A Guide to Co-Teaching: Practical Tips for Facilitating Student Learning - Rilegato

"Provides a road map for how special and general education teachers can work to effectively meet the needs of students with and without disabilities while working in classrooms that model cooperation and respect." (Mary Falvey, Professor of Special Education)

A Guide to Co-Teaching is a must-have. All members of the school community will find something useful in this book, and what they find will guarantee that student learning is improved. (Douglas Fisher, Associate Professor of Teacher Education)

The authors clearly explain the four models of co-teaching and provide vignettes for teachers at every level. Readers will find the many reflective tools and guides for lesson planning extremely valuable. (Jeanine Heil, National Board Certified Teacher)

This complete guide to co-teaching will lend itself well for use in professional development, with its question and answer format, as well as pertinent vignettes. (Diane Baumstark, National Board Certified Teacher)

Through a series of vignettes, the authors illustrate the various co-teaching roles, the distribution of responsibilities, and problem solving techniques used by co-teachers by taking you into each classroom during the planning and implementation phases for several lessons. (Jill England)

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Richard A. Villa is president of Bayridge Consortium, Inc. His primary field of expertise is the development of administrative and instructional support systems for educating all students within general education settings. Villa is recognized as an educational leader who inspires and works collaboratively with others to implement current and emerging exemplary educational practices. His work has resulted in the inclusion of children with intensive cognitive, physical, and emotional challenges as full members of the general education community in the school districts where he has worked and consulted. Villa has been a classroom teacher, special education administrator, pupil personnel services director, and director of instructional services and has authored 4 books and over 70 articles and chapters. Known for his enthusiastic, humorous style, Villa has presented at international, national, and state educational conferences and has provided technical assistance to departments of education in the United States, Canada, Vietnam, and Honduras and to university personnel, public school systems, and parent and advocacy organizations.