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Fostering the development of high school co-teaching teams

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Fostering the development of high school co-teaching teams
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lessons from two exemplary pairs
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Edwards
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Linda J.
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1959-
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Linda J. Edwards
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Carrie
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Carrie Lobman
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Advisory Committee
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chair
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School of Education
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Co-teaching is a service delivery option consisting of two or more educators or other certified staff that share the instructional responsibility for a single group of students. This is accomplished in a single classroom with co-teachers sharing mutual ownership, pooled resources, and joint responsibilities for the group of students (Friend, 2014). If implemented well, co-teaching has tremendous potential as a highly effective teaching practice for improving the achievement of the diverse group of learners in a mixed ability classroom. However, research indicates that co-teaching is a far more complicated teaching practice than it may appear. The purpose of this study was to identify the characteristics of two exemplary co-teaching teams at the secondary level. The study was conducted at a suburban high school in Central New Jersey and was guided by the following overarching question: What are the key elements needed to foster the development of exemplary high school co-teaching teams? This overarching question was then further divided into three more specific questions: (1) What traits do partners in exemplary high school co-teaching teams have in common? (2) What supports do exemplary co-teaching partners identify as needed to be an effective and successful co-teaching team? and (3) What barriers do exemplary co-teaching partners identify as impacting effective and successful co-teaching partnerships? These research questions were answered through classroom observations and interviews, informal conversations, and the collection of classroom documents over a period of four months. After reading the data multiple times, coding, and identifying patterns and themes, interpretations were formulated. The findings of this study showed the importance of the teacher’s commitment to his/her partner and the students, shared values and beliefs, a significant investment of time and energy, administrative support, shared resources, effective communication, and collaboration. Practical recommendations and suggestions for future research are presented. The findings of this study will be used to design a comprehensive co-teaching professional development plan for teachers to establish a common understanding of co-teaching and the components necessary to implement an effective co-teaching partnership.
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Teacher Leadership
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Education, Secondary
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Teaching teams
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1 online resource (x, 122 p. : ill.)
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by Linda J. Edwards
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ETD doctoral
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Linda
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