Ever feel like you're doing all the work in a co-teaching setup? Rachel, a passionate social studies teacher, struggles with Edmund's "old-school" ways. His fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants approach leaves Rachel overcompensating and bubbling with resentment. What can she do to right the balance?

In this episode we explore

* what it means to fit together in a team-teaching trap

* four different maladaptive relational patterns team teachers can fall into

* what “negative grandiosity” means (and what “positive” — bad term — grandiosity means)

* resentment as an incredibly accurate relational signal

* the perils of “filling the void”

Team-teaching adds a layer of work to an already difficult job. When it’s not going well, it can be debilitating. If you’re grappling with a tricky team-teaching situation, click on Share a Story and tell me about it. I can help!

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