Today, I am honored to interview Anne Beninghof Twitter. Anne is an expert at coteaching and consults with districts about it.
In this episode, we talk about the following:

What is coteaching?
How little things become problematic
Paraprofessionals in the classroom
Resources on her web site
How to introduce teachers to the idea of coteaching
Choosing partners
Youtube Channel
Needs for teachers working together: Flexible personalities, common planning time, common philosophies about teaching and behavior management.
Expectation about actually using planning time.
Try to avoid a divorce in the coteaching relationship
Co teachers Need a coach.
Specific structures and procedures help coteaching partnership
Tap into teachers’ unique skill sets
One-minute formative assessments
65% of class time spent in something other than whole group
Last couple minutes specialist takes lead
Parallel grouping
Professional learning & communication is a constant
9 models of coteaching.
Duet model
Parallel model
Lead and support model
Other 7 models are ingredients
Don’t let students play one teacher against another
Ratios: no more than 30% of students on IEPs
Plan approach for talking to parents about coteaching model.

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