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Case: Coteaching I have a colleague at a former school that is co-teaching with a new teacher this year. This "new" teacher has been teaching for years and has been know to stir up problems. My friend has called on many occasions complained that her co-teacher is not prepared for lessons and not effectively delivering instruction. She wants to talk with her principal about the issues, but does not want to cause trouble between her and her co-teacher. She has to work with this teacher for the rest of the school term. How can she solve this problem without causing tension between her and the co-teacher? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I am dealing with a very similar situation right now. I have a co-teacher in an algebra class who refuses to learn the algebra. She has been teaching at this school for decades while I have only been here for three years. To be clear, I have no idea how she was allowed to teach here in the first place, but I cannot change that. Back to the topic, I understand she is not proficient in math, but I told her at the beginning of the year to not be worried, just learn one day ahead of the students. She refused to learn the math. I spoke with her about it. I tried to just not let her teach. Any time she would speak, I would have to speak up to the class and try to help them while not making her look stupid. Then one day she came in my room and bashed me in front of our students. She walked out of the room, and one of our students said, "she's an idiot." I stopped the conversation right there but instantly realized I had to go to administrators. The students know when teachers do not know. I did end up going one of our assistant principals about the situation. I documented many of the co-teacher's failures. I brought them to the assistant principal. I told the assistant principal I was not trying to bring anyone down, but the actions of this co-teacher were unacceptable. The assistant principal agreed completely. We have been working together to address the co-teacher. It has not been easy at all. The co-teacher has not taken it well. She feels she should not have to do her job and does not like being told to do her job. The only positive from this is the co-teacher was able to complete one question correctly on the board two weeks ago. She was not able to answer any questions about it, but she successfully completed a one-step linear equation for the first time in her life. So I consider it a small victory, as did the assistant principal. |
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