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Co-Teaching is beneficial for everyone! It includes various models of how teachers inhabit the physical spaces within a classroom (see chart below) as well as how they interact with students, either in face-to-face teaching or on-line formats for Distance Learning. Co-teaching is defined as “two teachers (the cooperating teacher and the teacher candidate) working together with groups of students, sharing the planning, organization, delivery and assessment of instruction as well as the physical space.” It provides a rigorous yet supportive experience for teacher candidates, allows cooperating teachers to remain actively engaged in the classroom, and enhances the quality of learning for P12 students. (Heck & Bacharach 2010). Co-Teaching also benefits all students, including those with differentiation needs such as those with IEPs, multilingual learners, and those from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
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