Parallel teaching, advantages
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A discussion of parallel, or co-teaching, definition and advantages are examined.
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Parallel teaching, also called co-teaching, involves the use of a second adult in the classroom. Ideally, this second adult would also be a certified teacher, but in some school systems, this person is a paraprofessional. A paraprofessional is an adult who is not a certified teacher, but who does have some training (usually provided by the local school system).
A second adult in the classroom is a huge help in the planning and delivering of lessons and curriculum content in the classroom. The co-teachers can divide up the students who require additional, special modifications to their lessons, which divides the workload of differentiation in half. In addition, a second pair of eyes puts a halt to much mischief in the ...
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