Teacher Talks: The Benefits of a True Co-teaching Model

In the third edition of Teacher Talks, April Peng, YCIS Beijing's very own Primary Chinese Curriculum Coordinator, gives an in-depth introduction and explanation of the benefits of YCIS Beijing's unique and fully rounded Bilingual Co-Teaching Model.

The Yew Chung International School Statement of Educational Philosophy and Aims lays the framework for several unique features of Yew Chung Education. One of these unique features is the concept of Co-teaching.

For many parents, the concept of co-teaching can be hard to visualize. A real co-teaching classroom does not simply mean one English teacher with a Chinese-speaking assistant or vice-versa. True Co-teaching means one Chinese teacher and one western teacher for each Primary class. In each class, a Chinese and western teacher share all of the class management, planning, and decision-making responsibilities.

Maths and topic (combined Science, Geography, and History) classes are taught co-operatively. Co-teachers jointly plan lessons together ahead of time. According to the learning objectives, co-teachers will select from a number of different effective co-teaching modes, including one teaching - one supporting, station teaching, parallel teaching, alternative teaching, and team teaching, to maximize learning efficiency and meet the learning needs of students. 

This allows for teachers to respond to the diverse range of needs of their students, lowers student/teacher ratio, and expand each teacher's professional expertise.

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