Power of 2: Online Training - Evaluation of Co-Teaching

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You can evaluate your own co-teaching by completing this observation form. Mark the rubric to determine the developmental level of your co-teaching program. Are there components that you would like to change or improve? If you are not involved in a co-teaching arrangement, observe some teachers who co-teach and evaluate or interview them about their co-teaching?

Cooperative Presence Cooperative Presenting
Have the adults volunteered to cooperatively teach together?	Yes	No	DK
Is cooperative teaching a part of one's scheduled teaching time?	Yes	No	DK
Are both adults simultaneously present in the same classroom?	Yes	No	DK
Are both adults actively involved when working together?	Yes	No	DK
Cooperative Planning
Is there scheduled time for ongoing planning?	Yes	No	DK
Is planning considered a process father than an event?	Yes	No	DK
Do both adults have input into the unit/lesson plan?	Yes	No	DK
Are the adults aware of each others work style?	Yes	No	DK
Are ideas readily accepted by both adults?	Yes	No	DK
Is planning student-driven rather than text and coverage-driven?	Yes	No	DK
Are plans publicly displayed?	Yes	No	DK
Do both adults plan for ALL students?	Yes	No	DK
Is planning on-going throughout the week?	Yes	No	DK
Do students have input into the plan?	Yes	No	DK
Does planning involve "multiple" components?	Yes	No	DK
Have they planned to differentiate instruction for different students?	Yes	No	DK
Will ALL students have cognitive access to the general ed curriculum?	Yes	No	DK
Is inclusive language (us, our, we) used throughout the planning process?	Yes	No	DK
Cooperative Presenting
Are both voices heard during the teaching/learning process?	Yes	No	DK
Is the instruction significantly different when both adults are present?	Yes	No	DK
Is the instruction presented in a variety of ways (e.g. multiple pathways)?	Yes	No	DK
Are research-based strategies used during the teaching/learning process?	Yes	No	DK
Is interjecting of ideas a frequent teaching behavior?	Yes	No	DK
Are the adults using the entire physical space during the teaching/learning process?	Yes	No	DK
Do the adults change direct instruction teaching "places" during instruction?	Yes	No	DK
Is inclusive language (us, our, we) used during the teaching/learning process?	Yes	No	DK
Do both adults move around and come in physical contact with ALL students?	Yes	No	DK
Cooperative Processing
Is time set aside to talk about their teaching relationships?	Yes	No	DK
Are relationship issues resolved amicably?	Yes	No	DK
Are relationship problems kept within the parties involved?	Yes	No	DK
Are adults reflecting about their teaching for ALL student outcomes?	Yes	No	DK
Cooperative Problem Solving
Is a process used for solving problems?	Yes	No	DK
Is the process used solution-focused?	Yes	No	DK
Are students involved in solving student-based problems?	Yes	No	DK
Is negotiation a skill that adults sometimes use to solve a problem?	Yes	No	DK
Are problems readily solved?	Yes	No	DK