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As a school leader, you probably know about the benefits of co-teaching in inclusive classrooms and maybe your school already puts it into practice. Now there’s a book that helps your school take collaborative teaching and learning to the next level, so educators benefit from each other’s expertise and all students succeed and meet their goals. This book gives you a detailed, step-by-step guide to the research-based Co-Design Model, an innovative, schoolwide approach used in districts nationwide to strengthen collaboration and inclusion. Going far beyond typical co-teaching models focused only on instruction, the proven Co-Design Model works because it targets nine areas essential to inclusive, collaborative education creates a powerful network of support for teachers and administrators improves all students access to the general curriculum and highly qualified teachers ensures appropriate instruction in the least restrictive environment makes the most of each educator s background knowledge and skill sets promotes trust, open dialogue, and parity between teaching partners improves classroom management and creates a sense of community increases student engagement and reduces off-task behaviour With the in-depth guidance, real-life success stories, and helpful forms and checklists in this book, you’ll have what you need to implement the Co-Design Model. You’ll also get dedicated chapters on four proven pathways that support the model: co-teaching, differentiated instruction, technology and scaffolding. Each chapter examines one pathway in detail and gives you strategies for promoting collaborative practices across grade levels and content areas. Start putting the Co-Design Model to work in your school, and you’ll see the benefits of truly inclusive, collaborative education: enhanced teacher performance and higher achievement for all students.

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Provides teacher teams with a step-by-step guide to implementing co-teaching effectively in inclusive classrooms. --Ashlea Rineer-Hershey, Ph.D.

"""Provides teacher teams with a step-by-step guide to implementing co-teaching effectively in inclusive classrooms."" --Ashlea Rineer-Hershey, Ph.D. ""A comprehensive and practical guide designed to equip general and special educators with the understanding of how best to create successful learning environments for all students.""--Robi M. Kronberg, Ph.D.""Educational Consultant"" (10/23/2012) ""A field-tested, innovative framework . . . clearly describes what collaborators should know and what they should do, and provides many useful tools. Special educators, general educators, and administrators will find many uses for this forward-thinking resource.""--Dennis Munk, Ed.D.""Professor of Education, Carthage College"" (10/23/2012) ""Provides a reality-based guide that can help educators develop effective co-teaching partnerships and practices. As a principal, I value the authors' unique level of practicality that is demonstrated through numerous real case scenarios and identifiable best practices.""--Jeffrey Finch""Principal, Hampton High School"" (10/31/2012) ""The forms in the book are wonderful . . . [and] the discussion starters cover almost everything that will be encountered in the co-teaching classroom and provide very effective tools to begin the co-design process.""--Pamela J. Gent, Ph.D.""Clarion University"" (10/23/2012)"

Provides teacher teams with a step-by-step guide to implementing co-teaching effectively in inclusive classrooms. --Ashlea Rineer-Hershey, Ph.D.

The forms in the book are wonderful . . . [and] the discussion starters cover almost everything that will be encountered in the co-teaching classroom and provide very effective tools to begin the co-design process. --Pamela J. Gent, Ph.D. Clarion University (10/23/2012)

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Richael Barger-Anderson, Ed.D., is Associate Professor of Special Education at Slippery Rock University and consultant at Keystone Educational Consulting Group, LLC, in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. Robert S. Isherwood, Ed.D., is Assistant Professor of Special Education at Slippery Rock University and consultant at Keystone Educational Consulting Group, LLC, in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. Joseph Merhaut, Ed.D., is Assistant Professor and Chair in the Department of Special Education at Slippery Rock University and consultant at Keystone Educational Consulting Group, LLC, in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania.

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