Learn how to create an “amazing, nearly miraculous and frankly earth-shattering partnership in one month or less.”
This independent study course offers practical ideas and strategies for any teacher to create a strong collaboration with peers. Co-teaching allows teachers to play to their strengths. This course will help you understand the best practices to become an effective teacher in a co-taught classroom.
In this course you will:
- Describe what it means to be a co-teacher and ways to become a better co-teacher
- Recall teaching moments in your own experience to connect to new ideas from the lessons
- Recognize teaching patterns that work well and others that do not
- Apply concepts from the reading to the classroom setting
- Develop exercises to incorporate teaching strategies discussed in the lessons
- Compose lesson plans that could be integrated into any classroom setting.
- Evaluate current teaching strategies and reflect on how these strategies could be changed and adapted to fit a collaboration classroom
BAGT –
I found the co-teaching course to be very valuable and insightful. It provided practical strategies for collaboration and effective ways to support diverse learners in the classroom. The real-world examples and interactive components helped me understand how to better share responsibilities and communicate with co-teachers. Colin S., OH
BAGT –
Great refresher for making a more productive and effective classroom envirornment. Nicolas M., NE
BAGT –
I felt this class gave quality and realistic information about how to develop a strong co-teaching team. Strategies were down to earth and realistic for someone in the classroom to implement. The questions for the assignments were thought provoking and really got me to reflect. Erin B., NE