Section 8: Conclusion
• The greatest successes occur when instructors intentionally incorporate a combination of models into their lessons.
• A successful team uses a combination of the models, based on:
• personalities, philosophies, or strengths of the team teachers
• the personalities and strengths of the learners
• the subject being taught
• Teams should periodically refer back to the six models to ensure that all models are being considered in planning.

Section 8: Conclusion
Never take anything for granted; explicitly discuss everything!
• Communicate clearly with your partner teacher. Effective listening and participation on the part of both members of the team is essential.
• Establish a procedure for discussing conflicts and differences.
• Talk through each step of the lesson. Define individual roles.

Section 8: Conclusion
• Identify for yourself and each other your individual strengths and abilities and determine how these can be used within the team context.
• Take an active role together in every stage of the lesson.
• Set goals/learning outcomes for each lesson and course.
• Plan lessons according to an agreed-upon timetable.

Section 8: Conclusion
• Plan and practice transitions, timing, and pacing for lessons.
• Establish eye contact with each other to signal transitions to new activities and modifications.
• Circulate throughout the classroom or lab to increase proximity to all students. Partner teachers should circulate at a 180-degree angle to one another to increase student involvement.
• Share responsibility for giving directions, moving to the next activity, and adapting activities.
• Develop a mutually agreed upon back-up plan.

Section 8: Conclusion
• As a team, discuss:
– When and why would you use each model of team teaching? Explain your criteria for choosing one model over another.
– Reflecting on your integrated outcomes and subject, when would one model be most useful, helpful, productive, than another model?
– How would you assess the impact of one model as compared to another model on student learning and engagement?

Section 8: Conclusion
• Do you have lesson activities, ideas, resources or topics you’d like to discuss and share? Please continue to collaborate with other teachers who do what you do at:
( online forum )
• Do you have a video of you and your partner using Traditional Team Teaching in your classroom? Post it here: ( YouTube site ?)-