Team teaching (or assisting one another) works well because there is someone who has been watching how a class has been taught and can easily fill in as a substitute. Substituting should be minimal - maybe once a year. The team should decide before the first day of class how they will cover for one another. A team may be designed in three ways

The first way is when all three periods look similar except the material or content is scaled up or down to meet the needs of the various grade levels (Exhibit A). This style of teaching allows for the team to work individually on their classes or all together. The team chooses their plan. One parent/teacher could prepare the lesson for the whole day every third Friday that the CLASS DAY Co-Op meets making sure that everyone on the team is participating in the classroom two out of three periods each time.

The second way is when a parent/teacher chooses to teach one period and assist in another (Exhibit B). This works well for those who know their subject fairly well and so their preparation time is not extensive. Research is not so necessary. All periods/classes may be quite different from one another.

The third way is when there are only two periods, which are similar (Exhibit C). This smaller team still provides one teacher and one assistant. Both parents may work together in the way they see fit. One may plan one week while the other assists and then next time they reverse roles. Or, one teacher may feel comfortable in the lead teacher role and the other may feel comfortable as an assistant the whole year.

The numbers after the class name indicate grade levels.

All the teachers and assistants are working for two out of the three periods.

* ac = teacher "a" and teacher "c" are assigned to period 1.
* bc = teacher "b" and teacher "c" are assigned to period 2.
* ab = teacher "a" and teacher "b" are assigned to period 3.