Section 1: Introduction to Models of Team Teaching

Section 1: Introduction What is Team Teaching? Two or more teachers working together to plan, conduct, and evaluate the integrated outcomes, curriculum, learning activities, and assessments for the same group of learners. Two or more instructors teaching the same students at the same time within the same classroom and sharing equal levels of responsibility. The definitions of Team Teaching that we’ll be exploring in the following sections are: A group of two or more teachers working together to plan, conduct, and evaluate learning for the same group of learners. A working definition could be “Two or more instructors teaching the same students at the same time within the same classroom.”

Activity: Discuss Talk about your experiences with Team Teaching. Section 1: Introduction Activity: Discuss Talk about your experiences with Team Teaching. As a student As a teacher As an observer As an administrator Before moving ahead, take time as a team to discuss as honestly and openly as possible. Teaching teams are brought together in many different ways---some by choice and some by assignment. So, before continuing, explore your impressions and experiences with Team Teaching by referring to your own personal impressions as a student, a teacher, an observer and/or an administrator.

Six Models of Team Teaching Section 1: Introduction Six Models of Team Teaching Traditional Team Teaching Collaborative Teaching Complementary/Supportive Team Teaching Parallel Instruction Differentiated Split Class Monitoring Teacher Team teaching is NOT: I teach, you watch; then, you teach, I watch One teacher is ‘the boss’ and the other is ‘the helper’ So what is it? And how can instructors be supported in defining it for themselves? Goetz identifies six models of team teaching: Traditional Team Teaching Collaborative Teaching Complementary/Supportive Team Teaching Parallel Instruction Differentiated Split Class Monitoring Teacher We will look at these six models during this training. If you haven’t already done so, please read: Goetz, Karin. “Perspectives on Team Teaching: A Semester I Independent Inquiry for Dr. Michele Jacobsen.” 1 Aug. 2000. University of Calgary. 11 Nov. http://www.ucalgary.ca/~egallery/goetz.html © 2000 Karin Goetz and Egallery. Benoit, Rebecca and Haugh, Bridget. “Team Teaching Tips for Foreign Language Teachers.” The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. VII, No. 10, October 2001 http://iteslj.org/

Match the model to its definition Section 1: Introduction Match the model to its definition Each teacher teaches a group based on their learning needs. One teacher teaches the content; the other provides follow-up activities. Teachers exchange and discuss ideas and theories in front of the learners. One teacher instructs while the other monitors student understanding. Teachers actively share instruction to all students. Teachers teach the same material to different groups. Traditional Team Teaching Collaborative Teaching Complementary/Supportive Team Teaching Parallel Instruction Differentiated Split Class Monitoring Teacher As a group or team, please match the model of Team Teaching to its definition, based on what you currently know and have observed.

Now check: Section 1: Introduction Traditional Team Teaching: Teachers actively share instruction to all students. Collaborative Teaching: Teachers exchange and discuss ideas and theories in front of the learners. Complementary/Supportive Team Teaching: One teacher teaches the content; the other provides follow-up activities. Parallel Instruction: Teachers teach the same material to different groups. Differentiated Split Class: Each teacher teaches a group based on their learning needs. Monitoring Teacher: One teacher instructs while the other monitors student understanding. Now check your answers. Don’t be concerned if your answers don’t match – you’ll be working on each of these different models of Team Teaching in the sections to come.

Section 1: Introduction Activity: Discuss What are your feelings about Team Teaching? Have your experiences been positive, negative, or mixed? Continue your discussion. Some team teaching experiences are excellent; others are not so positive. Talk about how you feel about team teaching, based on your personal experiences.

Section 1: Introduction Activity: Discuss Identify your personal strengths and weaknesses as an instructor. Where will you and your team teaching partner need to spend your time? With your team teaching partner, talk about your strengths and weaknesses as an instructor. Do you excel at planning? Do you need work on communicating with others? Start evaluating the strengths your team possesses and where you predict you will need to spend more time building expertise.

Next Steps Read two articles: Section 1: Introduction Next Steps Read two articles: Karin Goetz, “Perspectives on Team Teaching: A Semester I Independent Inquiry for Dr. Michele Jacobsen.” http://www.ucalgary.ca/~egallery/goetz.html Rebecca Benoit and Bridget Haugh, “Team Teaching Tips for Foreign Language Teachers.” http://iteslj.org/ Please move to Section 2 – Traditional Team Teaching. If you haven’t already done so, please read Karin Goetz’s article, “Perspectives on Team Teaching” from the University of Calgary and eGallery and Rebecca Benoit and Bridget Haugh’s article, “Team Teaching Tips for Foreign Language Teachers” from The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. VII.