1. Co-Teaching Models & co-planning
Communication is the key!

2. Co-Teaching is… co-teaching is not…
As you enter, complete the consensus grams!
Please complete the chart:
Jot down what co-teaching is and what it is not…
***Think back to our last session together.

3. Time to Reflect! Make time to plan with your co-teacher
Choose a planning template that works for you and “your other half”
Complete this planning session prior to the next PLC
Keep in mind:
What worked?
What didn’t work?
What would you change on your template to make your planning easier for you and your partner?
Revise lesson plans
Monitor behavior plans/IEP goals and objectives
Check on “who’s getting it” and what do WE need to do DIFFERENTLY

4. Desired Outcomes: Reflect on co-planning strategies
Reflect on strengths and challenges of co-teaching
Understand what co-teaching is and isn’t
Identify key components of the five models of co-teaching
Decide on which co-teaching model is currently being used versus which one to try out
Access to an online training site

5. Focusing on your Co-Teaching Challenges

6. You two are lucky to have each other!
Jot a quick thank you note to your co-teacher!
You two are lucky to have each other!

7. Most Common Approaches
One Teaching, One Drifting
Parallel Teaching
Station Teaching
Alternative Teaching
Team Teaching

13. Video Examples of Co-teaching
These first 5 examples are provided from Brigham Young University and can be found at

14. Using the Models
Each of the models of co-teaching can be effective in different classroom situations. Co-teachers have to determine which arrangement best suits the needs of their students in a particular situation. The models are meant to be flexible and used interchangeably. Resource(s)/Online Training Journal: (web site)

15. Advice From Co-Teachers Your Advice
• “Establish and clarify co-teaching
goals.”
• “Practice communication skills
for successful co-teacher
interactions.”
• “Understand responsibilities.”
• “Agree to reflect and
celebrate.”
• “Agree on a common
framework.”
Your Advice

16. The Most Important Thing...
"The important thing about a spoon is that you eat with it.
It’s like a little shovel,
You hold it in your hand,
You can put it in your mouth
It isn’t flat,
It’s hollow
And it spoons things up.
But the important thing about a spoon is
That you eat with it."

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