This Doesn't Look Familiar!

Abstract

Among the challenges of delivering services to students with disabilities via a co-teaching model (the pairing of special and general education teachers in a general education classroom) is the dilemma of how to observe teachers in such a setting. Collaboration between a university and a large school district with special and general education supervisors investigated how the two disciplines looked at a co-taught lesson at the secondary level. Then, through a series of interactive workshops, special and general education supervisors developed a common lens for viewing a co-taught lesson, resulting in a guided format for observing co-teachers.