Wendy W. Murawski

Collaborative Teaching in Elementary Schools

Making the Co-Teaching Marriage Work!

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Say "I do!" to greater learning success for students at all levels! Based on the author's extensive experience, this lighthearted, highly practical, and teacher-friendly resource uses the metaphor of marriage

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Corwin
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 751g
• ISBN-13: 9781412968096
• ISBN-10: 1412968097
• Artikelnr.: 27173552

Autorenporträt

Wendy Murawski is an associate professor and graduate coordinator at California State University, Northridge, in the Department of Special Education. She is an experienced co-teacher (for K-12 and university, general and special education) and an accomplished presenter. She is often requested to work with state departments, districts, and schools; present keynote addresses at conferences; and provide training seminars. Murawski has won prestigious awards including the Dissertation Award from the Division of Learning Disabilities and a Publication Award from the Division of Research for the Council for Exceptional Children, and she was the 2004 California Teacher Educator of the Year. Murawski's research in the area of co-teaching has been widely disseminated through her numerous publications. Murawski is the author of Co-Teaching in the Inclusive Classroom: Working Together to Help ALL Your Students Find Success, an extensive resource handbook on co-teaching, as well as the co-creator of the CTSS (Co-Teach Solutions System) software. Her educational consulting company, 2 TEACH LLC, was created to provide professional development specifically in the areas of inclusive education, collaboration, and co-teaching. Murawski is a dynamic speaker who utilizes humor, personal experience, and research-based methods in her seminars while keeping them in the context of practical, ready-to-use strategies for general and special educators to implement in their inclusive classrooms. Murawski holds a master's degree in special education, an EdS in educational administration, and a PhD in special education with an emphasis in research, collaboration, and co-teaching.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Author Introduction: Why This Book? Part I. The Dating Scene 1. Understanding What It Means to Be in a Relationship Defining the Terms Changing the Mids of the Commitment-Phobic 2. Dating, Living Together, and Marriage Recognizing the Continuum of Options Going in With Eyes Wide Open Dös and Don
ts of Co-Teaching 3. General Educators Are From Jupiter, Special Educators Are From Saturn Recognizing Different Frames of Reference The Second Time Around: Getting Over Bad Experiences Self-Assessment 1: Are We Ready to Date? 4. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the Administrator To Marry Them or Not to Marry Them: Determining Whether to Use Co-Teaching Part II. The Engagement 5. Getting to Know Your Partner Drinking Out of the Carton (and Other Pet Peeves) Ensuring Parity Whöll Do the Laundry? Setting Roles and Responsibilities 6. Registering for the Wedding Identifying Our Needs Communicating With Stakeholders 7. Discussing the Future Establishing Schoolwide Improvement Goals Establishing Individual Team Improvement Goals Self-Assessment 2: Are We Ready to Get Engaged? 8. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the Administrator Avoiding Arranged Marriages: The Search for Soul Mates Part III. The Wedding 9. For Better or Worse: Establishing Norms for Behavior and Academics Physical Issues Classroom Management Issues Instructional and Assessment Issues 10. For Richer or Poorer: Sharing Space and Materials Sharing Space Sharing Materials 11. Planning Quality Time Together: Why, When, and How to Plan Why Should We Co-Plan? When Shuold We Co-Plan? How Should We Co-Plan? Self-Assessment 3: Are We Ready to Marry? 12. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the Administrator Avoiding Polygamy: Too Many Is SImply Too Many (When Scheduling) Part IV. The Marriage 13. Working Together to Wrangle the Li
l Rascals Five Practical Approaches for Co-Instruction Approach 1: One Teach, One Support Approach 2: Parallel Teaching Approach 3: Station Teaching Approach 4: Alternative Teaching Approach 5: Team Teaching 14. Teaching the Seven Dwarves Understanding Differentiation Practical Strategies for Differentiation 15. Are We Successful Yet? Co-Assessing Us and Them 16. Playing Nicely With the Other Parents Co-Teaching
s Role With Other School-Improvement Initiatives Reading First Cooperative Learning Twenty-First-Century Technology Universal Design for Learning Response to Intervention Self-Assessment 4: Will We Be Able to Celebrate Our Anniversary? 17. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the Administrator Is It Time for a Divorce? Building an Effective Program: Making More Matches Appendix: Keeping the Honeymoon Going References Index