Co-Teaching in the Differentiated Classroom: Successful Collaboration, Lesson Design, and Classroom Management

A practical hands-on guide that explains how to implement co-teaching programs in mixed-ability classrooms. Based on the authors' award-winning model, this important guide shows how special education teachers can pair with general education teachers to improve classroom functioning while promoting high achievement for all students. The book provides tested frameworks and tools for teacher collaboration on lesson planning, student grouping, assessment, and discipline. It also offers guidance on managing overcrowded classrooms, on designing & implementing differentiated lessons and assignments, and includes advice for administrators.

Table of Contents

Part I: Collaboration and Co-Teaching

1. Why Collaborate?
2. The Partnership Essentials

Part II: Working in the Differentiated Classroom

3. The Differentiation Essentials
4. Planning Differentiated Lessons: Essential Steps
5. Sample Lessons, Activities, and Templates
6. Student Contracts and Menus
7. Assessment as a Grading Tool

Part III: Implementing a Schoolwide Program

8. Essential Administrative Support
9. Reflections on Making Change Happen

"A must for all teachers who care about meeting the needs of every student; I wish I had had this book when I was a junior high school teacher.  Highly practical, it considers the real lives and demands upon teachers in terms of Federal, State, and local standards and expectations across the curriculum. Graphs, lesson plans, charts, and anecdotal examples cover everything thoroughly and realistically from how to get started reforming a school to working with parents."
- Susan G. Bennett, Director, Redwood Writing Project/Chair of the English Department

"This book is an excellent guide for educators to use to enhance collaboration skills and learn the basics of differentiated instruction."
- David A. Ellerd, PhD, Professor of Special Education, Humboldt State University