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Co-Teaching is defined as two educators who "Co-Plan, Co-Instruct and Co-Assess a group of students with diverse needs in the same general education classroom."

As a co-teaching participant you will need to complete Parts A, B and C of the online Co-Teaching Training. These trainings are required of all cooperating teachers and must be completed to be eligible to host a teacher candidate. is located under Field Placement and Student Teaching (under Division of Educator Preparation, Assessment and Internship) on the .

Part A: Basic responsibilities of a cooperating teacher supervisor

Part A Co-Teaching Training is provided by the Kentucky Department of Education's Office of Educator Licensure and Effectiveness (OELE).

For directions on creating an account in iDrive Digital, please refer to .

After completion of Part A Training, you will need to upload your certificate. For directions on uploading your Part A Training, you must be signed into your KECS account, then click on the Help icon, and refer to the document under COOP, titled, ""

For assistance, please contact Brandon Harrod at brandon.harrod@education.ky.gov or Sharon Salsman at sharon.salsman@education.ky.gov

Part B: Best practice in supporting a student teacher (Training)

Part C: Effective assessment of the student teacher (Cooperating Teacher Packet)

Part C Co-Teaching training is completed by reviewing the , which includes the Cooperating Teacher Information: Guiding the Teacher Candidate booklet and the Student Teaching Notebook.