Co-Teaching in Teacher Education

This volume examines teacher preparation programs that have successfully used a co-teaching model to improve the clinical experience for teacher candidates and to instill a disposition for equitable practice. Co-teaching in K–12 classrooms is a well-established practice, especially in inclusive settings, but it is far less common in teacher education programs. Blending research and practitioner voices, this book presents co-teaching as a viable and valuable framework that provides support for teacher candidates, allowing them to grow and learn through reciprocal relationships. Offering their experiences and perspectives, chapter authors share promising practices for centering equity in co-teaching situations. Co-Teaching in Teacher Education challenges teacher preparation programs to prepare educators to work together to support all students in today’s diverse classrooms.

Book Features:

• ● Utilizes an equity lens to examine how co-teaching can benefit both teacher education and practicing teachers.
• ● Describes how co-teaching is being used to elevate instruction in K–12 and higher education.
• ● Explores a wide variety of contexts in which co-teaching is being used to train teacher candidates and improve student learning, including traditional, alternative, and online programs and rural and urban settings.
• ● Provides an Equity Checklist to help educators examine equity considerations that arise throughout the co-teaching cycle (co-planning, co-instruction, co-assessment, and co-reflection).

Christina M. Tschida is a professor of curriculum and instruction at Appalachian State University, NC. Elizabeth A. Fogarty is an assistant professor of teacher education at the University of St. Thomas, MN. Joy N. Stapleton is a professor and director of the Elementary Education Program at Winthrop University, SC. Kristen Cuthrell is a professor and director of the Rural Education Institute at East Carolina University, NC. Diana B. Lys is assistant dean for educator preparation and accreditation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC. Ann Bullock is the Dr. Jo Watts Williams Dean of Education in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education at Elon University, NC.

“I believe you will find that this book and its contents will provide you with thought-provoking ideas and applications. . . . This book has something for each of us—the researcher, the practitioner, and especially those who believe in co-teaching as best practice.”
—From the Foreword by Teresa Washut Heck, director, Academy for Co-Teaching and Collaboration, St. Cloud State University

“This is the first book of its kind to center equity in the research and practice of co-teaching in educator preparation. My colleagues have done an amazing job of highlighting how this research has informed their practice by providing tangible, research-based suggestions. It is through community and collaboration that we, as a collective, will prepare high-quality teachers who are skilled in working with a wide range of students and who remain in the field long term. I so appreciate my colleagues’ commitment to centering equity through co-teaching in educator preparation.”
—Ann M. Sebald, associate professor and codirector, Center for Educator Preparation, Colorado State University

“It's exciting to see these respected teacher educators from across the nation share their research as well as pedagogy to enhance co-teaching models. This collection is both informative and user friendly. A great resource for co-teachers and teacher educators.”
—Amy Vessel, James R. Mays Endowed Professor, executive director, The Clinical Residency and Recruitment Center, Louisiana Tech University

Contents

Foreword Teresa Washut Heck  vii

Acknowledgments  xiii

Introduction  1
Christina M. Tschida, Elizabeth A. Fogarty, Joy N. Stapleton, Kristen Cuthrell, Diana B. Lys, and Ann Bullock

1.  How Co-Teaching Centers Equity in the Work of Educators  3
Christina M. Tschida, Elizabeth A. Fogarty, Joy N. Stapleton, Kristen Cuthrell, Diana B. Lys, and Ann Bullock

Part I: Co-Teaching as a Pedagogy for Equity

2.  Using Racial Literacy as an Analytic Frame to Assess Co-Generative Dialogues  23
Brittany Powell and Elizabeth Soslau

3.  “A Tale of Two Cities”: Co-Teaching and Collaboration in a Social Justice Teacher Education Course in Aotearoa New Zealand  36
Jennifer Tatebe and Carol Mutch

4.  The Use of Co-Planning to Support Equitable Learning Experiences During Student Teaching  49
Charity Cayton and Maureen Grady

5.  Co-Teaching for Equity in Elementary Education: Preparing Teacher Candidates to Serve English Language Learners in Methods Coursework  63
Kelli Dehr Bernedo, Molly A. Riddle, Sumreen Asim, and Donna Albrecht

Part II: Relationships Within Co-Teaching

6.  Co-Teaching Relationships for Equity  77
Colette Rabin

7.  Co-Teaching for Racial Literacy in the Rural West  90
Rebekka Boysen-Taylor and Vanessa Anthony-Stevens

8.  Co-Teaching Within Dual Pandemics  102
Chelda Smith Kondo and Katie Brkich

9.  Co-Teaching as a Signature Pedagogy for Professional Identity Development  115
Kristin E. Harbour, Rachelle Curcio, Cassandra Hair, and Sharon Robinson

10.  Humanizing Equity in Co-Teaching: Love, Trauma, and Healing  126
Clint Whitten and Misty Maltzahn

Part III: Using Co-Teaching to Address Changing Educational Contexts

11.  A 2:1 Model of Co-Teaching: Changing the Discourse of Learning to Teach  141
Elizabeth A. Fogarty and Christina M. Tschida

12.  Team-Teaching Social Justice: Talking About Science and Race in the Classroom  157
Candice Chambers and Jamie Lathan

13.  Bridging Gaps: The Opportunities Through Online Co-Teaching Experiences  169
Rachel McBroom, Thomas Cooper III, and Geetanjali Soni

14.  Developing Authentic, Collaborative Co-Teaching Approaches Within Rural Community-Based Field Experiences  182
Stephanie Oudghiri Scherer and Helen Bentley

Conclusion: A Guide for Equity Work in Co-Teaching: Reflections and Implications  194
Christina M. Tschida, Elizabeth A. Fogarty, Joy N. Stapleton, Kristen Cuthrell, Diana B. Lys, and Ann Bullock

Appendix A: Equity Checklist for Co-Teaching  206

Appendix B: Centering Strong Equity in Teacher Education  208

Appendix C: Professional Organizations of Interest to Co-Teachers  210

About the Contributors  211

Index  217