CES Team Teaching
Crestline fourth-grade teachers. Front row: Jennifer Preston, Amy Anderson, Nancy Singleton. Back row: Bradley O’Neill, Scott McKerley, Sally Baker.
The fourth-grade teachers at Crestline Elementary are changing things up with team teaching.
This year, one teacher covers math and science while the other teacher covers language arts and Alabama history. Bradley O’Neill said she and the other five fourth-grade teachers were eager to try something new.
According to O’Neill, the teachers are able to concentrate on two subject areas in this new system, which allows them to become more of an “expert” in their field. It also allows them the opportunity to form relationships with two classes of students.
Team teaching provides students a change in environment, which helps them learn the importance of staying organized and meeting expectations for two teachers. In fifth-grade, the students will have four teachers, so team teaching the year before makes the transition that much easier.
