Co-Teaching as Best Practice in
Student Teaching
Team
Teaching
Strategy
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One Team
Teach,
One Assist
Teaching
How can teachers blend their
teaching styles and expertise?
LOOK FOR: Evidence of this phrase- “one
brain in two bodies”
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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.
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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.
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