MPS Co-Teaching Resources

Honesty is a vital piece of the foundation in successful co-teaching partnerships, but as with any relationship, it needs to be maintained and revisited periodically. Utilize the following tools, strategies, and articles as needed in your partnership.

Fierce Conversations

• Mineral Rights- Coaching Conversation
  • Mineral Rights Template
  • Mineral Rights Form
• Confrontation Conversation
  • Confrontation Example
  • Confrontation Template
• Beach Ball Conversation
  • Informational Sheet
  • Beach Ball Conversation Form
• Decision Tree Conversation
  • The Decision Tree
  • The Decision Tree Form

Shared, honest reflective tools (could be used with any team, established or new, as needed throughout the school year)

• Post Planning For Co-teaching Survey
• Survey (General Ed Co-teaching Survey)
• Survey (Special Ed Co-teaching Survey)
• Team Reflection Rubric
• Article: “Sometimes You Need to Have a State of the Union Conversation”
• Article:“Saying What You Mean Without Being Mean”