Coteaching tips and tricks (part 2): What does true co-teaching look like? Coplanning Coreflection Shared responsibility Shared vision Shared space WE and OUR in all paperwork and conversations Setting the expectation day 1 that both teachers are responsible

Coteaching tips and tricks (part 3): What do you do when you don’t know the content well? 1. Ask content related questions during the lecture 2. Co-plan and talk about the WHY behind new concepts 3. Be the classroom/student organization guru 4. Take over the gradebook

Co-teaching tips and tricks (part4) What co-teach is NOT: -Sitting in the back of the room “taking notes” everyday! -Walking from class to class with your pod of 6 kids all day like an aide -Walking into a room and asking “what are we doing today?” -Writing IEPs in class

Making math and coteaching fun!! #notamathbrain #clippernation Mrs. Cooley

Students working hard writing argumentative essays “Should Instagram get rid of likes?” #clippernation #coteaching

Nothing quite like an 8am Monday morning Escape Room to introduce Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library #oneschoolonebook #clippernation #myohioclassroom

Another co-teaching strategy—“what’s mine is yours”. Shared ownership of bulletin boards and classroom decorations. #ClipperNation #MyOhioClassroom

Picture day!!! Co-teachers for life! #coteachingworks #ClipperNation

Thank you @MrDtimes3 for an awesome show in Cleveland tonight! I laughed so hard my face hurt!! I needed the laughs tonight!!

8th grade students writing expository essays and using a “walk and talk” essay editing strategy to catch their errors!! #MyOhioClassroom #clippernation

Energy conservation assembly at the high school today. #ClipperNation

#hellolitcon literacy training! #ClipperNation

Building critical thinking skills and problem solving skills while solving equations using visuals. #MyOhioClassroom #clipperpride Mrs. Cooley

Creating an impromptu seesaw to explain equations with one solution, no solution, or many solutions. Mrs. Cooley #myohioclassroom

8th graders with two Holocaust survivors!! What an awesome field trip! #MyOhioClassroom

Just a little love coming my students way. I miss them like crazy!!! ❤️❤️

Day 1: make your own table top game #campinvention

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