Strategic Co-Teaching in Your School

As a school leader, you probably know about the benefits of coteaching in inclusive classroomsand maybe your school already puts it into practice. Now theres a book that helps your school take collaborative teaching and learning to the next level, so educators benefit from each others expertise and all students succeed and meet their goals.This book gives you a detailed, stepbystep guide to the researchbased CoDesign Model, an innovative, schoolwide approach used in districts nationwide to strengthen collaboration and inclusion. Going far beyond typical coteaching models focused only on instruction, the proven CoDesign Model works because it targets nine areas essential to inclusive, collaborative educationcreates a powerful network of support for teachers and administrators improves all students access to the general curriculum and highly qualified teachersensures appropriate instruction in the least restrictive environment makes the most of each educators background knowledge and skill setspromotes trust, open dialogue, and parity between teaching partnersimproves classroom management and creates a sense of communityincreases student engagement and reduces offtask behaviorWith the indepth guidance, reallife success stories, and helpful forms and checklists in this book, youll have what you need to implement the CoDesign Model. Youll also get dedicated chapters on four proven pathways that support the model: coteaching, 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 CoDesign Model to work in your school, and youll see the benefits of truly inclusive, collaborative education: enhanced teacher performance and higher achievement for all students.