Brandon Walsh

Co-Teaching Is

Posted in: digital humanities  pedagogy 
Crossposted to the Scholars' Lab blog.

Co-teaching is a promise. To each other. To yourself. To believe. To trust. To support. To help. To heal.

Co-teaching is not a weapon. Co-teaching is a gift.

Co-teaching is an act of love. It is not a competition.

Co-teaching is not a zero sum game.

Co-teaching is to see the world through the eyes of another. The classroom. Yourself.

Co-teaching is an act of vulnerability. To teach is to expose yourself.

Co-teaching is to invite someone in.

Co-teaching is an act of empathy.

Co-teaching is to extend your arms openly. It is not pushing someone away.

Co-teaching is a beautiful game. It is not a game of chance.

To teach is to learn. To co-teach is to learn to teach.

Co-teaching is embracing the unknown. To find yourself in the shoes of another.

To co-teach is to recognize that you have power.