Carvey

Therese Carvey
=**Models of Co-Teaching**= One Teaching-Observing One Teaching-One Assisting Station Teaching
 * Planning is done by one partner
 * Data can be collected by other person in classroom
 * Specialist can learn the curriculum
 * Don't use too long because one person can become an "assistant" rather than equal teaching partner
 * One teacher is primary instructor; other teacher supports
 * Plan collaboratively, primary instructor's instructional role is greater; other partner provides more interventions and student support
 * Partner should circulate around the room- this could become a distraction and students could come to rely on this person too much
 * Should use no more than 20% of the time
 * 3 stations- two stations have a teacher delivering instruction and one group works independently (teach the students explicitly what is expected during station time and post station time expectations on the wall)
 * each person has responsibility for teaching/developing lesson
 * lower teacher:student ratio
 * students divided into heterogeneous groups that rotate from station each day
 * Use 30-40% of time, make sure stations are scaffolded/related but not interdependent
 * Monitor noise level and movement

Parallel Teaching
 * Class is split in half for teachers to teach
 * Teachers plan together
 * Teach the same material to two different heterogeneous groups
 * Allows for more creativity
 * Teachers must be comfortable in teaching the content
 * This SHOULD NOT be used for INITIAL instruction

Alternate Teaching
 * One teacher manages larger group, one teaches small group (preteach, supplement, enrich)
 * Small groups should change based on learning needs
 * Planning should happen together to effectively use time for preteaching, teaching and or enrichment
 * Partners should have similar content knowledge
 * Can allow for more classroom mangement by providing more individualized instruction
 * Use this model 20-30% of the time to provide RTI strategy implementation (be careful of grouping the same students all the time)

Team Teaching
 * Both teachers provide instruction at the same time
 * Requires the greatest amount of shared responsibility
 * Teachers share planning/instruction
 * May try more innovative techniques
 * Equal knowledge of class content, a shared philosophy, a commitment to all students in the class
 * Requires greatest amount of trust and positive relationship
 * This model takes time (may take 2-3years of working together); content partners learn new strategies and specialist learns content