Co-teaching: Enhancing student learning through mentorintern partnerships

Abstract: In this article, the authors present a definition for co-teaching. They argue that co-teaching has the potential to be an effective arrangement for attending to student learning, preparing a teacher candidate to enter the profession, and eliminating some of the snags and pitfalls associated with traditional student teaching. In addition, they identify and describe six models of co-teaching along with examples of how these models may contribute to student learning in a Professional Development School (PDS). They conclude by suggesting areas for further research on the effects of co-teaching. ‘‘To enhance the learning of all students.’’ This short statement is replete with impli-cations about the focus and direction for the efforts of Professional Development School (PDS) partnership between Penn State and th