Team Teaching
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Teaming, or team teaching, is an educational approach where groups of two to four teachers are responsible throughout the school day for the core instruction of a group of about 150 to 175 students in both presentation and grading. They may interact in front of the class, discussing specific topics from divergent perspectives or take turns presenting material appropriate to their individual areas of specialization. This arrangement is supposed to facilitate collaborative planning among the teachers, promote the development of inter-disciplinary curricula and enable the teachers to work together over time to identify and respond to the strengths and weaknesses of individual students. Teaming also allows teachers to better cover the broad curriculum presented, especially, to middle schools and allows teachers to build upon their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. It requires a great deal of hard work and the personalities and philosophies of the team members have to mesh. They have to be committed to planning lessons jointly, and to engaging in deep discussions about how to best meet students' academic and developmental needs.
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