Five Co-teaching Styles Demonstrated by David Fitelovitch

The video entitled Co-Teaching Strategies was great. It clearly displayed all five team teaching styles: team, station, alternative, parallel and one teacher with one support. I would have liked it to be a bit longer and more informative, but all in all it gave a decent demonstration. Another thing I liked about the video is that it seemed authentic and not at all staged. One can clearly see the distinction between the five teaching strategies. Even without the headings it is apparent when the teachers are working as a team with one head and two bodies. Of course the station teaching is very apparent as is the one teacher one support. Another reason why I chose this video is because it has the ideal of Marita Shingler being a general education teacher, and Cindy Alexander being a special education teacher. When they are doing the one teacher one support strategy it is clear who the special education teacher is, but at other times they weave together with the automaticity of a finely tuned machine. This is the type of team teaching that will close the gap between the special and regular education students because it is inclusive and productive with two specialized teachers working as a team.