Two teachers in a first-grade classroom plan to take turns reading aloud to the whole class. Which coteaching model best represents this plan?

• A. Station teaching
• B. Alternative teaching
• C. Team teaching
• D. Parallel teaching

Answer: (C)

Sharing responsibility for planning and delivering instruction to the same group of students, with both teachers actively involved in guiding the whole class, is team teaching. In this approach, the teachers co-plan and co-deliver instruction for the entire class, often taking turns leading segments and supporting one another to meet student needs. Reading aloud to the whole class while alternating who leads fits this model because the focus is on shared leadership and joint engagement with every student, rather than dividing the class into groups for different activities.

Station teaching would have students rotating through different learning stations led by each teacher. Alternative teaching involves one teacher working with a smaller, targeted group while the other teaches the whole class. Parallel teaching splits the class into two groups that each receive the same content simultaneously. The described plan centers on both teachers teaching the same class together, which aligns with team teaching.