Purposeful Co Teaching

Create powerful teaching partnerships that promote success for every student in inclusive classrooms! Ideal for both general and special education classrooms, this indispensible resource integrates interpersonal skills, instructional design, and teaching philosophy to guide educators through the beginning stages of co-teaching relationships toward smooth collaboration. The authors provide proven instructional strategies such as visuals, mnemonics, formative assessment, and more, for use within co-teaching partnerships. Additional resources include: Chapter activities and checklists for planning lessons Case studies from various subject areas and grade levels to illustrate the realities of co-teaching Resources such as books, videos, and helpful Web sites

In A Guide to Co-Teaching the reader is guided through the planning, implementation, and reflection phases with the help of these practical features: } tips on why some co-teaching arrangements work where others fail } straightforward self-assessments to make sure your goals are being met } chapters dedicated to each of the different approaches to co-teaching: supportive, parallel, complementary and team teaching } quotes and advice from teachers and students who have been successful in co-teaching experiences } answers to frequently asked questions about implementing co-teaching and its effects o teachers, students and their families { discussions of how administrators can support teachers to move toward co-teaching.

This practical guide for teachers and administrators shows how general and special education teachers work together to boost student achievement. Includes real-life scenarios.

Learn how co-teaching relationships with paraeducators can improve outcomes for students with special needs, and find guidelines for successful teamwork and authentic case studies of working paraprofessionals.

Pool your collective wisdom in support of your English learners! Bestselling authors Andrea Honigsfeld and Maria G. Dove have returned with this new resource that compliments and expands on their previous titles on co-teaching and collaboration by addressing collaborative planning in greater depth. Co-planning is positioned as the first step toward integrative language and content instruction as regular and purposeful collaboration ensures that Els/MLs have access to core content. Key features include: · Practical, step-by-step guidance to starting and sustaining collaborative planning for integrated language, literacy, and social-emotional development · An array of checklists, templates, and protocols for immediate implementation · Snapshots from the Field provide real-life examples of co-planning in action · Beautiful full-color design with original sketch notes to bring concepts to life · QR codes that link to author interviews elaborating on key ideas

Exploring the four approaches to co-teaching, this book provides discussions on the roles of paraprofessionals and administrators, as well as looking at lesson plans linked to the Common Core.

How Often Do You Find Yourself Saying: "I Wish I Knew How to Implement Co-Teaching"? Learn effective strategies to increase co-teaching and collaboration success, to ensure that the special education teacher's skills are respected and utilized and to co-teach to meet the needs of all students so that everyone grows! Best Practices in Co-Teaching and Collaboration goes beyond the co-teaching models--it shows you very specific ways to co-teach successfully, whether you are a beginner or seasoned co-teacher. It explains how to maximize your talent in the classroom, whether you are the content expert, special educator, specialist, or paraprofessional! You'll learn ways to implement co-teaching, whether you have face-to-face planning time or not. This book shows you the HOW of Co-Teaching! Over two dozen innovative, practical, and clearly defined implementations of the co-teaching models to help you collaborate effectively. Countless ways to maximize the skills of adults teaching together and increase student achievement. Over a dozen ways to implement co-teaching when your co-teacher is not a content expert. How to co-teach effectively whether or not you have enough planning time. Collaboration techniques that successful educators use to increase student engagement and motivation. How to take control of your instructional time by using an efficient lesson planning strategy that increases productivity. How to get your co-teacher to say "yes" to teaching approaches that promote parity and a healthy collaborative relationship. Learn what to say and do (and what not to say and do!). Techniques for teaching targeted small groups no teacher should be without: Grouping strategies, behaviour management, mixed ability and same ability grouping strategies, and more. Ways to implements co-teaching that match your instructional targets and learning goals. Learn which models work best for different purposes. How-tos for school administrators implementing co-teaching and looking for solutions that take their co-teaching initiative up a level. How to facilitate a successful book study or engage teachers in exploring co-teaching in their learning communities. Licensing to provide schools the option of using this book for in-house professional development.