If two separate people were teaching together they would not get the same paycheck. It's the same thing here, they do not share a mind. They probably even teach different subjects, take turns. Teaching involves lectures, they are not speaking in unison
Because that’s not how co-teaching works. I have been a full-time co-teacher and been to multiple trainings on the subject.
One teach/One assist: Teacher A leads whole class instruction while Teacher B circulates the room to quietly assist students? Nope.
Alternative teaching: Teacher A runs a small group for remediation while Teacher B works with the rest of the students who are ready for new material? Nope.
Parallel Teaching: Teachers A and B split the class in half and deliver the same information to allow for more individual help with smaller groups? Nope.
Station Teaching: Students rotate between different stations monitored by different teachers? Nope.
One teach/One observe: Teacher A delivers instruction while Teacher B collects behavior data? Maybe, but this one works better when Teacher B is out of students’ line of sight.
Team Teaching: Teachers A and B deliver instruction in tandem? Yeah, this one works.
Of the six models of co-teaching that I’m familiar with, they could effectively do one and a half, and that’s the one the least requires a co-teacher to deliver information. They are absolutely both working, but if a class truly needs to be co-taught, then they would not be able to adequately fill both roles.
Probably because it’s extremely uncommon. It happens, but it certainly isn’t the norm. No district I’ve worked in allows it. And when it does, it’s something that is planned for ahead and budgeted ahead, not something that’s done on the fly.
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u/JF-San 1d ago
Maybe the reasoning was this...?
They have two brains so they're two students learning.
They have one body so it's just one working