I couldn't agree more, Ashley! :) I began co-teaching in April, and Rule #6 is a MUST! Imagine co-teaching when you live hours away across the state! haha!
It does have it's benefits: we don't have to share the same space; no dry-erase markers; no interrupting when I'm "teaching." :) But, we have a combined total of 350 students, and we had to find the best ways to serve them. We're still working out the kinks. The best thing is that we were able to take the best practices from each of us and combine and tweak them to better serve our students. It's always neat to see how other teachers do the same thing. Though, I have to say....I HATED it when another teacher was in my traditional classroom. I'm much more relaxed with other teachers in my virtual classroom. :)
Thank you for sharing!
Amanda
From Ashley:
While reading this week Rule #6 stood out to me with blinking lights and whistles sounding, don’t take yourself so seriously! This year was my first year in a co-teach setting and working with another person all day everyday is not an easy task. The story of the business partners really made me think. We both want the same thing; we just reach that goal in different ways. My co teacher and I do really like each other, and have a lot in common. The fact is we both want to be right and we both want the best for our students. Over the past year we have figured this out, although it has not always been easy. Team work almost ALWAYS requires Rule #6!!
No comments:
Post a Comment