Teacher Oat Co-Teaching Agreement

As a responsible and caring member of this co-teaching team, I promise to do the following:

1. Respect the perspectives of my co-teacher. Just because that isn’t the way I would do it doesn’t make it wrong.
2. Put students and instruction at the center of my co-teaching relationship; it is because of the students that our team exists.
3. Engage in best practices, recognizing that the goal of co-teaching is student success.
4. Communicate with my co-teacher about classroom concerns.
5. Support my co-teacher’s decisions in front of the students. I recognize the importance of presenting a unified front.
6. Take time to plan with my co-teacher on a regular basis.
7. Celebrate our successes, whether they are with individual students or classwide.
8. Evaluate and improve practices with my co-teacher to make our partnership stronger.
9. Recognize that disagreements are inevitable and commit to working through difficult situations in a professional manner.

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From How to Co-Teach: A Guide for General and Special Educators by Elizabeth A. Potts & Lori A. Howard. Copyright © 2011 by Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc.