Co-Teach! Building and Sustaining Effective Classroom Partnerships in Inclusive Schools

The newly updated second edition of Co-Teach! is the definitive source of co-teaching information for teachers and administrators at the elementary, middle and high school levels. This easy-to-read handbook explains how educators can make their co-teaching programs the best they can be. It includes the most recent research on co-teaching, offers strategies and solutions that can be immediately applied in the classroom, and answers common questions, such as:

• What exactly is co-teaching?
• What the role of the paraprofessional is in a co-taught class?
• Why co-teaching is receiving so much attention in today’s schools?
• What co-teaching looks like in practice?
• How to address classroom matters such as the professional relationship, classroom management and student behavior, and differentiated instruction?
• How professionals are addressing time for shared planning and scheduling?
• How to develop and evaluate a co-teaching program?

Author Marilyn Friend, PhD has spent her career as a general education teacher, special education teacher, teacher educator, and staff developer. She is currently Chairperson and Professor of Education in the Department of Specialized Education Services at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she teaches coursework on inclusive practices and collaboration among service providers. She also currently is serving on the Board of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children. She is one of the most in-demand consultants in the country for schools implementing co-teaching.