Team Teaching is a great way to get real world experience in a lesson as a new instructor with the assistance and guidance of an experienced instructor by your side.
In your New Hire Training, your trainers try to give you the perfect First Time Experience with ideal situations and logical next-steps, but how often is the world so cut and dry??
New Instructors, this is your opportunity to test the (white frozen) waters with your newfound skills. Find a hiccup in your progression or don’t know what to do in a particular situation? Ask your teammate for guidance and/or feedback. Ideally, this is when your students are practicing something and you can talk on the side, or maybe as you’re going up the carpet.
Teammates (experienced instructors) should only be in assistance mode unless something becomes dangerous or unprofessional, which you’re all pros, so that would never happen!
Lesson Summary – Complete A Form For Each Lesson
After the end of your Team Teach (or Reverse – see below) you need to complete a Team Teach Summary Form. This is a reflection of your training and will help anchor your knowledge and new skills. It is also record of your completion of this step.
Adults and Kids Lessons Options:
If you don’t feel quite ready to be the lead on your Team Teach lesson, that’s okay! We want you to feel confident and prepared in your job. If you are at all hesitant, ask to do a reverse Team Teach first as a “helper”, then do a Team Teach as described above.
Helpers should use “Non-Teach Instructor in Dayforce, and Reverse Team Teach lessons do not count towards your Team Teaching lesson requirements in which you lead the lesson.