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The Co-Teacher's Playbook
What It Takes to Make Co-Teaching Work for Everyone
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Corwin Teaching Essentials
August 2019 | 152 pages | Corwin
Expert guidance for creating a successful partnership!
In today’s inclusive classrooms, general-education teachers might be paired with special-education teachers, ELL specialists, interventionists, or paraprofessionals in a co-teaching partnership. No matter your exact situation—or which side of the equation you’re on—co-teachers share similar challenges, including struggles with communication, trouble with equitable grading, and lack of planning time.
Whether you’re new to co-teaching, new to your partner, or just see room for improvement in the way you connect, it’s time to make the partnership really benefit your students. So grab a cup of coffee and your co-teacher—this hands-on workbook is designed for the two of you to use together. Features include:
• Stories from experienced co-teachers
• Reflective activities to help each of you discover your collaboration style
• Reproducible lists, checklists, templates, agreements, and more to complete together
• A downloadable unit-planning tool
When co-teaching is done well, the benefits for students are immeasurable. Let this guide’s expert advice and eye-opening activities take your co-teaching to a new level of success.
In today’s inclusive classrooms, general-education teachers might be paired with special-education teachers, ELL specialists, interventionists, or paraprofessionals in a co-teaching partnership. No matter your exact situation—or which side of the equation you’re on—co-teachers share similar challenges, including struggles with communication, trouble with equitable grading, and lack of planning time.
Whether you’re new to co-teaching, new to your partner, or just see room for improvement in the way you connect, it’s time to make the partnership really benefit your students. So grab a cup of coffee and your co-teacher—this hands-on workbook is designed for the two of you to use together. Features include:
• Stories from experienced co-teachers
• Reflective activities to help each of you discover your collaboration style
• Reproducible lists, checklists, templates, agreements, and more to complete together
• A downloadable unit-planning tool
When co-teaching is done well, the benefits for students are immeasurable. Let this guide’s expert advice and eye-opening activities take your co-teaching to a new level of success.
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction: Why This Book, and Why Me?
Chapter 1: Understanding
Chapter 2: Relating
Chapter 3: Managing
Chapter 4: Teaching
Chapter 5: Assessing
Appendix A: A Brief History of Co-Teaching
Appendix B: The Six Co-Teaching Structures Depicted Visually
Appendix C: Sentence Frames for Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Checking for Accuracy
Appendix D: Do Not Disturb Signs for Weekly Meetings
References
Index
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Co-Teacher Activity: Important Questions
Answer these important questions from The Co-Teacher's Playbook with your co-teacher team in order to set clear expectations and boundaries and to better understand each other as a team.
Co-Teacher Activity: Taking Stock
Complete this activity from The Co-Teacher's Playbook as a co-teaching team to take stock of your individual strengths and goals in order to better understand how you can better work together.