Lynn's favorite guide to team teaching
This guide is the most helpful and digestible resource I’ve encountered, especially if you are on the cusp of co-teaching at the college level. I suggest using it as a conversation-starter before you decide to teach together. Then once you’ve begun, use it as a checklist and gut check along your co-instructing journey.
"Team teaching can build important personal connections in an instructional community, providing opportunities to mentor new colleagues, lessen isolation in teaching, and build connections across disciplinary silos. Achieving these positive outcomes, whether for students or instructors, is not guaranteed. Instead, success depends on careful planning and implementation... Without attention to these elements, team-taught courses can create considerable obstacles for students and instructors... Research indicates that when instructors identify and strategize about challenges during the planning stage, conflict during implementation will be lessened, creating space for a successful team dynamic and providing an effective learning environment for students (Shibley, 2006).