Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Lack of Knowledge by Co-Teacher I have had the unfortunate experience where I had a co-teacher that did not understand and did not attempt to understand the content that I was teaching. I would have to teach this class like I would teach a class without a co-teacher because the co-teacher did not attempt to learn anything. All the co-teacher would do is pull out students when it was time to test. I did not want to cause a problem with this co-teacher by going to an administrator, but something must be done. What can I do? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I spent last school year and some of this school year as a co-teacher. The co-teacher may feel uncomfortable to teach the content. Doing so, they might want the general education teacher to do the teaching so the students get the correct information. However, the first step is to talk with the co-teacher and offer to explain the content. I had to meet with a teacher last year to explain how I was teaching a certain standard to make sure I was doing it correctly. Step two would be to discuss the possibility of parallel teaching. If you are unsure of parallel teaching it is very beneficial for special education students. Parallel teaching is where the class is slit in half. Both the general education teacher and the special education teacher will teach the exact same standard, but it is technically in small group. If that does not work try a different option. Always remember that co-teaching is like a marriage, it takes effort to keep the relationship afloat, but in order for it to be successful those involved must work together.