MPS Co-Teaching Resources

Second Year or More into Co-Teaching

• Are you really co-teaching?

  • Article: “Are You Co-teaching or Just Taking Turns” 

  • Article: "Co-Teaching Isn't Taking Turns; It's Teaching Together"

  • Self-Assessment: “Are We Really Co-Teaching?”

  • Checklist: “Are We Co-Teachers?”

• Some existing partnerships may need to refer back to beginning steps for new co-teaching partnerships

  • Refer to “Gig-in-a-Box” as needed

Personalities and how they work together

• Use the following resources as needed to continue building or to review the co-teaching relationship:

  • Co-Teaching Conversation Starters

  • Model Descriptions and Activity Examples

  • Co-Teaching Reflection

  • Article: “In My Experience...We Were Complete Opposites, Until…”

• Utilize the following tools and resources to review the roles and responsibilities in the relationship as needed:

  • Team Teaching Expectations

  • Article: "Lifting the Status of Learning Support Teachers"

  • Article: "Understanding Co-Teaching Components"

  • Co-Planning for Student Success 

  • Co-Teaching Responsibilities Checklist

  • Article: "Revisiting Classroom Routines"

Continuous improvement in curriculum knowledge

• Utilize these guiding questions and resources in conversation or written reflection in co-teaching partnerships:

  • “I felt confident in this…”

  • “I was comfortable with…”

  • “I would like to improve…”

  • “I would like to try…”

  • Article: "Teaching in Tandem: A Reflection"