Collaborating With Students in Instruction and Decision Making (Multimedia Kit): The Untapped Resource

Truly inclusive education means not only including students with diverse abilities in the general classroom, but making sure every learner has the opportunity to contribute in meaningful ways. Students can be a teacher′s number one resource for creating a learning environment that values all members of the classroom community. This comprehensive professional development kit enables staff developers to lead training on how to tap into students′ potential as helpers, advocates, and decision makers in an inclusive classroom. Participants will learn how to: - Collaborate with students to build a cooperative, caring, and active classroom - Use collaborative learning groups, co-teaching methods, and peer tutoring to foster acceptance and cooperation - Give students a voice in instruction and learning through personal learning plans, peer mediation, and other methods The multimedia kit provides: - The companion book Collaborating With Students in Instruction and Decision Making, offering research-based strategies for empowering students in the classroom - A 72-minute, content-rich DVD, with an easy stop-and-search navigation menu; interviews with the authors; interviews with students, teachers, and administrators; and in-classroom examples of best practices - A chapter-by-chapter facilitator′s guide connecting the book to the DVD and providing chapter summaries, discussion questions, application activities, and handouts - A companion CD-ROM with a printable version of the facilitator′s guide An ideal resource to use with large or small groups, this multimedia kit is essential for anyone leading professional development focused on making students active partners in the teaching and learning process. Other Professional Development Multimedia Kits From Corwin: 1. Villa, A Guide to Co-Teaching 2e MMK, ISBN: 978-1-4129-5484-6 2. Thousand, Differentiating Instruction MMK, ISBN: 978-1-4129-5322-1 3. Richardson, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools MMK 978-1-4129-7751-7 4. Tate, Reading and Language Arts Worksheets Won′t Grow Dendrites MMK 978-1-4129-7562-9 5. Downey, 50 Ways to Close the Achievement Gap MMK 978-1-4129-7746-3

Table of Contents:
About the Authors Introduction Welcome and Workshop Starter Chapter-by-Chapter Study Guides: Collaborating With Students in Instruction and Decision Making: The Untapped Resource Part I: Introduction Foreword: The Importance of Students′ Voices Chapter 1: Why Collaborate With Students? Part II: Teaching With Students Chapter 2: Students as Co-Teachers in Cooperative Learning Groups Chapter 3: Students as Peer Tutors and Partner Learners Chapter 4: Students as Co-Teachers Part III: Decision Making With Students Chapter 5: Empowering Students as Collaborative Creative Thinkers Chapter 6: Students as Instructional Decision Makers Chapter 7: Students as Designers of Their Own Learning Chapter 8: Students as Mediators of Conflict and Controversy Chapter 9: Students as Collaborators in Responsibility Epilogue: Beyond Benevolence to Befriending and Advocacy Workshop Evaluation and Closure Activity Workshop Evaluation Form References Handouts and Overheads Matrix of Activities and Estimated Times