Co-teaching between special educators (SEs) and general educators (GEs) is an invaluable instructional approach when it comes to making sure every student’s academic needs are met. But the traditional approach to planning for co-teaching sessions by writing lesson plans is time consuming and requires a high level of shared content knowledge.
A co-teaching playbook is a flexible and efficient alternative to lesson plans. A co-teaching playbook is analogous to a sports team’s playbook. As a play in a sports playbook consists of strings of movements completed by different players in response to a specific game context, a co-teaching playbook consists of string of routine elements completed by Session and Gas in response to situations in the classroom. The plays in a co-teaching playbook are re-usable, efficient, and leverage the individual expertise of all educators. This is exact what’s need to co-teach lessons to students with a wide range of academic needs.
