Team Teaching
Section 2:
Traditional Team Teaching
Section 2: Traditional Team Teaching
Traditional Team Teaching Definition
• Two or more teachers actively share the
instruction of the content and skills in the
same classroom at the same time with the
same group of students.
Section 2: Traditional Team Teaching
Traditional Team Teaching Example
An anatomy class is preparing to dissect frogs.
• One teacher demonstrates proper dissection
technique while modeling a dissection with an
overhead camera.
• The other teacher lectures and fields questions
from students about the dissection technique.
Section 2: Traditional Team Teaching
Activity
With your teaching partner, brainstorm
instructional activities specifically linked to the
subject or program you plan to teach where
you could use Traditional Team Teaching.
Discuss times and situations where you have
used the Traditional Team Teaching model in
the classroom.
Section 2: Traditional Team Teaching
Activity
Look at the focus questions. (link) Then watch
the video (Link to video) and note the
characteristics of the Traditional Team
Teaching model.
What did you see that indicated this was an
example of the Traditional Team Teaching
model? Answer the focus questions together.
Section 2: Traditional Team Teaching
Activity
As a team, create a brief lesson activity using the
Traditional Team Teaching model that you could
use in your program.
Discuss how to assess the impact of the
Traditional Team Teaching model on students.
Section 2: Traditional Team Teaching
Activity
What preparation will you and your partner
teacher need to do to implement the
Traditional Team Teaching model in your
sample lesson?
Section 2: Traditional Team Teaching
Activity – review and reflect
• Discuss the advantages, opportunities, and
challenges of using the Traditional Team
Teaching model in I-BEST.
• Reflecting on your integrated outcomes and
subject, when would this model be most
useful, helpful, productive?
Section 2: Traditional Team Teaching
Follow-up activities
• To discuss with others who are taking this
course, to share your lesson activities, or to
collaborate with teachers who do what you
do, go to: (online forum)
• Do you have a video of you and your
partner using Traditional Team Teaching in
your classroom? Post it here: (YouTube
site?)
Section 2: Traditional Team Teaching
Next Steps
• Please move to Section 3 – Collaborative
Teaching.