Which Model is Used
Two teachers are leading a kindergarten lesson about patterns. One teacher demonstrates a pattern with colored blocks. The other teacher immediately builds onto the demonstration, asks students questions, and models another pattern. They move naturally back and forth between teaching roles throughout the lesson.
Teaming or Team Teaching
As you teach a phonics lesson, you would like to document which students are using the decoding strategy independently.
Teach - Observe
For a social studies lesson, students rotate through three activities. At the first station, students analyze primary sources with one teacher. At the second station, students work with the other teacher to discuss historical perspectives. At the third station, students complete a technology-based activity independently.
Station Teaching
Students are learning about the causes of the American Revolution. You want students to experience several different types of learning including independent work.
Station Teaching
A fourth-grade teacher is introducing long division to the class. Ms. Brown leads the lesson at the board while Mr. Smith circulates around the room, helping students who are confused and providing additional prompts.
Teach - Assist
You have a class of 24 students. During whole-group instruction, only a few students are actively engaged. The entire group is ready for the same content-no remediation is needed at this time.
Parallel Teaching
Two teachers are working with a class of 24 students on persuasive writing. They divide the students into two groups of 12. Both teachers teach the same lesson at the same time, using the same learning objective and similar activities.
Parallel Teaching
Most students are ready to begin a grade-level reading assignment. However, five students are still struggling with a skill that is necessary to complete the assignment successfully.
Alternative Teaching
During a reading lesson, most of the class is working on identifying the main idea in grade-level texts. One teacher takes a small group of five students to another area of the classroom to provide additional instruction using a shorter, more accessible text.
Alternative Teaching
You and your co-teacher have planned a lesson on fractions. You want to introduce the lesson and provide examples, while your co-teacher demonstrates hands-on strategies and modeling. Together you will question the students on the learned content.
Teaming or Team Teaching