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Description
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This book offers an approach for managing students with diverse abilities and needs in the overcrowded K-12 classroom. Based on an award-winning collaboration model, the book shows how special education teachers can pair with mainstream teachers to improve classroom functioning while promoting high achievement for all students.
- Part I makes the case for collaboration/co-teaching, addressing the advantages, challenges, and pitfalls.
- Part II provides frameworks and tools for teacher collaboration on lesson planning, scheduling, student grouping, assessment, and discipline.
- Part III provides guidance on creating and implementing differentiated lessons and tiered assignments.
- Part IV provides advice and guidance for administrators on planning and implementing co-teaching programs.
Extensive tools for differentiating lessons are provided including lesson-planning templates, assignment sheets, student contracts, choice menus, and assessment forms.
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