A Guide to Co-Teaching: New Lessons and Strategies to Facilitate Student Learning

Your go-to guide for co-teaching! Differentiated instruction for a diversity of learners—it′s the reality of today′s classrooms, and a tough task to take on alone. But co-teaching more than just lightens your load. When you and a co-teacher bring together your individual skill sets and strategies, you′ll create a more enjoyable, creative, and productive teaching experience—and deliver more effective outcomes to your students, too. Where do you start? This brand-new edition of the go-to guide uses updated research and case studies to provide detailed profiles of four approaches to co-teaching: supportive, parallel, complementary, and team-teaching. New features include:  Brand-new chapter on preparing co-teachers in clinical practice, with examples Expanded explanations of the roles of paraprofessionals, administrators, and students in co-teaching Updated discussions of co-teaching in the RTI process New lesson plans linked to the Common Core State Standards and technology New forms and tools for establishing trust, improving communication, and planning With quotes and advice from teachers and students, plus practical features like self-assessments and organization tips, this is the ultimate guide to co-teaching. Find out why so many teachers prefer co-teaching to teaching alone and how co-teaching improves the process of learning for all students!

Table of Contents:
List of Tables and Figures Letter to the Reader New to This Edition Acknowledgments About the Authors Part I. Introduction to Co-Teaching 1. What Is Co-Teaching? 2. Why Co-Teach? What History, Law, and Research Say 3. The Day-to-Day Workings of Co-Teaching Teams Part II. The Four Approaches to Co-Teaching 4. The Supportive Co-Teaching Approach 5. The Parallel Co-Teaching Approach 6. The Complementary Co-Teaching Approach 7. The Team-Teaching Co-Teaching Approach Part II Summary Part III. Changing Roles and Responsibilities 8. The Role of Paraprofessionals in Co-Teaching 9. The Role of Students as Co-Teachers Part IV. Administrative Support and Professional Development 10. Training and Logistical Administrative Support for Co-Teaching 11. Co-Teaching in Teacher Preparation Clinical Practice 12. Meshing Planning With Co-Teaching 13. From Surviving to Thriving: Tips for Getting Along With Your Co-Teachers 14. Developing a Shared Voice Through Co-Teaching Resource A: Checklist of Sample Supplemental Supports, Aids, and Services Resource B: Co-Teaching Daily Lesson Plan Format Resource C: High School Supportive Co-Teaching Lesson Plan Resource D: Elementary Parallel Co-Teaching Lesson Plan Resource E: Middle-Level Complementary Co-Teaching Lesson Plan Resource F: Elementary Team Teaching Co-Teaching Lesson Plan Resource G: Co-Teaching Lesson Featuring the Paraprofessional Role Resource H: Co-Teaching Lesson Featuring Students as Co-Teachers Resource I: Levels of Student Support Resource J: Administrator Actions to Promote Co-Teaching Resource K: Action Plan Template Resource L: Co-Teaching Planning Meeting Agenda Format Resource M: Self-Assessment: Are We Really Co-Teachers? Resource N: Checklist of Skills for the Stages of Co-Teacher Development Resource O: Instructional Observation Form Resource P: Instructional Postconference Form Resource Q: Co-Teaching Tracking Form Resource R: Co-Teaching Differentiation Lesson Planning Matrix Glossary References Photo Credits Index