team teaching

tj · Post by tj » Wed Jun 16, 2004 7:52 pm

just trying to get some feedback on some ideas to consider when team teaching

Lorikeet · Post by **Lorikeet** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 8:51 pm

Just curious if you are defining "team teaching" as two teachers being in the same classroom at the same time, or two teachers sharing the same class of students, but each one being there at a different time.

tj · Post by tj » Wed Jun 16, 2004 10:26 pm

Im referring to two teachers being in the same classroom - one ESL Teacher of English and the other a native of the country and speaker of that language

Lorikeet · Post by **Lorikeet** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:39 pm

Ah, sorry. I should have guessed. :p

Sally Olsen · Post by **Sally Olsen** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 8:23 pm

We are talking about this in the Secondary Education Forum under the same title. It seems to me be to be applicable to any age. Try looking for CREDE under google.com. They have been doing it for a long time and it seems to be working well here in Greenland. They just started it here in March but are already convinced that it is the way to go. There is another kind of team teaching - the ESL or EFL teacher has them for half and hour and the L1 teacher half an hour. That means that you can split the class and only have half and then switch. Of course, you have to find a place to take your half or find a way to divide the classroom physically. It is much less intimidating to teach 10 or 15 and reduces the problems a lot. In one particularly crowded school we just had a rug on the floor at the back of the classroom and the kids in their desks facing the L1 teacher couldn't turn around. If there was a real problem student, the L1 teacher kept them for two sessions. The native English speaker had to whisper but it worked really well.