Co-teaching

One teacher leads the instruction while the other teacher monitors student work, addresses behavior issues, answers students’ questions, and facilitates instruction by distributing papers or other materials.

• One teach, one assist

• parallel teaching

• Station teaching

• team teaching

• Think-Pair-Share

One teacher manages the instruction of the entire class while the other teacher systematically gathers specific data.

Data collection may focus on one student, a small group of students, or the entire class.

• one teach, one observe

• parallel teaching

• station teaching

• team teaching

Teachers divide students into two groups and usually teach the same content the same way.

Alternatives include teaching the same content in a different way or teaching different content.

Students receive instruction from one of the two teachers.  The students do not rotate.

• one teach, one support

• parallel teaching

• station teaching

• team teaching

Both teachers are in the front of the classroom leading instruction.  The teachers may have different but equally active roles.

Both teachers are fully engaged in the delivery of the content.

• one teach, one support

• parallel teaching

• station teaching

• team teaching

Students are being assessed on academic vocabulary considered to be a prerequisite for entry into high school.  Across a three-day period, students move into small groups for assessment.  The teacher uses the data to determine which students will need extensive assistance related to academic vocabulary, and which students will need enrichment opportunities.

• Alternative Teaching

• Station Teaching

• Team Teaching

• Reactionary Teaching

In an elementary classroom, the students are reviewing subtraction.  One teacher writes a problem on the board, and the students all solve it using individual whiteboards and markers.  At the other teacher’s signal, the students hold up their whiteboards.  The assisting teacher scans to be sure the students have solved the problem correctly.

• Alternative Teaching

• One Teach, One Assist

• Parallel Teaching

• Team Teaching

In an elementary classroom, the teachers would like to know which students attempt to answer questions during large group instruction.  Using a seating chart, one teacher tallies which students raise their hands as questions are asked.

• alternative teaching

• one teach, one observe

• station teaching

• team teaching

The teacher divides the class in half so that as the students read several short passages, each student has twice as many opportunities to participate in the discussion of identifying these key components.

• Alternative Teaching

• One teach, one drift

• Parallel Teaching

• Team Teaching

In a middle school English class, teachers have designed instruction based on the Common Core State Standards.  In one group, students are led by a teacher to work on close reading.  A second group is working with the other teacher on the academic vocabulary related to this unit of instruction.  In the third group, students are addressing stamina, and have been assigned an extended reading assignment that they are completing independently.

• Alternative Teaching

• One Teach, One Assist

• Station Teaching

• Team Teaching

In a high school science class, the teachers are debating whether global warming is something created by people or a natural phenomenon.  Each teacher makes several points to the entire class.  The students are then asked to conduct further research of each point-of-view, and later will continue the debate themselves.

• Alternative Teaching

• Evidence-Based Practice Teaching

• Parallel Teaching

• Team Teaching