Co-Teaching Plan of Action

After working through each of the 8 co-teaching components in this course, complete this plan of action for a specific upcoming lesson with your co-teacher. If you are not currently in the classroom or working with a co-teacher, use a past lesson or complete only your sections until you work with your co-teacher.

For a sample completed document, you may return to your course module and view a completed sample.

Part One: Interpersonal Communication

Teacher 1's Dominant Personality Traits

Teacher 2's Dominant Personality Traits

Potential Impact on Co-Teaching Relationship (for this particular lesson)

Communication Plan

Briefly explain the plan you two have in place to ensure regular, professional communication, and how it impacted this particular lesson.

Part One: Classroom Management

For the lesson you are planning, what classroom routines will be in place? Consider the Section 5 Resource, Classroom Procedures Plan.

Classroom Routines

Part Two: Lesson Basics

Subject / Grade

Date

Curriculum Standards

Teacher 1 Level of KnowledgeSelect one

LowAverageHigh

If Teacher 1's knowledge is low or average, what will the teacher do to increase knowledge of the curriculum?

Teacher 2 Level of KnowledgeSelect one

LowAverageHigh

If Teacher 2's knowledge is low or average, what will the teacher do to increase knowledge of the curriculum?

Student Objective(s)

Students With Special Needs

Description of Room / Student Seating Arrangement

Part Two: Lesson Activities — Modeling ("I Do")

Materials

Modifications / Accommodations

Co-Teach Model / Rationale for Choosing

Role of Each Teacher

Assessment TypeSelect all that apply

FormativeInformal

Assessment Notes — How will you use the data you collect?

Part Two: Lesson Activities — Guided Practice ("We Do")

Materials

Modifications / Accommodations

Co-Teach Model / Rationale for Choosing

Role of Each Teacher

Assessment TypeSelect all that apply

FormativeInformal

Assessment Notes — How will you use the data you collect?

Part Two: Lesson Activities — Independent Practice ("You Do")

Materials

Modifications / Accommodations

Co-Teach Model / Rationale for Choosing

Role of Each Teacher

Assessment TypeSelect all that apply

FormativeInformalSummative

Assessment Notes — How will you use the data you collect?

Part Three: Reflection

To be completed AFTER implementing the lesson plan.

Did most or all of your students meet their learning objective for this lesson? Why or why not?

What could be done to improve this lesson?

Of the eight components of co-teaching, which do you feel you both excelled at the most for this particular lesson?

Of the eight components of co-teaching, which do you feel needs the most improvement for this particular lesson?

Your answers will be turned into a PDF you can download. You'll then need to upload that PDF to your course.