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About the Author | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Foreword | |
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Preface | |
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Introduction | |
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Co-Teaching in a Nutshell | |
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Characteristics of Co-Teaching | |
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What Co-Teaching Is | |
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What Co-Teaching Is Not | |
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Framework for Co-Teaching | |
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How Co-Teaching Benefits Teachers | |
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Advantages for the General Education Teacher | |
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Advantages for the Special Education Teacher | |
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Advantages of Co-Teaching for Students | |
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Advantages for the General Education Student | |
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Advantages for the Special Education Student | |
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Considerations for Starting a New Co-Teaching Initiative | |
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Where Does Co-Teaching Take Place? | |
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Terms Co-Teachers Need to Know | |
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Opening Assumptions for Co-Teaching | |
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A Co-Teaching Anticipation Guide | |
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The Beginning Stages of Co-Teaching | |
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Co-Teaching Models | |
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One Teach, One Observe | |
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One Teach, One Drift | |
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One Teach, One Assist or Support | |
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Team Teaching | |
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Station Teaching | |
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Parallel Teaching | |
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Alternative Teaching | |
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Skill Group Teaching | |
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Speak and Add Model | |
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Duet Teaching | |
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Adapting Curriculum Approach | |
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Learning Styles Approach | |
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Checking in: Applying the Approaches | |
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Co-Teaching Approaches: An Action Plan | |
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Applying the Models: Develop and Do | |
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Where Do You Start? | |
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First Steps for Beginning the Co-Teaching Experience | |
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Second Steps | |
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Preparing for Co-Teaching: A Checklist to Review | |
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Preparing to Teach Together | |
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Co-Teaching Planning Pointers | |
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Ongoing Implementation | |
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Co-Planning Tips and Tricks | |
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Maximizing Lesson Planning Time | |
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Co-Teaching Weekly Planning Guide | |
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Practical Planning Pointers | |
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Planning a Co-Taught Unit | |
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Co-Teaching Planning Form | |
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Reviewing the Co-Planning Process | |
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Co-Teaching Roles and Responsibilities | |
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Determining Roles and Responsibilities | |
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Role Clarity | |
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Sample Co-Teaching Duties | |
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Introducing the Co-Teaching Team | |
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Who Does What in a Co-Taught Classroom? | |
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Communication Issues and Co-Teaching | |
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Conversation Starters | |
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Communication Tips and Techniques | |
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Collaboration Is the Key | |
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Ways to Ease in a Special Educator as a Partner in the Classroom | |
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A Blueprint for Collaborative Teaching | |
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Where Do You Go? A Co-Teaching Road Map | |
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Scheduling Considerations for Co-Teaching | |
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Effective Methods for Placing Students in a Co-Taught Classroom | |
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Finding Time to Plan | |
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Co-Teaching Daily Lesson Plans | |
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Expanding Planning Time for Co-Teaching | |
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Using Planning Time Effectively | |
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Application: Putting Planning into Action | |
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Co-Planning Agenda Tips | |
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Procedures and Routines | |
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Scheduling Co-Teaching | |
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Collaboration: Working as a Team | |
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What Is a Team? | |
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Characteristics of Co-Teaching Teams | |
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Forming an Effective Co-Teaching Team | |
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Ingredients of Excellence for Your Co-Teaching Teams | |
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Relationship Building Blocks | |
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Team Preparation: What Do I Bring? | |
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Team-Building Personality Preferences | |
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Personality Style Activity | |
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Co-Teaching Conversations | |
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Co-Teaching Decision Making | |
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Potential Challenges | |
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Overcoming Roadblocks: Solutions | |
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Dealing with Conflict | |
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Steps to Take | |
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Communication and Accountability Tools | |
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Checking In: How Is Our Co-Teaching Going? | |
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Collaborative Problem-Solving Worksheet | |
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Organizing and Planning for Success | |
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Celebrating All Learners: Strategies for Success | |
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Helpful Online Resources | |
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Physical Organization | |
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Strategies for Flexible Grouping | |
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Small-Group Strategies | |
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Working Together for Small-Group Success | |
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Advantages of Small-Group Instruction | |
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Small-Group Planning | |
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Points to Ponder: Large-Group Instruction | |
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Planning for Large-Group Instruction | |
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Independent Student Work | |
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Goal Setting: Keeping Score | |
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Choices, Not Chance, in Your Curriculum | |
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Procedures and Routines | |
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Co-Teaching Conversations | |
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Routines That Are Important for Co-Teachers to Share | |
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Looking at Your Classroom from a Student’s Perspective | |
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Additional Procedure Pointers | |
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Supporting Student Behavior | |
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Classroom Rules That Work | |
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Behavior Intervention Worksheet | |
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Student Survey | |
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How Are You Smart? Multiple Intelligences Survey | |
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Schoolwide Organization: Administrative Issues | |
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Schoolwide Issues | |
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Barriers to Successful Co-Teaching | |
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Professional Development Issues | |
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Scheduling Issues | |
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Effective Methods for Placing Students | |
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Techniques for Classroom Caseloads | |
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Guiding Principles | |
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Student Study Teams: A Pre-Referral Strategy | |
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Student Study Team Guidelines | |
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Roles and Responsibilities of Team Members | |
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How Administrators Can Support Co-Teaching | |
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Other Ways Administrators Can Support the Co-Teaching Team | |
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Observing Co-Teachers | |
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Providing Feedback | |
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Co-Teaching Observation Form | |
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Accommodations and Modifications That Make a Difference | |
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What Are Accommodations, Modifications, and Interventions? | |
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Modification Versus Differential Standard | |
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Accommodations and Modifications Log | |
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Accommodations or Modifications? | |
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Adapting Instruction Flow Chart | |
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Planning Guide to Curriculum Modifications | |
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Modifications ‘‘On the Move’’ | |
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Co-Teacher Communication Cards | |
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Checklist of Accommodations and Modifications | |
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Focus on Curriculum Adaptations | |
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Adaptation Application Activity | |
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Strategies for Supporting Students with Special Needs in the General Education Classroom | |
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A Closer Look at Special Needs Challenges and Choices for Co-Teaching | |
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I Have a Student Who...: What to Do? | |
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Modifications Based on Students’ Learning Styles | |
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Adaptations and Modifications Chart | |
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Class List: Adaptation Chart and Learning Profile | |
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Evaluation Process in a Co-Taught Classroom | |
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Accommodations for Testing in a Co-Taught Classroom | |
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Revising Grading Procedures | |
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Instructional Strategies for Different Types of Learners | |
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Getting Started with Strategies That Make a Difference | |
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Engaging Strategies for Co-Teaching | |
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Your Multiple Intelligences Toolkit | |
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Product Possibilities | |
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Think-Tac-Toe Choice Menus of Activities | |
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Think-Tac-Toe Activity Board | |
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Vocabulary Bingo | |
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Book Report Activity Board | |
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Cubing | |
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Cubing in the Content Areas | |
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‘‘Let ’em Roll’’: Cubing Task Cards | |
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Bloom’s Building Blocks | |
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Cubing Pattern | |
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Cubing Companion Activity Sheet | |
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Bloom’s Taxonomy | |
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Graphic Organizers | |
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Why Use Graphic Organizers? | |
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How Do You Use Graphic Organizers? | |
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Herringbone Graphic Organizer | |
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Double-Entry Journal | |
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Learning Centers | |
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Centers Planning Guide | |
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Keeping Students on Target | |
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Learning Contract | |
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Anchor Activities | |
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Activating Strategies | |
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Techniques to Set the Stage for Learning | |
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Strategies to Support Learning During Instruction | |
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A Closer Look: During-Instruction Strategies | |
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After-Reading Strategies | |
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Summarizer Activities to Reflect on Learning | |
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Culminating Review Games | |
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Reflecting on Practice and Planning Tools | |
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Maintaining an Effective Co-Teaching Partnership | |
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Taking It One Step at a Time | |
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Co-Instruction: Where Are You Now? | |
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The Co-Teaching Rating Scale | |
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Co-Teaching Road Map | |
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Looking Ahead: Planning Guide | |
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Student Profile | |
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Making the Most of Lesson-Planning Time | |
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Co-Planning Agenda Framework | |
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Lesson Preparation Pointers | |
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Co-Teaching Lesson Planning Worksheet | |
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Co-Teaching Lesson Planning Template | |
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Keeping Track | |
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Appendix Questions for Discussion | |
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Notes | |
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Additional Resources | |
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Index | |