section 3 – Collaborative Teaching. Section 2: Traditional Team Teaching