What is Co-Teaching?



Co-Teaching is . . .

  • a general education and special education teacher sharing instructional responsibility in a general education classroom for one group of students.
  • two teachers taking mutual ownership, sharing resources, co-planning, and maintaining joint accountability for specific educational objectives in a classroom.


Co-Teaching: What it IS, What it IS NOT




Access Center: Improving Outcomes for All Student K-8. Co-Teaching. Retrieved February 15, 2010 from http://www.k8accesscenter.org/index.php/category/co-teaching/

Cook, L. (2004). Co-Teaching: Principles, Practices, and Pragmatics. New Mexico Public Education Department Quarterly Special Education Meeting Albuquerque, NM April 29, 2004. Retrieved February 14, 2010 from http://www.ped.state.nm.us/seo/library/qrtrly.0404.coteaching.lcook.pdf