Please respond to one of the following discussion prompt with a minimum of 250 words. 

1. Co-Teaching takes many forms in an inclusive classroom.  If you have had a co-teaching experience, identify which of the five approaches you have utilized in your classroom, when partnering as general/special education staff, and consider the following when crafting your response:

• What practices did you employ that were especially effective?
• What did you find the most comfortable? the most challenging?
• Based on your learning from this week, what will you do differently in future co-teaching partnerships? You may answer this for in-person co-teaching or synchronous distance co-teaching.

2. If you have not had a co-teaching experience, you will have the opportunity to plan and implement a co-taught lesson in an upcoming assignment.  Identify which of the five approaches you might utilize for this assignment when partnering as general/special education staff, and consider the following when crafting your response:

• What practices are you hoping to try?  If you are teaching at a distance currently, describe how that co-teaching approach will be carried out in a virtual instruction setting.
• What do you think will be most comfortable for you, and what do you anticipate may be the most challenging?

For Full Credit, Candidate will: 

• Thoroughly address the prompt with thought, clarity, and analysis, and with at least 200 words.