Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Co-Teaching Difficulties I'm working in a setting where I feel restricted by my co-teacher. They let the students get away with a lot, like playing on their phone, sitting on the floor and refusing to work, and talking back. It makes any kind of lesson almost impossible. This teacher has seniority over me, and has been here for quite some time. How should I approach this? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I would recommend first sitting down and talking with this teacher. Address that while you understand they have many years of experience and you feel privileged to learn from them, you also recently finished coursework and have fresh perspectives you want to try in the classroom. I would try to brainstorm some new ideas to try that both of you can get excited about, having both parties take ownership will be critical to making sure that no one feels undermined or left out!