Co-Teaching in Secondary Readers-Writers Workshop
Last week, I blogged about furthering developing my conferencing routine in workshop while combatting the “ spectre of perceived rigor .” This week I wanted to reflect a bit on the role of co-teaching in readers-writers workshop. I have recently shifted to “readers-writers” from “reading-writing” after seeing a post by Amy Rasmussen (@AmyRass), as I think the former now better focuses on my students (who are developing readers and writers) rather than their actions (reading and writing). This week’s post provides some background on my specific context with co-teaching and how it has assisted me in transitioning to a workshop model. MY LIFE AS A CO-TEACHER Before jumping into how my co-teachers and I work in workshop, I wanted to touch base on my experiences as a co-teacher, since I know we have all had varying levels of success in collaboration. I began my career as a Special Education teacher and was paired with a wonder Regular Education English co-teacher. Luckily, we ...