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Co-Teaching as Best Practice inStudent Teaching

TeamTeaching Strategy

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One Teach, One Assist

How can teachers blend their teaching styles and expertise?

LOOK FOR: Evidence of this phrase- “one brain in two bodies”

Team Teaching

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Team Teaching

Well planned, team taught lessons, exhibit an invisible of flow of instruction with no prescribed division of authority.

Both teachers are actively involved in the lesson. From a student’s perspective,

there is no clearly defined leader, as both teachers share the instruction, are free to

interject information, and available to assist students and answer questions.

Team Teaching

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Team Teaching

• JSU Faculty: Mrs. Bavonese and Mrs. Clonts demonstrate how co-teachers share the responsibility of teaching in a college classroom. Watch Video.

• Elementary: Ms. Nelms and Ms. Boch seamlessly become the lead teacher and the assisting teacher throughout the lesson. Watch Video.

• Secondary: Ms. Cooper and Mr. Green teach a science lesson together by seamlessly conveying information and examples to the students. Watch Video.

• All: A team of two pre-service teachers (Watch Video) and a JSU faculty and pre-service teacher team (Watch Video) both give additional examples of team teaching.

Team Teaching