I just watched the “Bad Co-teaching” video. I’m sure everyone has a horror story about a lesson that has gone awry. How many of those experiences involved co-teaching? Personally, I haven’t had a bad experience with REAL co-teaching, but have had a few less than stellar experiences where an extra set of hands have gone to waste. Without pre-planning and collaboration, co-teaching doesn’t work. The responsibility to plan, instruct and assess should not all fall on to one person’s shoulders if the teachers want to be effective. When one person looks after everything and the other teacher just shows up you may end up with what the text refers to as a “glorified aide”. This co-teaching guide is a great tool for pre-planning and collaborating.
Co-Teaching Collaboration Guidlines GUHSD. (n.d.). Retrieved August 22, 2013, from Grossmont Union High School District: http://www.guhsd.net/index.php/procedures-and-resources/curriculum-and-instruction/doc_view/2762-co-teaching-collaboration-guidlines-guhsd
Co-Teaching Collaboration Guidlines GUHSD. (n.d.). Retrieved August 22, 2013, from Grossmont Union High School District: http://www.guhsd.net/index.php/procedures-and-resources/curriculum-and-instruction/doc_view/2762-co-teaching-collaboration-guidlines-guhsd
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