In the spirit of back to school, I wanted to share with you one of the best things I ever did as a teacher: Co-Teaching. Co-Teaching with one of my colleagues best friends was almost always the highlight of my day. I learned so much from her, and I truly believe that the two of us working together helped our kids make more progress than either one of us could have done alone.
Co-teaching is not something I started with in my first year of teaching...I waited until I was a few years in before taking on this project. Since our co-teaching set-up is quite complex and involves a decent amount of prep work, I am going to take the next few days to bring you through the nitty gritty of co-teaching in an autism classroom.
We will cover:
4. Topics to Co-Teach
5. Grouping in Co-Teaching
6. How to Schedule Co-Teaching
7. How to Plan for Co-Teaching
The 3 main topics we covered when co-teaching were Group Skills, Literacy, and Math.