CO-TEACHING

Alyssa King
 For this project, I decided to focus on Co-Teaching
since we discussed the possibility of bringing Co-
Teaching to my school, Samuel Bissell Elementary
School. I must interview teachers who are
currently Co-Teaching to gain knowledge of what it
looks like and how it works at their schools. I must
also survey the teachers in my building, analyze the
data, and create a "plan of action" to improve
student performance.
 PROJECT STEPS
Interview Co-Teaching teams in various districts
Gather and analyze data
Create and administer Co-Teaching survey to Bissell teachers
Collect and analyze data
Create a plan of action for Bissell
 DISTRICTS TO INTERVIEW
Mentor Public Schools
Massillon City Schools
Twinsburg City Schools
 INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
What is your role in co-teaching?
What does co-teaching look like in your building/classroom?
What model of co-teaching do you prefer? (ex. parallel, one teach, one
support, station teaching, team teaching, alternative teaching)
Did you receive any special training for co-teaching? Was it helpful?
Do you think co-teaching is effective? Why or why not?
What are the benefits to co-teaching? Challenges?
How may co-teaching be improved in your building/classroom?
How did you build rapport with your co-teacher?
 INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
What are your strengths as a co-teacher? Weaknesses?
How do you utilize both of your strengths and weaknesses?
How is your teaching style similar to your co-teacher? Different?
How do you make decisions for the classroom?
Scheduling
Expected classroom behaviors
Classroom procedures
Consequences of not following rules and procedures
Grading
Communication between home and school
Have you seen an increase in student academic performance? Motivation?
On-task behavior? How so?
 SURVEY QUESTIONS
Utilizing information gathered from the interviews, I created a survey for
the teachers in my building. The survey incorporated ten questions to help
gauge familiarity and interest in Co-Teaching.

What do you currently teach?

2nd Grade, 3rd Grade or Intervention

Have you ever taught in a Co-Teaching model?

Yes or No

If yes, please explain your role in Co-Teaching and your thoughts on its
effectiveness.
 SURVEY QUESTIONS
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
I am interested in Co-Teaching.
Strongly agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree

Please explain why you would or would not be interested in Co-Teaching.

 SURVEY QUESTIONS
What model of Co-Teaching would you be interested in?
one teach, one observe
station teaching
parallel teaching
alternative teaching
team teaching
one teach, one assist
 SURVEY QUESTIONS
What are your concerns related to Co-Teaching?
What Co-Teaching model will be expected?
space/location
noise level
scheduling
common planning time
evaluation
class size
access to resources
Other:
 SURVEY QUESTIONS
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
I believe Co-Teaching will benefit our students.
Strongly agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Please explain why you agree or disagree with the statement.
If asked to Co-Teach, what would you need to be successful?
more planning time
common planning time
Professional Development
access to resources
Other:
 This survey was sent to all the teachers in my
building including second grade, third grade, and
intervention. Of the 32 teachers, 24 responded to
the survey.
SURVEY RESULTS
 SURVEY RESULTS

62.5% of the
surveyed teachers
have never taught in
a Co-Teaching model.
 SURVEY RESULTS

16.7% of the
surveyed teachers
are not interested
in Co-Teaching.

33.3% of the
surveyed teachers
are indifferent.

50% of the
surveyed teachers
are interested in
Co-Teaching.
 SURVEY RESULTS
Teachers were able
to choose more than
one model of Co-
Teaching. Out of the
22 responses, there
were 61 votes, which
is an average of 2.77
choices per person.
Station teaching and
team teaching had
the most votes. One
teach, one observe
was not a popular
choice.
 SURVEY RESULTS

Teachers were able to

choose more than one
concern related to Co-
Teaching. Out of the 23
responses, there were 73
votes, which is an average
of 3.17 choices per person.
The biggest concerns were
scheduling and what Co-
Teaching model would be
expected.

Other answers provided: ratio of students with special needs to

teachers, classroom makeup, teacher/paraprofessionals support in
classroom, proper staffing
 SURVEY RESULTS
16.6% of the surveyed
teachers do not
believe Co-Teaching
will benefit our
students.

37.5% of the
surveyed teachers
are indifferent.

45.8% of the
surveyed teachers
believe Co-Teaching
will benefit our
students.
 Teachers were able to SURVEY RESULTS
choose more than one
thing they needed to be
successful in Co-Teaching.
Out of the 23 responses,
there were 64 votes, which
is an average of 2.78
choices per person. 91.3%
of the respondents said
they needed common
planning time to be
successful in Co-Teaching
and 73.9% of the
respondents said they
needed Professional
Development to be
successful. Other answers provided: classroom support, initial planning time at the
beginning of the year to go over teacher roles/responsibilities and
understanding of all students in the class, a co-teacher I mesh with
 PLAN OF ACTION
Follow the five steps to support a vision of successful Co-Teaching
suggested by Murawski and Bernhardt in An Administrators Guide
to Co-Teaching:
o Provide professional development on inclusion, collaboration, and
co-teaching.
o Establish scheduling strategies.
o Partner the right teachers.
o Supervise and evaluate strategically.
o Improve, increase, and institutionalize co-teaching practices.