Maryland Learning Links: Co-Teaching Part 1 by Eduarda

This video emphasized that co-teaching is all about collaboration between a general educator and special educator. It also explains the benefits of co-teaching and the importance of collaborative co-teaching. Co-teaching promotes differentiated instruction, increases instructional options and flexible grouping which leads to lower student to teacher ratios. The video also highlights the core of co-teaching which is partnership between two teachers who share everything including planning, instruction and assessment. Both teachers should start to build mutual trust and respect, and open communication. They needed to decide who will plan the lessons, whose teaching strategies they have to use, and how to determine students' grades. To work well as a team, both teachers should also share their teaching styles, philosophies and teaching values. The video also emphasizes the importance of commitment, collaborative working relationships, and that both teachers should create a schedule and meet regularly to plan instructions and evaluate students' outcomes.