Building & Maintaining the Co-Teaching Relationship

Co-teaching is a unique and critical relationship. Many people operate under the false assumption that because you like someone, a co-teaching relationship will work. We know it requires much more than that. An effective co-teaching partnership needs effective and ongoing communication. For co-teachers working in dynamic and emergent ways with children, they need to build rhythm, address equity, navigate disagreements, and find sparks and boldness in planning processes. Whether it is a new co-teaching partnership or a long-standing one, there are effective strategies that can support a deeper and fulfilling relationship, translating to productive and joyful learning experiences for the children we work with.

Join Erik Wormwood, Assistant Head and teacher coach at The Advent School, as we engage in an in-depth exploration of the critical aspects for effective co-teaching partnerships, including

• How do we name and share our pedagogical and instructional beliefs?
• What parity signals should we look for and how do we address inequities?
• What are the daily routines and practices of effective co-teachers?
• What are the various instructional models co-teachers can use?
• How do we navigate disagreements and pet peeves and develop co-teaching agreements?
• How do we continue to reflect, grow and learn as co-teachers?

This workshop is for co-teachers, teaching teams, teacher coaches, program directors/leaders, etc.

Advent Feeder Schools (schools that have sent students to Advent in the last 5 years) can send educators to this workshop for FREE. Please email adventadmin@adventschool.org for more information.