According to the article published in the Council for Exceptional Children, (CEC | Is Co-Teaching Effective?) there are certain factors which lead to the effectiveness of a co-teaching situation. Those factors include the following:
- Ages or grade levels of the students.
- Content being taught.
- Instructional strategies teachers use.
- Teachers’ knowledge and skills as professional educators.
- Teachers’ commitment to co-teaching and “chemistry” as a partnership.
- Amount of shared teaching time each day.
- Length of time the partnership has existed.
- How students are scheduled into classes.
- Extent of administrative support.The author's (Marilyn Friend and DeAnna Hurley-Chamberlain) stress that it is important to collect your own data in order to support the effectiveness of your co-teaching situation. This data collection can include tracking students' behaviors and academic progress across time and grade levels. In light of recent changes across the country with teacher evaluation procedures, this is a good practice no matter what your teaching assignment.
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