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Benefits and Challenges of Co-Teaching
Please post what you consider are the benefits and challenges of co-teaching.
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It allows the students with disabilities to receive the special attention they need to succeed.

Challenges:
It requires additional training and more teachers to need to be available throughout the day.

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with two teachers, the teachers can be more hands on with their students

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challenge: you may have very distinct teaching styles and may not be able to easily incorporate these into one smooth lesson plan

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challenge: you may have very distinct teaching styles and may not be able to easily incorporate these into one smooth lesson plan

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Different backgrounds can cause teachers to conflict on effective ways a teaching. So a lot of compromise

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Conflicting authority figures. Lack of communication or similar understandings can lead to inequitable instruction/ rule enforcement.

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the co-teacher can focus on the students that need special attention while the regular teacher can continue working with everyone else without interrupting learning time

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Teachers are able to get a different perspectives on effective approaches to reaching out to their students.

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Differences in opinion between the teachers

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advantages: allows kids to have more specialized attention with more teachers in the room

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advantages: allows kids to have more specialized attention with more teachers in the room

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Two heads are better than one. Having 2 teachers can increase the withitness that makes classroom management successful.

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-lack of communication between the teachers could lead to confusion amongst the students, so communication misunderstandings all around

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co-teaching allows two teachers to co

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Co-teaching requires strong communication skills 

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Co-teaching requires strong communication skills 

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The students gets more than 1 point of view on topics
Challenges:
The teachers might not always agree on topics & students then wouldn't know who to follo w

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need to work closely with other teacher, not step on each other's toes

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Double the expertise in the classroom

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General ed teachers would learn to create an adaptive environment for students with disabilities and keep them integrated in their least-restrictive environment.

Challenge:
Clash between ideas/viewpoints is a high possibility.

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Co-teach

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It is important that teachers notify other teachers of specific events that are noteworthy. This will help the student receive a supportive environmentthroughout the entire day. EStudent is frustrated because of X and so Y happened.

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You get two perspectives and minds helping to solve problems and challenges

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-2 teachers is better than 1
-different ways to go about teaching students with different learning abilities
-collaboration
-good communication skills

Challenges:
-conflicting opinions are possible
-teachers might not think the same methods are appropriate for a certain student
-one teacher could assume she is the superior power
-compromising

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Co-teaching allows students to see multiple perspectives and even cultures. Students learn in unique ways, and this gives students the option to learn from one, if they do not learn well from another.

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more attention to the students

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benefits:
-reaching multiple kids at the same time
-communication

challenges:
-teachers from different backgrounds/styles/environments
-communication

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Challenges:  With large classroom size it is hard to 

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Challenges:  With large classroom size it is hard to 

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What are the benefits and challenges of co-teaching