WWelcome Toelcome To

Team Team Teaching!Teaching!

Question 1:• What was

your best team teaching experience?

• What made this experience work?

Best ExperienceBest Experience

• Both teachers are knowledgeable• Both teach• Good communication between the teachers• Both teachers are open to suggestions• One teaches / One supports

(and vice versa)

Question 2:

• What was your worse team teaching experience and why?

Worst ExperienceWorst Experience• Co-teacher sits and does

nothing

• Co-teacher discusses weekend plans with students

• One teacher teaches/ one teacher grades

• “Your students / My students” mentality

• One Man / Woman Show

• Teacher is demeaning to co-teacher and students. (Bullying!)

Question 3:

• What are some ideas that you think teams should discuss before they begin their team teaching experience?

Teaching StyleTeaching Style

ExpectationsExpectations

RolesRoles ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities Class RulesClass Rules

Questions 4 & 5:• What do you think

the co-teacher should be doing if you are the content teacher?

• What do you think the co-teacher should be doing if you are the special education teacher?

What the Co-Teacher does.What the Co-Teacher does.• Circulate throughout the class

room• Teach lessons• Giving individual help to all

students• Participate in lessons• Advice on modifications and

accommodations in lesson plans

• Provide relevance and rigor

Question 6:

• What are your class rules?

• Not a “Gotcha” tool

Class RulesClass Rules

• BCIT District Rules

• Respect • Be on time • Dress code

• No Profanity• Do your work • Accountability

• Raise hand (participate)

Question 7:

• When do you think is the best time to communicate with you team teacher?

Prep Time!Prep Time!

• Before school

• Common prep?

• After school

• Lunch

Question 8:

• Recall an experience that you found awful and would like NOT to repeat this experience in a co-teacher situation.

One teacher One teacher goes goes

behind behind other’s backother’s back

““TheyThey” get ” get paycheck, paycheck, ““youyou” do ” do

everythingeverything

Disrespectful Disrespectful

to co-teacher to co-teacher

in front of in front of studentsstudents

One One

teacher acts teacher acts as if the other as if the other teacher is an teacher is an

aideaide

““Your Your Students” Students”

Vs.Vs.

““MyMy

Students”Students”

Disrespectful Disrespectful

to student in front to student in front of other teacher of other teacher

and peersand peers

Question 9:

• Give us some Give us some ideas that you ideas that you think would be think would be important to important to discuss at discuss at these these meetingsmeetings..

• The Special Education (SE) teachers are The Special Education (SE) teachers are required to have an active role in classrequired to have an active role in class

• Try to give the SE teacher more advance notice of plans, tests, pop quizzes, etc.

• Don’t allow SE teachers to bounce all over Don’t allow SE teachers to bounce all over the curriculum from semester to semesterthe curriculum from semester to semester

• Pair teachers by ability – knowledge of content area. Work to their strengths

• MaintainMaintain teams that work well together for a teams that work well together for a few yearsfew years

• CO-TEACHING means both teachers teach

Question 10:Please answer honestly and then circle

your answer:

I hate these meetings.

Nothing ever changes.

I could benefit from the sharing of others to help me work better with others and make it a great teaching environment.

Ho-hum, please release me!

• Nothing ever changes.

• I could benefit from the sharing of others to help me work better with others and make it a great teaching environment.

Top Two AnswersTop Two Answers

Thank Thank You!You!

Michela BovaMichela Bova

Lou RossiniLou Rossini