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Pros and Cons of Team Teaching
PresentersShawn Jensen
Karla Sampselle MA Instructor [email protected]
RISE / Career Launch• Combing basic education/soft skills
with a trade• Involves– Team teaching– Contextualized curriculum– Creating pathways to facilitate and
target high risk students.
Goals of RISE• Expand Wisconsin’s skilled work
force and help low income workers secure good jobs and careers by increasing the number of adults who earn postsecondary credentials in high demand occupations.
Team TeachingModels of Team Teaching• Classic• Cooperative• Integrated• Parallel• Distinctive• Monitoring teacher
The course content will primarily drive the model of teaching you will use.
Classic Team Teaching• Content instructor presents the new
information• Co-instructor assists
Welding instructor introduces new welding symbols used in Blueprint Reading. The co-instructor writes the information up on the board and monitors the students to make sure they are following along.
Classic Team TeachingPros
• Allows the content instructor to deliver and focus on instruction without interruption
Cons
• Does not make full use of both instructors
• Can establish a lower level of respect for the assisting instructor
Cooperative Teaching• Instructors teach new materials at
the same time• Instructors model the learning plan
by having a prepared or spontaneous discussion about the topic in front of the students
• Used primarily for group workBoth instructors engage in conversation about the importance of being to work on time. Each instructor contributes their own personal experiences to the discussion.
Cooperative TeachingPros
• Models a respectful working relationship between adults
• Allows both instructors to provide their prospective on the topic
• Promotes respect for both instructors
Cons
• Requires a level of comfort between instructors that cannot be faked
• Requires coordination and planning that may be time-consuming
Integrated Team Teaching• One instructor teaches the content• Co-instructor provides follow up
activities
Welding instructor teaches about welding safety. The BE/ELL instructor works with the students to create a poster to present to the class. Students are able to reinforce their welding safety instruction while improving their speaking skills at the same time.
Integrated Team TeachingPros
• Each instructor showcases their specialty
• Students improve remedial skills and practice new skills simultaneously
• Instructors try new activities they may not have tried before
Cons
• Requires coordination between instructors that may be time consuming
Parallel Instruction• The class is divided into two groups
and each instructor teaches the same content to each group of students.The class is given a scenario concerning work ethics: “Your supervisor requests that you dispose of a toxic substance after work in a landfill. He explains that the company does not have a permit to dispose of this substance.” One group focuses on what will happen if they follow the supervisor’s request and the other group on what will happen if they do not follow the request. The groups then come together to discuss the ethical responsibilities and consequences of each option.
Parallel InstructionPros
• Provides for smaller groups and more individual attention
• Allows for greater control of behavioral problems or problems between students
Cons
• Requires collaborative planning
• Requires good timing• Each instructor must
be equally strong in the lesson being taught
Distinctive Class Split• Divide the class up by levels of
learning and provide instruction as needed
• Divide class up and match stronger students up with students that need more assistance
Divide the students into strong learners and learners who need more assistance. One instructor works with the strong learners to teach more advanced skills while the other instructor reviews and reinforces concepts to students who need more assistance.
Distinctive Class SplitPros
• Provides differentiation opportunities
• Provides remediation or enrichment for students who need it
• Smaller groups provide more individual attention
Cons
• May reduce a student’s exposure to ABE/ELL curriculum
• May “label” students by continually grouping them together
• Reduces the value of inclusion by separating students based on needs.
Monitoring Teacher• Content expert teaches all course
content• ABE/ELL instructor monitors the
students’ understanding and comprehension of material and key vocabulary.
Monitoring TeacherPros
• Minimal coordination required when planning
• Allows for delivery of quality instruction without interruptions
• May conceal weaknesses if co-instructor is not as strong on the particular subject being taught
Cons• Doesn’t fully utilize each
instructor’s specialty• Can create
behavior/authority problems for the observing instructor if done regularly
• Can create animosity between instructors if teaching model used is not a mutual decision
Contextualized Curriculum• Course content is not “watered
down”• Preparation time is essential• Teaching the course more than once
helps to contextualize the curriculum
Example of Contextualized Curriculum• Human Body– Content instructor assigns paper on a
specific disease
• Writing Skills (ELL)– ELL instructor supports activity by
providing writing instruction including sentence format, grammar, and developing a 5 part essay
Example of Contextualized Curriculum• Human Body• Business Office Administration– The readability of the textbooks continually
increases, topping out at a 12th grade reading level
– Focus is placed in the initial course on reading and how to read a textbook
• Content Reading Skills (ELL)– NOVOS
ELL Reading Guide (NOVOS)Name:Chapter:
Write the new vocabulary words in the beginning of the chapter
Write the objectives (things you want to learn) in this chapter
Highlight the new vocabulary words in the chapter in yellow
Read and highlight the objectives in the chapter in pink
Pick a chart of table from the book and construct it in your own words. Be creative!Copyright 2010 Jensen
NWTC
Example of Contextualized Curriculum• Certified Nursing Assistant• ELL instruction is at the beginning of
the class *Proactive*– Go over Chapter worksheets– Students read out loud and work on
comprehension and fluency– New vocabulary cards are made– Test taking and time management skills are
introduced
Example of Contextualized Curriculum• Medical Terminology• Content instructor assigns list of terms for
pronunciation• ELL instructor works with student to
identify and practice specific vowel and consonant sounds within the terms
zygote (zi gōt ) candidiasis (kan dĭ - di ə - sis )
Challenges of RISE/Team Teaching
• Expense• Prep Time• Finding where each instructor “fits” • Contextualizing the curriculum• Rapport between co-teachers• Flexibility
Challenges of RISE/Team Teaching
• Barriers for high risk students• No GED, unable to obtain
employment• Scheduling• Administration buy in
Success of the Program• Increase in confidence levels in the
students• Increase in reading skills• Portions of the 509 HSED are completed• Life long learning skills• Graduation• Jobs• Instant referral process
MAs at the Heart Walk
Welder’s Graduation
MA/HCSR Graduation
Golden Rules of Team Teaching
• Thou shall plan everything with they neighbor.
• Thou shall attend thy neighbor’s lecture.
• Thou shall refer to they neighbor’s ideas.
• Thou shall model debate with thy neighbor.
• Thou shall have something to say even thou art not in charge.
• Thou shall apply common grading standards.
• Thou shall attend all staff meetings.
• Thou shall ask open questions.
• Thou shall let students speak.
• Thou shall be willing to be surprised.
Leavitt, Melissa C. (2006). Team teaching: benefits and challenges. Speaking of teaching, 16 (1). Retrieved from http://www.stanford.edu/dept/CTL/Newsletter/teamteaching.pdf