· Special Education Teacher: Emotional Support teacher of 25 years.

· Regular Education Teacher: Teacher of 12 years, currently a 3^rd grade teacher.

· This requires teachers to have regular meetings, communicate, and plan with one another.

· “I think it benefits the children across the grade level to be learning the same things at roughly the same time.”

· It is important to compromise and plan together for the good of the students.

· Not really taught in college courses.

· It is important to have regular meetings, communication, and planning.

· Happens at least weekly with my grade level team.

· When two teachers teach one class together.

· This requires the teachers to work and plan together. It is important to make sure you do not step on each other’s toes.

· “I think it benefits the children because it gives them more of a chance to get the individualized instruction they may need.”

· When two teachers are teaching a class together (usually a regular ed. and a special ed. teacher).

· Cannot be beneficial if the teachers are not getting along with their teaching partner and/or clashing teaching styles.

· Discussed somewhat in grad school.

· Allows students to get more one-on-one time if they need help because there are two teachers in the classroom, able to help students.

· “Discussed at In-Services/Professional Developments because this is something that is happening and may happen to me, soon.”

· When teachers meet with an expert for advice on how to improve their teaching methods.

· The advice that the teacher is given, may not work for their class.

· “I think it will help teachers learn new practices to teach students in new ways.”

· When teachers are meeting with an expert for advice and new best practices that may work and benefit their class.

· “It will help teachers learn new best practices to teach students in new ways that the teacher may not have ever thought of.”

· Discussed a great deal in college courses and in grad school courses.

· It is important to get an expert’s opinion because they will come up with best practices that you may have never thought of that will work great for your class.

· “We have In-Services/Professional Developments throughout the year where experts come in to talk to us about particular topics to give us new knowledge and tools to use in our classroom.”