Collaborative Teaching in Elementary Schools
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"A comprehensive resource for co-teaching teams and their administrators! It is full of ready-to-use, teacher-friendly forms, checklists, and charts. The co-teaching lesson plan forms are phenomenal! The number of practical ideas included is astounding."
—Michele S. Dalton, School Psychologist
Poudre School District, Ft. Collins, CO
"While the analogy of a marriage is cute, it also works as a metaphor for co-teaching at all levels. The process of getting to know each other, deciding to co-teach, making it work, and possibly having to end the co-teaching relationship all become easier to understand using the metaphors of dating, engagement, and counseling."
—Claire E. Hughes, Associate Professor of Special Education
College of Coastal Georgia
Say "I do!" to greater learning success for students at all levels!
Using the metaphor of marriage, this lighthearted, highly practical, and teacher-friendly resource from the author of Collaborative Teaching in Secondary Schools provides readers with the tools to successfully set up, conduct, and successfully maintain co-teaching partnerships in any learning environment.
Based on the author's extensive experience, this book blends solid educational research and literature with lighthearted humor to help readers nurture co-teaching partnerships through the stages of co-planning, co-instructing, and co-assessing. Divided into four relationship stages, each section offers:
- Case studies and scenarios of co-teachers in action
- Field-tested instructional and behavioral strategies with authentic examples
- Self-assessments to determine teachers' readiness to proceed to the next step in the co-teaching relationship
- Information on the role of the administrator and how to communicate with parents
- Numerous reproducibles, helpful Web sites, and a list of teacher resources
Collaborative Teaching in Elementary Schools is an easy-to-access, one-stop guide for schools getting started with co-teaching or looking to refine their existing programs.
Contents
About the Author
About the Author
Introduction: Why This Book?
Introduction: Why This Book?
Part I. The Dating Scene
- 1. Understanding What It Means to Be in a Relationship
- Defining the Terms
- Changing the Mids of the Commitment-Phobic
- 2. Dating, Living Together, and Marriage
- Recognizing the Continuum of Options
- Going in With Eyes Wide Open
- Do's and Don'ts of Co-Teaching
- 3. General Educators Are From Jupiter, Special Educators Are From Saturn
- Recognizing Different Frames of Reference
- The Second Time Around: Getting Over Bad Experiences
- Self-Assessment 1: Are We Ready to Date?
- 4. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the Administrator
- To Marry Them or Not to Marry Them: Determining Whether to Use Co-Teaching
Part II. The Engagement
- 5. Getting to Know Your Partner
- Drinking Out of the Carton (and Other Pet Peeves)
- Ensuring Parity
- Who'll Do the Laundry? Setting Roles and Responsibilities
- 6. Registering for the Wedding
- Identifying Our Needs
- Communicating With Stakeholders
- 7. Discussing the Future
- Establishing Schoolwide Improvement Goals
- Establishing Individual Team Improvement Goals
- Self-Assessment 2: Are We Ready to Get Engaged?
- 8. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the Administrator
- Avoiding Arranged Marriages: The Search for Soul Mates
Part III. The Wedding
- 9. For Better or Worse: Establishing Norms for Behavior and Academics
- Physical Issues
- Classroom Management Issues
- Instructional and Assessment Issues
- 10. For Richer or Poorer: Sharing Space and Materials
- Sharing Space
- Sharing Materials
- 11. Planning Quality Time Together: Why, When, and How to Plan
- Why Should We Co-Plan?
- When Shuold We Co-Plan?
- How Should We Co-Plan?
- Self-Assessment 3: Are We Ready to Marry?
- 12. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the Administrator
- Avoiding Polygamy: Too Many Is SImply Too Many (When Scheduling)
Part IV. The Marriage
- 13. Working Together to Wrangle the Li'l Rascals
- Five Practical Approaches for Co-Instruction
- Approach 1: One Teach, One Support
- Approach 2: Parallel Teaching
- Approach 3: Station Teaching
- Approach 4: Alternative Teaching
- Approach 5: Team Teaching
- 14. Teaching the Seven Dwarves
- Understanding Differentiation
- Practical Strategies for Differentiation
- 15. Are We Successful Yet?
- Co-Assessing Us and Them
- 16. Playing Nicely With the Other Parents
- Co-Teaching's Role With Other School-Improvement Initiatives
- Reading First
- Cooperative Learning
- Twenty-First-Century Technology
- Universal Design for Learning
- Response to Intervention
- Self-Assessment 4: Will We Be Able to Celebrate Our Anniversary?
- 17. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the Administrator
- Is It Time for a Divorce?
- Building an Effective Program: Making More Matches
Appendix: Keeping the Honeymoon Going
Appendix: Keeping the Honeymoon Going
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
"A comprehensive resource for co-teaching teams and their administrators! It is full of ready-to-use, teacher-friendly forms, checklists, and charts. The co-teaching lesson plan forms are phenomenal! The number of practical ideas included is astounding."
—Michele S. Dalton, School Psychologist
Poudre School District, Ft. Collins, CO
"While the analogy of a marriage is cute, it also works as a metaphor for co-teaching at all levels. The process of getting to know each other, deciding to co-teach, making it work, and possibly having to end the co-teaching relationship all become easier to understand using the metaphors of dating, engagement, and counseling."
—Claire E. Hughes, Associate Professor of Special Education
College of Coastal Georgia
Say "I do!" to greater learning success for students at all levels!
Using the metaphor of marriage, this lighthearted, highly practical, and teacher-friendly resource from the author of Collaborative Teaching in Secondary Schools provides readers with the tools to successfully set up, conduct, and successfully maintain co-teaching partnerships in any learning environment.
Based on the author's extensive experience, this book blends solid educational research and literature with lighthearted humor to help readers nurture co-teaching partnerships through the stages of co-planning, co-instructing, and co-assessing. Divided into four relationship stages, each section offers:
- Case studies and scenarios of co-teachers in action
- Field-tested instructional and behavioral strategies with authentic examples
- Self-assessments to determine teachers' readiness to proceed to the next step in the co-teaching relationship
- Information on the role of the administrator and how to communicate with parents
- Numerous reproducibles, helpful Web sites, and a list of teacher resources
Collaborative Teaching in Elementary Schools is an easy-to-access, one-stop guide for schools getting started with co-teaching or looking to refine their existing programs.
Contents
About the Author
About the Author
Introduction: Why This Book?
Introduction: Why This Book?
Part I. The Dating Scene
- 1. Understanding What It Means to Be in a Relationship
- Defining the Terms
- Changing the Mids of the Commitment-Phobic
- 2. Dating, Living Together, and Marriage
- Recognizing the Continuum of Options
- Going in With Eyes Wide Open
- Do's and Don'ts of Co-Teaching
- 3. General Educators Are From Jupiter, Special Educators Are From Saturn
- Recognizing Different Frames of Reference
- The Second Time Around: Getting Over Bad Experiences
- Self-Assessment 1: Are We Ready to Date?
- 4. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the Administrator
- To Marry Them or Not to Marry Them: Determining Whether to Use Co-Teaching
Part II. The Engagement
- 5. Getting to Know Your Partner
- Drinking Out of the Carton (and Other Pet Peeves)
- Ensuring Parity
- Who'll Do the Laundry? Setting Roles and Responsibilities
- 6. Registering for the Wedding
- Identifying Our Needs
- Communicating With Stakeholders
- 7. Discussing the Future
- Establishing Schoolwide Improvement Goals
- Establishing Individual Team Improvement Goals
- Self-Assessment 2: Are We Ready to Get Engaged?
- 8. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the Administrator
- Avoiding Arranged Marriages: The Search for Soul Mates
Part III. The Wedding
- 9. For Better or Worse: Establishing Norms for Behavior and Academics
- Physical Issues
- Classroom Management Issues
- Instructional and Assessment Issues
- 10. For Richer or Poorer: Sharing Space and Materials
- Sharing Space
- Sharing Materials
- 11. Planning Quality Time Together: Why, When, and How to Plan
- Why Should We Co-Plan?
- When Shuold We Co-Plan?
- How Should We Co-Plan?
- Self-Assessment 3: Are We Ready to Marry?
- 12. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the Administrator
- Avoiding Polygamy: Too Many Is SImply Too Many (When Scheduling)
Part IV. The Marriage
- 13. Working Together to Wrangle the Li'l Rascals
- Five Practical Approaches for Co-Instruction
- Approach 1: One Teach, One Support
- Approach 2: Parallel Teaching
- Approach 3: Station Teaching
- Approach 4: Alternative Teaching
- Approach 5: Team Teaching
- 14. Teaching the Seven Dwarves
- Understanding Differentiation
- Practical Strategies for Differentiation
- 15. Are We Successful Yet?
- Co-Assessing Us and Them
- 16. Playing Nicely With the Other Parents
- Co-Teaching's Role With Other School-Improvement Initiatives
- Reading First
- Cooperative Learning
- Twenty-First-Century Technology
- Universal Design for Learning
- Response to Intervention
- Self-Assessment 4: Will We Be Able to Celebrate Our Anniversary?
- 17. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the Administrator
- Is It Time for a Divorce?
- Building an Effective Program: Making More Matches
Appendix: Keeping the Honeymoon Going
Appendix: Keeping the Honeymoon Going
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
Reviews
Collaborative Teaching in Elementary Schools
Making the Co-Teaching Marriage Work!
December 2009 | 296 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/01/2025 | 9781412968096 | $45.95 |
| Hardcover | 27/02/2023 | 9781412968089 | $100.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781452273136 | $42.00 |
"A comprehensive resource for co-teaching teams and their administrators! It is full of ready-to-use, teacher-friendly forms, checklists, and charts. The co-teaching lesson plan forms are phenomenal! The number of practical ideas included is astounding."
—Michele S. Dalton, School Psychologist
Poudre School District, Ft. Collins, CO
"While the analogy of a marriage is cute, it also works as a metaphor for co-teaching at all levels. The process of getting to know each other, deciding to co-teach, making it work, and possibly having to end the co-teaching relationship all become easier to understand using the metaphors of dating, engagement, and counseling."
—Claire E. Hughes, Associate Professor of Special Education
College of Coastal Georgia
Say "I do!" to greater learning success for students at all levels!
Using the metaphor of marriage, this lighthearted, highly practical, and teacher-friendly resource from the author of Collaborative Teaching in Secondary Schools provides readers with the tools to successfully set up, conduct, and successfully maintain co-teaching partnerships in any learning environment.
Based on the author's extensive experience, this book blends solid educational research and literature with lighthearted humor to help readers nurture co-teaching partnerships through the stages of co-planning, co-instructing, and co-assessing. Divided into four relationship stages, each section offers:
- Case studies and scenarios of co-teachers in action
- Field-tested instructional and behavioral strategies with authentic examples
- Self-assessments to determine teachers' readiness to proceed to the next step in the co-teaching relationship
- Information on the role of the administrator and how to communicate with parents
- Numerous reproducibles, helpful Web sites, and a list of teacher resources
Collaborative Teaching in Elementary Schools is an easy-to-access, one-stop guide for schools getting started with co-teaching or looking to refine their existing programs.
Table Of Contents:
- About the Author
- Introduction: Why This Book?
- Part I. The Dating Scene
- 1. Understanding What It Means to Be in a Relationship
- Defining the Terms
- Changing the Mids of the Commitment-Phobic
- 2. Dating, Living Together, and Marriage
- Recognizing the Continuum of Options
- Going in With Eyes Wide Open
- Do's and Don'ts of Co-Teaching
- 3. General Educators Are From Jupiter, Special Educators Are From Saturn
- Recognizing Different Frames of Reference
- The Second Time Around: Getting Over Bad Experiences
- Self-Assessment 1: Are We Ready to Date?
- 4. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the Administrator
- To Marry Them or Not to Marry Them: Determining Whether to Use Co-Teaching
- Part II. The Engagement
- 5. Getting to Know Your Partner
- Drinking Out of the Carton (and Other Pet Peeves)
- Ensuring Parity
- Who'll Do the Laundry? Setting Roles and Responsibilities
- 6. Registering for the Wedding
- Identifying Our Needs
- Communicating With Stakeholders
- 7. Discussing the Future
- Establishing Schoolwide Improvement Goals
- Establishing Individual Team Improvement Goals
- Self-Assessment 2: Are We Ready to Get Engaged?
- 8. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the Administrator
- Avoiding Arranged Marriages: The Search for Soul Mates
- Part III. The Wedding
- 9. For Better or Worse: Establishing Norms for Behavior and Academics
- Physical Issues
- Classroom Management Issues
- Instructional and Assessment Issues
- 10. For Richer or Poorer: Sharing Space and Materials
- Sharing Space
- Sharing Materials
- 11. Planning Quality Time Together: Why, When, and How to Plan
- Why Should We Co-Plan?
- When Shuold We Co-Plan?
- How Should We Co-Plan?
- Self-Assessment 3: Are We Ready to Marry?
- 12. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the Administrator
- Avoiding Polygamy: Too Many Is SImply Too Many (When Scheduling)
- Part IV. The Marriage
- 13. Working Together to Wrangle the Li'l Rascals
- Five Practical Approaches for Co-Instruction
- Approach 1: One Teach, One Support
- Approach 2: Parallel Teaching
- Approach 3: Station Teaching
- Approach 4: Alternative Teaching
- Approach 5: Team Teaching
- 14. Teaching the Seven Dwarves
- Understanding Differentiation
- Practical Strategies for Differentiation
- 15. Are We Successful Yet?
- Co-Assessing Us and Them
- 16. Playing Nicely With the Other Parents
- Co-Teaching's Role With Other School-Improvement Initiatives
- Reading First
- Cooperative Learning
- Twenty-First-Century Technology
- Universal Design for Learning
- Response to Intervention
- Self-Assessment 4: Will We Be Able to Celebrate Our Anniversary?
- 17. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the Administrator
- Is It Time for a Divorce?
- Building an Effective Program: Making More Matches
- Appendix: Keeping the Honeymoon Going
- References
- Index