Benefits of Co-Teaching for English Language Learners
Benefits
Reasons
Time Efficient
Students are not moving from place to place.
One
Curriculum
ELLs access the same curriculum as their peers.
Promotes
Cultural
Learning
Clarifies
Language
Models
Respect
Develops
Academic
Vocabulary
Teaches
Language
and
Curriculum
Promotes
Language
Interaction
Students and teachers have more opportunities to address cultural learning.
Promotes
Teacher
Contribution
Co-teaching provides opportunities for the ESL teacher to contribute ideas for
differentiation that will help ELLs.
Enhances
Monitoring
Co-teachers can together monitor student’s social interactions and behavior,
quickly and possibly more effectively.
Supports CCSS
Students’ linguistic needs are addressed immediately.
Teachers and students learn more quickly to respect and value each other.
Co-teaching enables to identify academic vocabulary needs and pre-teach
critical vocabulary in a timely manner.
Students learn both language and curriculum surrounded by peers.
ELLs have more opportunities to practice their English skills.
Co-teaching
 focuses on instruction in the context of the general education
classroom.
 emphasizes collaboration.
 develops language proficiency for the academic disciplines.
 provides strategies that facilitate learning and build confidence.