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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Co-teaching as catalyst for learning

By Jody Guarino and Gabriel del Real
Categories: Collaboration, Implementation, Learning designs, Teacher leadership
February 2020
Vol 41, No. 1
Administrators are charged with decisions about making continuous improvements in teaching and learning. But as they focus on moving an entire district or school toward a goal, administrators often find themselves spectators to the process of changing classroom teaching practices rather than as active participants. Co-teaching with classroom teachers is a promising way for administrators to stay connected and take the perspective of teachers. It is also a mechanism to identify, generalize, and amplify high-leverage teaching practices across the school. The co-teaching experience we refer to is collaboration in the classroom, not supervision or evaluation. It includes a site administrator and classroom teacher co-planning, co-teaching, and co-reflecting on a single lesson. That lesson serves as the catalyst for ongoing learning and sharing of best practices.

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Jody Guarino and Gabriel del Real

Jody Guarino (jguarino@ocde.us) is mathematics coordinator at Orange County Department of Education, and Gabriel Del Real (gdelreal@nmusd.us) is coordinator, K-12 curriculum and instruction at Newport-Mesa Unified School District in California.

 

References

Cobb, P., Jackson, K., Henrick, E., & Smith, T.M. (2018). Systems for instructional improvement: Creating coherence from the classroom to the district office. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

 

Gresalfi, M.S. & Cobb, P. (2011). Negotiating identities for mathematics teaching in the context of professional development. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 42(3), 270-304.

Jamil, F.M., Larsen, R.A., & Hamre, B.K. (2018). Exploring longitudinal changes in teacher expectancy effects on children’s mathematics achievement. Journal of Research in Mathematics Education, 49(1), 57-91. Reston, VA: NCTM.

 

Smith, M.S. & Stein, M.K. (2011). 5 practices for orchestrating productive math discussions. Reston, VA: NCTM.


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