Effectiveness Of The Co-Teaching Model

As I progress into the school year with these students, I feel as though the weight and responsibilities of what it means to be a full time teacher is starting to pick up and progress. Day-by-day, week-by-week, more is expected of me and I begin to have more input about how lessons should be implemented. When I think about the begin of the school year, now (as midterms are approaching), and my last week in the field, I envision a snowball rolling down a hill. At first, there’s not much. It’s small, just like my responsibilities inside of the classroom. However, over time as it picks up momentum, it becomes bigger and bigger expanding in size, and the speed increases. The more time that I spend in Trinidad, my work load has begun to pick …show more content…
In some cases, we find that station and parallel teaching the is necessary. I’m not sure if the reason for this is because of the edTPA meeting at the beginning of the year, or simply because that was the way things unfolded. Whatever the reason may be, it seems to work for my MT and I. According to The Effectiveness of the Co-Teaching Model, Co-teaching is effective because it draws on the strength of both educators. It is not necessarily collaborative nor synonymous. When inside of the classroom, I do find that in order for my MT and I to effectively co-teach, we have to collaborate in order to share and generate ideas. This way, both of us are informed about what direction the teaching is going. This is always the case regardless of what type of co-teaching is being done. It doesn’t matter if one of us is teaching while the other circulates the room and provides feedback (One Teach, One Drift). Or, whether the classroom is divide in groups with both teachers doing something different (Station Teaching). My Mentor Teacher not only collaborates with me; she does the same with her colleagues. By doing this, the entire first grade is one the same page and are progressing …show more content…
This week, I really had a hard time accepting the fact that edTPA is pretty much here. I started to question myself and my ability to teach. I thought about graduation and how it is approaching fast and then I think about this assessment. I see edTPA as my biggest obstacle, and all I want is for it to be done with. I feel as though I am not prepared enough, but then I start to think that I will never truly feel prepared. I worry about not passing and not graduating. It worries me. In moment like those, I have to pray. I have to step back and tell myself that I am able to conquer and I will do