The Center for Clinical Experiences supports the implementation of co-teaching in field experiences. Many Teacher Candidates have experience in co-teaching and have attended the foundational workshops sponsored by the Center for Clinical Experiences. The co-teaching strategies used in the CMU program are as follows:
One Teach, One Observe
| One teacher has primary instructional responsibility, while the other gathers specific observational information on students or the instructing teacher. |
| One Teach, One Assist | One
teacher has primary instructional responsibility while the other
assists students with their work, monitors behaviors, or corrects
assignments.
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| Station Teaching | The co-teaching pair divides
the instructional content into parts. Each teacher instructs one of the
groups, groups then rotate or spend a designated amount of time at each station.
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| Parallel Teaching | Each teacher instructs half of the students. The two teachers are addressing the same instructional material using the same teaching strategies.
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| Supplemental Teaching | One teacher works with students at their expected grade level, while the other teacher works with those students who need the information and or materials extended or remediated.
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Alternative or
Differentiated Teaching | Provides the opportunity for the teachers to teach the same instructional material using two different teaching strategies or approaches. The learning outcome is the same for all students however the avenue for getting there is different.
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Adapted from St. Cloud State University Model
