Co-teaching Models
This model uses one teacher leading while the other offers support around the classroom.
What is One Leads, One Supports?
This phase involves joint planning of lessons and materials.
What is Co-Planning?
One teacher leads a lesson while the other supports ELLs with scaffolding during instruction.
What is One Leads, One Supports?
Regular planning time helps build this between co-teachers.
What is trust?
“What happened? So what? Now what?” is a routine used in this phase.
What is Reflection?
In this model, both teachers actively share instruction of the same content.
What is Both Teach Same Content?
Teachers deliver content together in this phase.
What is Co-Instruction?
One group of students gets a preview of content while the rest explore an enrichment activity.
What is Pre-Teach / Enrich?
Successful teams do this to learn each other’s strengths and style.
What is co-observation or co-reflection?
This helps teachers make real-time instructional changes.
What is formative assessment?
This model uses assessment during instruction by one teacher while the other teaches.
What is One Teaches, One Assesses?
This phase focuses on using formative and summative methods to gather data.
What is Co-Assessment?
One group revisits a concept while another dives deeper into an extension.
What is Re-Teach / Extend?
A key document co-created to align language and content goals.
What is a co-teaching lesson plan?
Observing students during group work is an example of this kind of assessment.
What is informal or anecdotal assessment?
In this model, two equal-sized groups are taught the same content simultaneously.
What is Parallel Teaching?
This final stage involves reviewing what worked and what didn’t.
What is Reflection?
ELLs rotate between a vocabulary center, a writing task, and a mini-lesson with a teacher.
What is Station Teaching?
This meeting type builds strong rapport with families.
What is a joint parent-teacher conference?
This document may include rubrics, notes, and language growth data.
What is a student portfolio or assessment log?
This model involves students rotating through different stations.
What is Station Teaching?
These four phases make up the co-teaching instructional cycle.
What are Co-Planning, Co-Instruction, Co-Assessment, and Reflection?
Two teachers give the same lesson to different groups to increase participation.
What is Parallel Teaching?
This type of non-instructional task can strengthen the partnership.
What is shared professional development?
Regular reflection supports this key dynamic in co-teaching.
What is parity/equal partnership?