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Georgia College

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2014

Professional development

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Effective Strategies For Co-Teaching, Felicia O. Batts May 2014

Effective Strategies For Co-Teaching, Felicia O. Batts

Specialist in Education Degree (Ed.S.) Theses

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The purpose of this investigation was to determine how co-teaching training using the five models of co-teaching and the eight components of the co-teaching relationship impacts the relationship of co-teachers. Most teachers enter into a co-taught class setting with little to no experience as a co-teacher and this impacts the dynamics of the relationship. The participants in this study were faculty from one public elementary school in the Southeastern United States. The participants included 5 special education teachers and 5 general education teachers. The co-teaching pairs taught grades K-5. The effects of co-teaching were examined using a pre/posttest design …